[MEncoder-users] mencoder blues

[Dieter]

> do simple things like encode 20 jpegs into a movie that can be played by at
> least one reasonably well-known movie player other than mplayer.

I have been using mencoder to capture video into mpeg4 and then use
ffmpeg to convert it to DV.  Sometimes ffmpeg has massive complaints
about the mpeg4 file.  I thought mencoder and ffmpeg were some sort
of related projects and should play well together?