[MEncoder-users] encode to h264 (flash support)

[RC]

On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 06:47:23 +1100
Alex Samad <alex at samad.com.au> wrote:

> isn't something lost by creating them in avi containers 

Not at all.

> and if you can create that on the fly with tools like MP4Box, why
> don't players do that instead of having to pre encode

Because MOV (MP4 is a subset) is one of the most complex container
formats around, and AVI is much older and more popular than MP4. 
Creating proper MP4 files isn't trivial, and mencoder in particular
isn't well-suited to output anything but AVI.