[MPlayer-cygwin] mpeg4 with MPlayer v1.0pre7 source

[Diego Biurrun]

On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 02:30:48PM -0700, Asonganyi Defang Ngunyi wrote:
> 
> I seem not to have read a modification of the manual well but why is it that a DVD rip of any movie or the any encoding done with mencoder of  MPlayer v1.0pre7 with the following command 
> "mencoder dvd://1 -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:vbitrate=900  -o file.avi" for example  cannot be played by DIVX DECODERS with OTHER PLAYERS or with PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF MPLAYER??
>  
> I had thought that mpeg4 generates a Divx movie. Has that changed with MPlayer v1.0pre7 source???  

We need to put this in the FAQ somewhere...  Any volunteers? ;)

FFmpeg changed the default fourcc for MPEG-4 to FMP4.  I think the
option to control this is -ffourcc.

Diego