[MPlayer-users] VHS to Video File Conversion

[Jorge Fábregas]

Hello guys,

I'm about to send this company a couple of old VHS tapes for digital 
conversion.   They provide various destination formats (MPEG-2 DVD, video 
file etc).  I plan to ask for uncompressed AVI file (I'll send a hard-disk 
for that).   I just want the raw footage so I can encode later with mencoder. 

I want to make sure that mencoder will be able to read this "raw" material.  
Is there anything standard for video just like there is for sound.?  For 
example , a raw audio file may be PCM, 16-bit 44,100 Hz (standard for Audio 
CD's)....   If I choose compressed video that's easy for me ( I can ask for 
MPEG-4 ASP or MPEG-4 AVC etc) I just don't know what to ask for in 
uncompressed video in order to make sure that mplayer/mencoder will handle 
it.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jorge