[FFmpeg-user] Best way convert to mpg

[Reindl Harald]

Am 11.01.24 um 10:41 schrieb Moritz Barsnick via ffmpeg-user:
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 23:30:33 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote:
>> Am 10.01.24 um 22:38 schrieb Budi Janto:
>>> In last week I tried to convert *.dat, *.avi and other video format to
>>> *.mpg.
> 
>> "-vcodec copy -acodec copy" - so you specify don't re-encode anyhting which
>> can be done also by changing the file extension, both don't make any sense
> 
> I cannot speak for the *.dat files, but AVI containers aren't
> compatible with MPEG containers.

it would be in general helpful wehn the OP would post he complete output 
so that one can see what's in the file at all - extensions are meaningless