[MPlayer-users] Mencoder screws up files for Windows Media Player

[Arpi]

Hi,

> I can also encode the file I got from someone else again with for example 
> libavcodec and mp3lame and it plays fine. But when I use lameopts to set som
> e 
> bitrate it suddenly doesn't play in wmp anymore. (Not a problem with vbr!)

it is...
cbr audio is somehow broken in mencoder, most player but wmp can play it.
vbr works fine, while it shouldn't at all :)

so, until someone who has wmp running fixes it, use vbr or better: abr


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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