[MPlayer-users] mencoder under linux to avi and play under

[Thomas Baag]

Hi Jerry,

i never have used mencoder, but i think to know that avi is a
"cross-plattform" containerformat for audio & video data.
the content can be very different (so, that one media-player could
play/decode, but the other don't)
i assume, that "-oac copy -ovc copy" forces mencoder to copy the audio
and video content (encoded) to the avi-container.
maybe the wmplayer don't expects the asf-codec in an avi-file and
therefor say missing codec.

one way to resolve this, is to transcode in something avi-typical
(divx,xvid,ogg,...)
or to safe and use the asf-file instead of an avi (no quality-lose due
transcoding)

>
> I am using mencoder under linux and encoding to .avi file.
> Example: mencoder -o jerry.avi -oac copy -ovc copy -endpos 60
> http://IP/img/video.asf
>
> Once this is done I can play the file with mplayer on linux, mplayer on
> windows BUT NOT
> with wmplayer on windows. I thought or was hoping .avi was a cross
> system video type
> that I could encode under linux and playyyy with wmplayer.
>
> Is there something else I need to do to have a mencode under linux and
> play with wmplayer?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> Jerry
>