[MPlayer-users] Using mencoder to create Windows- and MacOS-friendly movies

[January Weiner 3]

> >Well, what about fun.from.hell.pl/2002-04-30/parking-BMW-in-China.mpeg?
> >This is not WMV, and it worked on our NT workstations -- and I am quite
> >sure nobody had installed anything extra on those machines (because getting
> >one's head ripped off can be quite annoying). Mplayer says, it's mpegpes
> >/MPEG1. OK, so I would just like to produce a similar file.  A file which
> >can be played on a standard el Cheapo public terminal without the need to
> >download and install anything.
> >
> >
> I think transcode can produce mpeg1 files - at least it claims to do so,
> although I don't use it. MEncoder can output AVIs only.

Hm.  I've tried to do the following: first, encode an avi with mencoder
(using mpeg4 or mpeg1video), and then run mplayer with -vo mpegpes.
Theoretically, I should get an mpegpes file, just like the one example I
mentioned.  Practically, it does not work, no idea why.

j.


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