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From: Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] codec for video embedded in presentation
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 02:13:26
Message-Id: CA+czFiBBD+_GF02rQz_8+p2LqTAt36vHwwuMcW69DR_STgLGsg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] [OT] codec for video embedded in presentation by Francisco Ares
1 On Dec 29, 2012 9:08 PM, "Francisco Ares" <frares@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > Hello All,
4 >
5 > I know this is WAY off- topic, but I have seen topics in many different
6 areas, probably some gentooers will be glad to share experiences.
7 >
8 > I am trying to create some videos for a M$ Office presentation. Some are
9 from "recordmydesktop", which produces an OGG video, that I have to
10 convert, so "Powerpoint" will open it without complaining. (I know the
11 trick about renaming the video file to AVI extension, but this does not
12 work always)
13 >
14 > So I would like to know witch is the best/correct codec to encode/convert
15 a video file for proper use with M$ Powerpoint.
16 >
17 > I have being using this script for testing:
18 >
19 > #! /bin/bash
20 > mencoder "$1" -oac pcm -ovc lavc -lavcopts
21 vcodec=ffv1:vbitrate=1200:vme=4:mbd=2:v4mv:dia=-1 -ofps 25 -o test.avi
22 >
23 > Any ideas/suggestions?
24 >
25 > Thanks a lot
26 > Francisco
27
28 At this point, probably h.264+mpeg 2 layer 3, in an mp4 container.