[FFmpeg-user] VC1 and WMV3 encoding in FFMPEG

[Paul B Mahol]

On 8/14/13, Sean <seanm at goldeneraproductions.org> wrote:
> On 13 August 2013 08:25, Sean McShane
> <seanm at goldeneraproductions.org>wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know if there is any plan to enable VC1 and/or WMV3 encoding
> in
>> FFMPEG?
>>
>>
>>
>> -Sean
>>
>>
>
>>>wmv3 should be in there. Use ffmpeg -codecs to list what is in your
>>> build.
>>>
>>>Last time I checked no one looked like they were going to do vc-1 but
>>>unless you really need vc-1 just use h.264 and you can mux this into an
> ASF
>>>wrapper in the case you have some special Windows/WMV requirements.
>
>
> I am using this Windows build version:
> =============================
> ffmpeg version N-54960-gf3f4e13 Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg
> developers
>   built on Jul 26 2013 19:16:37 with gcc 4.7.3 (GCC)
> configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads
> --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig
> --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-iconv --enable-libass
> --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetype
> --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame
> --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb
> --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp
> --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex
> --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvo-aacenc
> --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx
> --enable-libx264 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-zlib
>   libavutil      52. 40.100 / 52. 40.100
>   libavcodec     55. 19.100 / 55. 19.100
>   libavformat    55. 12.102 / 55. 12.102
>   libavdevice    55.  3.100 / 55.  3.100
>   libavfilter     3. 81.103 /  3. 81.103
>   libswscale      2.  4.100 /  2.  4.100
>   libswresample   0. 17.103 /  0. 17.103
>   libpostproc    52.  3.100 / 52.  3.100
> ==============================
>
> When I run the -codecs flag, I get this under the wmv section:
> ==============================
> D.V.L. vc1                  SMPTE VC-1
> DEV.L. wmv1                 Windows Media Video 7
> DEV.L. wmv2                 Windows Media Video 8
> D.V.L. wmv3                 Windows Media Video 9
> ==============================
>
> Looks like encoding is only enabled for wmv1 (WMV7) and wmv2 (WMV8), but
> not
> for wmv3 (WMV9) and vc1.
>
> Unfortunately, I do have specific Windows/wmv requirements.

Unfortunatly there are no plans to add such encoders.