[FFmpeg-user] Converting AVCHD into WMV or MPEG2?

[Rhodri James]

On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:02:24 +0100, Gilles <codecomplete at free.fr> wrote:

> On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:45:20 +0100, "Rhodri James"
> <rhodri at kynesim.co.uk> wrote:
>> Assuming that "AVCHD" is AVC (H.264) with HD resolution, yes,
>> ffmpeg can handle the conversion.  "ffmpeg -codecs" will tell
>> you which decoders and encoders are available.
>
> Thanks. I simply tried this, but VLC isn't happy:
>
> ffmpeg -threads 2 -i 00001.MTS -acodec copy -vcodec wmv2 -deinterlace
> -s 720x576 -b:v 1600k -cmp +chroma -g 250 -partitions
> +parti4x4+partp8x8+partb8x8 -i_qfactor 0.71 -keyint_min 25 -b_strategy
> 1 -flags +loop 00001.wmv
>
> "No suitable decoder module: VLC does not support the audio or video
> format "undf". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this."

Could you post what ffmpeg prints out as a result of your command
line?  It may be misidentifying something (I suspect the input
audio format), and all that output would help the people more
expert than me to tell you what is going on.

-- 
Rhodri James
Kynesim Ltd