Useful tip from [[http://osric.com/chris/accidental-developer/2012/04/using-ffmpeg-to-programmatically-slice-and-splice-video/|here]]

**Use ImageMagick to make a title slide:**\\
convert -size 704x480 -background SteelBlue1 -fill black -font Helvetica -pointsize 72 -gravity center label:[Video Title] titlecard.jpg

**Create a video from a single image using the loop flag with FFMPEG:**\\
ffmpeg -f image2 -loop 1 -r:v 7 -i title.jpeg -pix_fmt yuv420p -an -t 2 image-movie.mpeg

//(The pix_fmt flag was to set the correct color space, and the an flag ignores the audio channel.)//\\
// -f image2 applies a filter needed for loop//\\
// -i indicates your input file//\\
// -an is no audio//\\


Input file: -i yoursourcefile

Optional rescaling: -s 640x480

Video conversion (choose one)
    -vcodec libxvid -b 4000000         (CBR bitrate=4000Mb/s)
    -vcodec libxvid -qscale 8          (VBR quality=8 -- arbitrary number, try different values)
    -vcodec copy
    -vn

Audio conversion (choose one)
    -acodec libmp3lame -ab 192000
    -acodec copy
    -an


