[MEncoder-users] Niewbe question about using w32codecs and mencoder

[Oleynik Phil]

Yuri Shchedov wrote:

>Hello guys,
>
>I'm very new in video and mencoder.
>
>Can I use codecs from w32codecs in mencoder ?
>How to install correctly w32codecs to be able to encode video using
>these codecs ?
>
>I installed w32codecs on debian (Marillat package) but it seems to me
>mencoder cannot read them.
>
>I tried "mencoder -vc help" command, but it doesn't show anything.
>mencoder -ovc help shows only standard codecs (there are no third-part
>codecs installed with w32codecs)
>
>"mplayer -vc help" shows me lots of misc codecs.
>
>Sorry for the begginer's question.
>
>Regards,
>Yuri
>
You cannot use w32 codecs for encoding. This is probably you were trying 
to do.

Philipp