[MPlayer-users] how to convert wmv to mpeg2

[Rich Felker]

On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 10:10:14AM +0200, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> Hi,
> On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 09:56:22AM +0000, Krzysiek wrote:
> > Hugo Coolens napisa?(a):
> > >How can I convert a wmv file which plays correctly with mplayer to a 
> > >mpeg2-file?
> > >
> > mencoder file.wmv -o file.mpg -of mpeg -ovc lavc -oac lavc -lavcopts 
> > vcodec=mpeg2video:acodec=ac3:keyint=25:vbitrate=7500 -mpegopts format=mpeg2
> 
> You will definitly need to set a framerate with -ofps, since wmv is
> variable framerate which MPlayer treats a 1000fps - certainly not what
> you want.
> Also you will quite often need one of -mc 0, -mc 0.1 or -mc 10

I've seen people recommending these a lot, apparently without knowing
what they do? Do you understand them?

Rich