[vdr] reccmds.conf

Could somebody post a working reccmds.conf

I want to convert a .ts recording to .avi (xvid)

so I have added a line to reccmds.conf like this:

Convert to AVI : ffmpeg -r 29.97 -croptop 58 -cropbottom 62 -vcodec libxvid -vtag XVID -s 640x272 -aspect 2.35 -maxrate 1800k -b 1500k -qmin 3 -qmax 5 -bufsize 4096 -mbd 2 -bf 2 -flags +4mv -cmp 2 -subcmp 2 -g 300 -acodec libmp3lame -ar 48000 -ab 128k -ac 2 -async 1 -vsync 0 $1 $1.avi

But it doesn't work. I have RTFM and google'd but I am no wiser as to the correct syntax

Thanks in advance for any help with this issue