[MEncoder-users] Re: Converting wmv3 to flv

[Rich Felker]

On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 09:11:30AM +0000, Scott 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?

I told you to encode to avi first then remux with ffmpeg, not remux to
avi with mencoder!!!

Use the exact same command you were using before, except omit -of lavf
so that the output is in an avi container. Then use ffmpeg to move
that into an flv container.

Rich