[MPlayer-users] Solved! (was Re: Problem: some videos freeze, other very similar videos do not--difference might be just in resolution (pixels)--how to convert?)

[Ron Johnson]

On 10/21/2011 03:39 PM, Randy Kramer wrote:
> I got the problem solved.
>
> It turns out it was related to the 1000 fps for the container. ("Seems stream
> 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 1000.00...")
>
> With various hints, some from these lists, I managed to get an ffmpeg command
> that converted the videos (well, I've only tested this on one so far):
>
> ffmpeg -i video1.flv -vcodec libx264 -acodec copy -r 29.92 video1_h264.flv
>
> With this conversion, the video starts playing promptly, I no longer see the
> reference to 1000 fps, and I haven't had any freezes (even while my machine
> is loaded enough that the original file does freeze).
>
> The file does increase in size by about 25%.  I don't think the video
> deteriorates much if at all, but I've been staring at it too long.  I need to
> take a look at it with fresh eyes, maybe tomorrow.
>
> (Other conversions that I tried, like to .avi format resulted in files about
> the same size, but noticeable deterioration in the video (and preserved the
> 1000 fps, which seemed not to cause a problem (as a .avi) for mplayer.)
>

Interesting.  What about to .mp4?

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