[MPlayer-users] Mencoder 2006-06-08 with XivD 1.1.0 =>Cantplaywith Window

[Ivan Kowalenko]

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On Jun 14, 2006, at 04.51, hob4bit - wrote:

> Hi, I worked out what stops Mencoder generated "xvid" from playing  
> on Windows Media
> Player. The problem was that I converted a WMV that claims to have  
> a frame rate of
> 1000.000 (according to "mplayer -identify"). I don't believe it  
> really is using such a
> high frame rate. Perhaps 1000.000fps means variable frame rate.

Well, I doubt the file *actually* had "fps=1000.000" in it. It  
doesn't make sense that a variable framerate format would report  
that. I think that's just MPlayer's way of parsing the data. But,  
yes, it does mean that WMV has variable frame rate.

> Anyway when I "mencode" using "-ofps 25" option the "xvid" generate  
> plays on WMP.
> This is funny because WMP just says COORD1199 error. It should have  
> said "cannot
> play 1000.000 frame rate".

Yeah, but it's Microsoft, go figure. As if they'd ever make something  
easy to translate into useful information.
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