[MPlayer-users] mpeg1 video not playable on QuickTime player

[Nico Sabbi]

P. W. wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I used the following command to convert a wmv file to
>a mpeg1 file on linux box. The resulted video can be
>played fine using mplayer or windows media player.
>However, when I tried to play it using QuickTime
>player, it only played audio, no video showing. So, I
>would really appreciate some suggestions on what would
>be the right way to do such conversion.
>
>
>#mencoder test1.wmv -o test1.mpg -of lavf -oac mp3lame
>-ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video -ofps 25
>-lavfopts
>i_certify_that_my_video_stream_does_not_use_b_frames
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>PW
>  
>

likely the keyint is way too high; try to reduce it with
-lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video:keyint=25 possibly adding :mbd=2:aspect=4/3:...

If still you can't play it try to use -of mpeg -mpegopts format=....