[MPlayer-users] mencoder under linux to avi andplayunderwindowswmplayer not work

[Jerry Geis]

Jeff,

THanks, I did download ffdshow codec now and I am having better luck.

I was stuck on the fact that I thought WMP should be able to play an avi.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Jerry

On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 04:58:53PM -0400, Jerry Geis wrote:
>/ >On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 04:37:35PM -0400, Jerry Geis wrote:
/>/ >>/ I have tried a number of other options like using vbitrate=1000 
/>/ />>/ using -oac lavc and -ovc lavc and have not come up with 
/>/ />>/ a combination that lets WMP play an mencoded video.
/>/ />>/ 
/>/ />>/ Can you share with me what you know may work? Thanks,
/>/ />
/>/ >Something like -ffourcc DIVX. This is a FAQ.
/>/ >http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/faq.html#id2545875
/>/ 
/>/ 
/>/ I just tried this complete command. WMP still says
/>/ "Windows media player cannot play the file. The player might not support 
/>/ the file type or a
/>/ required codec might not be installed".
/>/ 
/>/ mencoder http://192.168.1.171/img/video.asf -nosound -ovc lavc -ffourcc 
/>/ DIVX -o ../jerry.avi -endpos 10
/
How about making sure the windows box has the decoder it needs? I
suggest ffdshow.

I also think it's possible to put msmpeg4 in avi, and get WMP to do
its "call home, install codecs" routine. I'm not sure what fourcc this
requires.