Format and filename extension of temporary videos should be same as output

[WebDrake]

If a title page is requested, ly2video creates 2 temporary videos and then joins them. To avoid lossy changes, the format of these videos should be the same as that of the requested output file. This should be as simple as replacing the filename extension of the interim video with that of the specified output file.

[aspiers]

Looks like you're right - the intermediate files are suffixed .mpg, but the final output file is .avi. Thanks.

[WebDrake]

On 02/11/2013 07:53 PM, Adam Spiers wrote:

Looks like you're right - the intermediate files are suffixed |.mpg|, but the
final output file is |.avi|.

Well, technically the format depends on what is specified. You've always used
|.avi| in your own examples, but you could just as well use |.webm| or |.mp4|.
FFmpeg or avconv will autodetect the codecs to use based on the extension.

[aspiers]

You're right again - I momentarily forgot that .avi is the default output suffix, but can be overridden.

[WebDrake]

On 02/11/2013 07:59 PM, Adam Spiers wrote:

You're right again - I momentarily forgot that |.avi| is the default output
suffix, but can be overridden.

I have a patch on the way for your consideration. :-)

[aspiers]

Excellent!