[MPlayer-users] How to encode with older codecs?

[Nico Sabbi]

Fabio S. wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have the following problem: I was used to encode with mplayer 
> (1.0pre4-3.2) movies from my vcr in order to see them on my tv set via 
> my dvd/dvix player.
> Everything worked fine with the following commands
> mencoder file.avi -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr -srate 11025 -ovc frameno 
> -o frameno.avi
> mencoder file.avi -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts 
> vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=3000:vpass=1:vhq:mbd=2
> mencoder file.avi -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts 
> vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=3000:vpass=2:vhq:mbd=2
>
> Now I updated my pc and I have a new version of mplayer 
> (1.0pre7-3.4.3). I used
> the same old command to produce a new avi and everything was ok. The 
> problem
> is that the new avi is no longer compatible with my dvd/divx palyer 
> (and I
> can't upgrade its firmware).
>

as was written countless times, now lavc uses its own fourcc: FMP4. You 
can override it with -ffourcc XVID.
BTW, can you really hear something at 11 khz audio? :)
 
 
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