[MEncoder-users] Copying avi files

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

On 9/5/07, Tomasz Ksiezyk <ksiezyk at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> When I copied an avi file with:
>
> mencoder -quiet -oac copy -ovc copy original.avi -o copy.avi
>
> the copy.avi had the same duration and it looked and sounded fine, but
> it was substantially smaller:
>
> copy.avi   -   297M
> original.avi   -   368M
>
> I wonder why. Does it mean, the quality of the copy is inferior to that
> of the original?

Maybe the original had several audio tracks in it?

Guillaume
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