[MEncoder-users] mp4, aac and mencoder confusion...

[Kevin Downey]

On 2/13/07, Justin Randall <jrrandall at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mencoder can't support mp4 because it can't support B-frames, so
> there's no point in trying mp4 until mencoder can do B-frames
> properly. The only container that I've ever had any success with is
> .avi, which is old and outdated, and surely it makes no sense
> whatsoever to put MPEG-4 AVC stuff into an avi container. Telling
> somebody not to use B-frames is completely ridiculous. A better
> suggestion would be don't use mencoder cause it can't do what you want
> it to do yet. Use ffmpeg and MP4Box for the time being.
>
> On 2/13/07, Pierre Catello <pierre.catello at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2007/2/13, Nico Sabbi <nsabbi at email.it>:
> > >
> > > Pierre Catello wrote:
> > >
> > > > 2007/2/13, Nico Sabbi <nsabbi at email.it>:
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >> :raw
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > I will try but won't raw prevent muxing to .mp4 with MP4Box (the doc
> > > > says it requires ADTS AAC stream)?
> > >
> > > yes
> >
> >
> > So, what's the point in suggesting to use :raw above ?
> >
> > > I would of course prefer to
> > > > generate the mp4 directly with MEncoder, but I can't because of the
> > > > B-frames...
> > >
> > > don't use B-frames
> >
> >
> > I see. Thank you soooo much.
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>
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> Justin Randall
> 617.733.4107

you can use avi as an intermediate format. And some other  tool to
remux from avi to mp4

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