[MPlayer-users] encoding mpegs for windows users

[Vladimir Mosgalin]

On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, D Richard Felker III wrote:

DRFI>[Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
DRFI>On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 11:54:59PM +0200, Karl Ewald wrote:
DRFI>> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
DRFI>> Hi Chris,
DRFI>> 
DRFI>> I found that by choosing vcodec=msmpeg4v2 and mp3 audio, the resulting AVI
DRFI>> will play with WMP out of the box on NT4 through winxp, using just the
DRFI>> codecs supplied with the OS. 
DRFI>
DRFI>AFAIK this is true, but users should be aware that msmpeg4v2 is less
DRFI>featureful then real mpeg4 and thus will give lower quality at the
DRFI>same bitrate.

... And it doesn't store mplayer aspect tag. Well, since it's mplayer
proprietary, no big deal...

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Vladimir