[MPlayer-users] encoding mpegs for windows users

[D Richard Felker III]

On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 11:54:59PM +0200, Karl Ewald wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi Chris,
> 
> I found that by choosing vcodec=msmpeg4v2 and mp3 audio, the resulting AVI
> will play with WMP out of the box on NT4 through winxp, using just the
> codecs supplied with the OS. 

AFAIK this is true, but users should be aware that msmpeg4v2 is less
featureful then real mpeg4 and thus will give lower quality at the
same bitrate.

Rich