[MPlayer-users] Re: xvid and mencoder - corrupt headers?

[ivanova]

On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 04:23:33 -0700
rcooley <rcooley at spamcop.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 6 Jun 2004 12:16:43 +0200
> ivanova <flamingivanova at punkass.com> wrote:
> 
> > I'm not sure I understand all this. The current version only writes a
> > ODML avi if it is bigger than 2GB. 
> 
> No, it currently only writes a ODML header if the file is at least
> _1GB_.
> 
> > This patch makes mencoder always write a ODML avi. Is this right? 
> 
> No, it doesn't affect the writing of headers at all, only how/when
> MPlayer reads them.
> 
> > But if my 1.3 GB avi is not ODML, why do other apps report sync/header
> > errors? 
> 
> 1.3GB is bigger than 1GB, so it does have an ODML header/chunk.  In CVS
> there is a "-noodml" option that will inhibit the writing of ODML
> headers, if you need that for compatibility with other programs.

Ok thanks. I upgraded to the CVS version and everything seems to be ok. I was also able to fix the avi by remuxing it (mencoder -ovc copy -oac copy). ;)