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

[Rhodri James]

On Sat, 09 Jun 2012 14:43:11 +0100, Gilles <codecomplete at free.fr> wrote:

> Actually, Movie Maker 2.1 (the last version available for XP) is not
> as good as the one available for Windows 7, so I'll work with the
> latter.
>
> It supports the following files:
> "Video files: .asf, .avi, dvr-ms, .m1v, .mp2, .mp2v, .mpe, .mpeg,
> .mpg, .mpv2, .wm, and .wmv
>
> Audio files: .aif, .aifc, .aiff, .asf, .au, .mp2, .mp3, .mpa, .snd,
> .wav, and .wma"
>
> With the original files recorded this way, which format would you
> recommend I tell ffmpeg to use?
>
> ==============
> M2TS
> H.264/AVC (1440x1080)
> 25.000
> AC3 (5,1, 48000Hz)
> ==============

I'm really not up on what file extensions mean what, but a quick
Google suggests that none of those file formats take H.264.

Has anyone got any more relevant comments?

-- 
Rhodri James
Kynesim Ltd