[MEncoder-users] Users uploaded videos...

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 02:58:29PM +0200, Nicolas Vekemans wrote:
>         I have to handle all sorts of videos: 3gp, asf, avi, flv, mkv,
>         mov, mp4,
>         mpg, ogm, rm, wmv...
[...]
>         2. Are there any well-known good packages (fully optimized with
>         maximum 
>         supported codecs, rpm if possible) or do I have to compile from
>         source? 

Since you want 3gp you will want amr support I guess, which you can not
get as a binary legally.

>         4. I also read about a "B frames problem" with h264 that would
>         only work
>         with ffmpeg... While I know that I am on the mencoder list, does
>         anyone
>         know an application that could handle "B frames" and most
>         codecs. 

The B-frame problem is only for video _output_, it does not matter if
the input format uses B-frames.

Everything else you'll probably have to find out yourself, at least
until you have more precise questions.