[MEncoder-users] MP4 file format output with MEncoder ?

[Nico Sabbi]

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>I would like to know if it is possible to output MP4 files with MEncoder,
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>like ffmpeg does it ?
>Actually, my goal is to transcode an MPEG-2 file to an MPEG-4 ISMA compliant
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>one for streaming purpose ( XviD video codec, AAC-LC audio codec and MP4
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>file format ).
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>Olivier 
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as long as you don't use b-frames it's possible without problems;
b-frames will likely lead to desync.

The basic command line is: 
$ mencoder -of lavf -o file.mp4 -oac faac -faacopts ....

I don't know if lavf's muxer makes hinted mp4 files (whatever it means).