[MEncoder-users] Creating Quicktime Compatible file with h264 codec

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On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:54:12 -0500
Reuben Budiardja <reubendb at organizedhacks.com> wrote:

> I get one of the older release file (1.5.0.1), and  cannot build it.
> Running the their bootstrap script give me error:  "Error - we have
> detected a version of faac that has libmp4v2 support and no copy of
> mpeg4ip-config.  This means faac was built with faad2 and the
> libraries will be incompatible. Please reinstall faac without mp4v2
> support"

And why don't you follow the instructions in the message?

> Can mencoder create mp4 file for quicktime  compatibility with h264
> encoding ?

Yes, if you don't want B-frames.

> I naively tried also just generate the .avi file from mencoder, and
> then use  ffmpeg as: "ffmpeg -i file.avi file.mp4". But I'm concerned
> as the resulted  mp4 file size is about half than the .avi file in
> this particular case that I  am trying. Am I missing something ?

ffmpeg usage.  It reencodes by default.