[MEncoder-users] Re: Switch from DIVX to FMP4?

[Alexander Strasser]

PG wrote:
[...]
> When I use the suggested fix all is OK :-)
> mencoder stream.dump -ovc lavc -ffourcc divx -oac mp3lame -o stream.avi
> works OK.
> transcode is happy again:
> [transcode] auto-probing source stream.avi (ok)
> [transcode] V: import format    | DivX RIFF data, AVI (V=ffmpeg|A=mp3)
> [transcode] V: import frame     | 320x240  1.33:1
> 
> Anyway - is this a bug of pre7 ?
> Surely the .avi file produced by mencoder should be useable by transcode and
> avidemux, and not just mplayer itself ?

  It is not a bug it is a decision. And it isn't even MPlayer specific,
it was decided by ffmpeg project. As it was said, override fourcc or wait
until the other programs get updated to recognize the new fourcc.

  Alex (beastd)