[MEncoder-users] Re: Newbie question

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

On 1/3/07, Guillaume POIRIER <gpoirier at mplayerhq.hu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here's a filtered message that got discarded several times because it
> looks like it was html only or smth like that
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "andrew barry" <jagguy9990 at lycos.com>
> To: <mencoder-users at mplayerhq.hu>
> Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:03:11 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: newbie
>
>  I am new to mencoder and found documentation hard to find and also
> trying to post a mesage on this list has taken a few days..
> I just want to convert video type of mov,avi,wmv,mpeg to flash types flv or swf.
>
> Just a straight conversion with sound of course and that's it.
> I used this below but it fails so i wonder where I can get information
> to do this. I am still searhcing past archives and google but I spent
> hours already and such a basic thing (I won't go into details but my
> frustration limit is at breaking point).
>
> I also tried ffmpeg but this failed to do wmv and some sound.
>
> mencoder movie.wmv -o movie.flv -ovc lavc -oac lavc

The example you are looking for is in the docs:

http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/menc-feat-selecting-codec.html

Example 13.1. encode to Macromedia Flash format

Creating a Macromedia Flash video suitable for playback in a web
browser with the Macromedia Flash plugin:

mencoder input.avi -o output.flv -of lavf \
    -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=56 -srate 22050 -ovc lavc \
    -lavcopts vcodec=flv:vbitrate=500:mbd=2:mv0:trell:v4mv:cbp:last_pred=3


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