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From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] converting any video to mpeg-1, mpeg-4 or DivX-5
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:32:51
Message-Id: 1134649649.11098.4.camel@orpheus
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] converting any video to mpeg-1, mpeg-4 or DivX-5 by Neil Bothwick
1 On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 09:55 +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 13:15:54 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
3 >
4 > > 2. what program will convert 'anything' to said format.
5 >
6 > transcode and mencoder will do it, but ffmpeg is easier to use. Less
7 > arcane options and a readable man page make life a lot easier for ffmpeg
8 > users :)
9
10 $ man ffmpeg
11 No manual entry for ffmpeg
12
13 `ffmpeg` produces some help info, but then
14 -vcodec codec force video codec ('copy' to copy stream)
15 doesn't say what the actual codecs are...
16
17 I guess I'll google it...
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19 Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
20
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] converting any video to mpeg-1, mpeg-4 or DivX-5 Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] converting any video to mpeg-1, mpeg-4 or DivX-5 Martins Steinbergs <mar@××.lv>