[FFmpeg-user] prores422 > h264: video now in slow motion

[sean darcy]

On 04/14/2012 04:31 AM, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> sean darcy<seandarcy2<at>  gmail.com>  writes:
>
>> I have a ProRes422 that I'm trying to convert to h264. The original clip
>> plays fine in Quicktime. The conversion seems to work, but when I play
>> it with either mplayer of ffplay, the h264 clip is in slow motion - very
>> slow motion.
>
> (I wonder if -an makes any sense if you want to test playback speed.)
>
> Is this also reproducible without an external library (x264)?
> ffmpeg -i labs#170380-1.mov -s 360x243 -qscale 2 out.avi
>
> Please provide a sample, Carl Eugen

Thanks for the rely.

It was not reproducible without an external library.

I'm going to try x264 directly to see what happens.

BTW, I used -an because these are conversions from 1940's amateur movies 
- no sound!

sean