[MPlayer-users] Bug? AVS source not reporting YUY2 file correctly?

[Nicolas Hesler]

Reimar Döffinger wrote:
>>     * Why is AVS support in ffmpeg different from Mplayer?
>>     
>
> I don't know what you actually want to ask with that, like that the best
> answer is "why not"? MPlayer and FFmpeg are different programs after
> all.
>
>   
I understand that they are different, but in this case, why would you 
want to limit the color space on the input of an input type? 

The why stems from my not quite understanding the state of development 
of both projects. What Mplayer/Mencoder uses from ffmpeg and what it 
doesn't?

Is it safe to assume that you should use ffmpeg/x264/etc. unless you 
absolutely need to use Mencoder filtering and sync?  I'm a little 
clueless when it comes to making that decision and knowing which project 
is a better solution for a given encoding task.

>>     * It doesn't seem to make mention of a color space conversion in the
>>       output. Am I missing something?
>>     
>
> The conversion is added to the AVISynth script so you won't see anything
> about it in the MPlayer output.
>
>   

Good to know.  THANKS!