[MEncoder-users] Incorrectly recognised file format

[Grozdan]

On Thursday 18 December 2008 19:17:05 Davo Smith wrote:
> I've just batch converted a whole bunch of dv files (captured by Kino)
> into avi files containing dv video data (and PCM audio).
>
> The command line I used was:
>
> mencoder filename.dv -oac pcm -ovc libdv -o filename.dv.avi
>
> This worked perfectly for all but 2 of the files.
>
> The 2 that didn't work, both gave the following output:
>
> MEncoder 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu17+medibuntu1 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team

Upgrade your mplayer ASAP to SVN! 1.0rc2 is ANCIENT old (about two years) and 
probably crippled by the Ubuntu morons as is the case with ffmpeg

> CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+ (Family: 6, Model: 10, Stepping: 0)
> CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
> Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
> success: format: 0  data: 0x0 - 0x2eb35280
> MPEG-PES file format detected.
> MPEG: FATAL: EOF while searching for sequence header.
> Video: Cannot read properties.
>
> The ones that worked, detected the file format as: libavformat
>
> Is there any way to force the detection of 'libavformat'?

-demuxer lavf

> I've been 
> trying out the '-demuxer' option, but '-demuxer help' isn't working,
> so I'm in the dark with that one.
>
> Davo
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