[MEncoder-users] Copy movie

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

On 6/25/07, Ivan Arcos <hiban8 at gmail.com> wrote:
> How I can copy the stream of audio and video of a mpeg movie in new other
> avi movie and watching Windows Media Player?
>
> I use mencoder movie.mpeg -forceidx -oac copy -ovc copy -of avi -o movie.avi

This is the correct command line, but it generates an illegal stream
(mpeg1 or 2 in AVI is not supposed to work) that only outstanding
software such as MPlayer or VLC can read.
If you want to convert your source to a format that is compatible with
WMP, just read the doc, there's several examples there.
BTW, I advise you to install a codec pack, because vanilla WMP doesn't
decode many useful audio and video formats.

Another simpler solution is to install Mplayer or VLC on your windows machine.

Guillaume

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