[MPlayer-users] SN40 conversion issue

[Chris Lee]

That worked. Thank you so much! :)

Chris

> On Oct 18, 2019, at 3:30 AM, Bill Crockett <wsc4 at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Lee" <kunark629 at hotmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2019 7:21 AM
> 
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I am trying to convert an AVI that contains an SN40 codec to MP4 using Mencoder Windows 32-bit.
>> 
>> The command I am using is:
>> mencoder input.avi -ovc vfw -xvfwopts codec=SN4Codec.dll -nosound -o output.mp4
>> 
>> It loads the codec DLL successfully but then fails right away with ICCompressBegin failed: Error -3
>> 
>> Could you tell me what I am missing?
>> 
>> Thank you!
>> 
>> Chris
> 
> Encoding with the Video For Windows codec family.
> 
> Note that support for this is very experimental and some codecs may not work correctly.
> 
> I tried sn4codec.dll and got the same error.
> 
> Using vfw2menc to create a codec settings file does not work also.  The driver doesn't provide a configure dialog.
> 
> vfw2menc -f VP62 -d vp6vfw.dll -s settings.mcf
> 
> This did work and opens up a GUI of settings and creates a settings.mcf file that you use.  You then do this:
> 
> mencoder input.avi -ovc vfw -xvfwopts codec=vp6vfw.dll:compdata=settings.mcf -nosound -o output.avi
> 
> I used an AVI container because your MP4 will also be AVI.
> 
> Encoding with Video for Windows codecs is mostly obsolete unless you wish to encode to some obscure fringe codec.
> 
> BTW, there is this: https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mencoder-users 
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