[MEncoder-users] Re: FLV format for web playing

[Jon Drukman]

eduardo gargiulo wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm using mencoder to convert mpeg video to flv (mplayer's manual
> example).
> The file plays ok on standard FLV players, without size, duration, rate
> information but it doesn't matter righ now. The problem is that I can't
> play the file using web flv plugins. I've tested other flv files on same
> player/webserver and they runs ok, but I can't play flv files converted
> with mencoder.

you need to add the flv metadata to the file.  unfortunately mencoder 
doesn't do this by itself (or at least, it didn't last time i checked). 
  you need an external tool like flvtool, or this one:
http://www.swfx.org/flv-duration/index.jsp

i use the latter.

-jsd-