[MEncoder-users] Re: Converting wmv3 to flv

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

On 10/25/05, Scott <scott at hawkee.com> wrote:
> Rich Felker <dalias <at> aerifal.cx> writes:
>
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 02:35:36PM +0000, Scott wrote:
> > > > > mencoder movie.flv -ovc copy -oac copy -audiofile audiodump.mp3
> > > > >  -o movie2.flv
> > > >
> > > > Without "-of lavf" you're just encoding to an AVI file.
> > >
> > > I've created a new command for this, but I get a Floating point exception
> > > now.  Here's what I'm trying:
> >
> > -of lavf does not presently work. Try encoding first to avi container
> > then remuxing with standalone ffmpeg program.
> >
> > Rich
> >
>
>
> I had some trouble converting to avi.  I tried to do it with this command:
>
> mencoder movie.wmv -o movie.avi -ovc copy -oac copy -nosound
>
> But the output did not work.  It crashed Quicktime and VLC could play it
> somewhat, but it was very grainy and difficult to watch.  What am I
> missing?

you're missing lots of things!

use a proper codec name instead of -ovc copy
-oac copy -nosound doesn"t have any sense.

Please read the doc, and understand what you are doing

Guillaume
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