[MPlayer-users] Having trouble producing mpeg from mov

[Philip Walden]

RC wrote:

>On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:56:13 -0800
>Philip Walden <pwaldenlinux at pacbell.net> wrote:
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>>For avi container with mpeg video:
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>MPEG-1/2 video in AVI is non-standard, and you shouldn't expect it to
>play in anything but ffplay.
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>>For mpeg container with mpeg video:
>>    mencoder -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=<see table below> -o 
>>PC290052.mpg PC290052.MOV
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>You aren't setting "-mpegopts format=", so it's no wonder they don't
>play.
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>You seem to be creating videos without sound, so "-of rawvideo" might
>even work better for you
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Here are the results with your suggestions. No real improvement.

For avi container with mpeg video:
  mencoder -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=<see table below> -o PC290052.avi 
PC290052.MOV

vcodec       |   -o file sz   |   mplayer   |   realplayer10     | MS 
media player   |   Quicktime7
mpeg1video   |   3028430      |   works     |   fails            | 
fails             |   crashes
mpeg2video   |   3027836      |   works     |   needs new codec  | needs 
new codec   |   needs new SW
msmpeg4v2    |   3013762      |   works     |   works            | 
works             |   needs new SW


For mpeg container with mpeg video:
   mencoder -of mpeg -mpegopts format=mpeg* -ovc lavc -lavcopts 
vcodec=<see table below> -o PC290052.mpg PC290052.MOV

vcodec       |   -o file sz   |   mplayer   |   realplayer10    | MS 
media player    |   Quicktime7
mpeg1video   |   3051524      |   works     |   fails           | fails 
             |   fails
mpeg2video   |   3051524      |   works     |   fails           | 
fails              |   not recognized
msmpeg4v2    |   2052 !!!!    |   no video  |   needs new SW    | needs 
new SW       |   not recognized

For rawvideo container with mpeg video:
   mencoder -of rawvideo -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=<see table below> -o 
PC290052.mpg PC290052.MOV

vcodec       |   -o file sz   |   mplayer   |   realplayer10    | MS 
media player    |   Quicktime7
mpeg1video   |   3013689      |   works     |   fails           | fails 
             |   fails
mpeg2video   |   3013073      |   works     |   fails           | 
fails              |   not recognized
msmpeg4v2    |   2999005      |fails noerror|   fails           | not 
recognized     |   not recognized