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# avifix

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 16th January 2002
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## NAME

avifix - fix header of AVI-file

## SYNOPSIS

avifix [ -i name [ -F string ] [ -f val1,val2 ] [ -N 0x NN ] [ -b bitrate ] [ -e rate[,bits[,channels]] ] [ -a num ] [ -v ] ]

## COPYRIGHT

avifix is Copyright (C) by Thomas Östreich.

## DESCRIPTION

avifix fixes the header of an AVI-file with the supplied parameters.

## OPTIONS

-i name
  Specify the name of the AVI-file.
-F string
  Specify the video codec as FourCC.
  Possible values are RGB, RIFF and TIFF. ???
-f val1,val2
  Use this option to change the frame rate and scale information in the header of the AVI-file. Both values must not be < 0.
-N 0xnn
  Use this option to change the audio format identifier in the header of the AVI-file. Here are some possible values:

  0x1 PCM uncompressed audio

  0x50 MPEG layer-2 aka MP2

  0x55 MPEG layer-3 aka MP3

  0x2000 AC3 audio

-b bitrate
  Use this option to change the encoder bitrate in the header of the AVI-file. bitrate has to be given in units of kbps.
-e rate[,bits[,channels]]
  Use this option to change the audio stream parameters of in the header of the AVI-file.
-a num
  Use this option to change the audio stream parameters of audio track number num in the header of the AVI-file.
-v
  Print version information and exit.

## EXAMPLES

The command

avifix -i my_file.avi -f 30,1

changes the header of the file my_file.avi and sets the frame rate to 30 fps.

## AUTHORS

avifix was written by Thomas Östreich
<ostreich@theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de> with contributions from many others. See AUTHORS for details.

## SEE ALSO

avimerge(1), avisplit(1), tccat(1), tcdecode(1), tcdemux(1), tcextract(1), tcprobe(1), tcscan(1), transcode(1)

## Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
COPYRIGHT
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
AUTHORS
SEE ALSO

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