[ale] using mplayer to convert

[james at sumners.ath.cx]

As I said, you are going to need to specify mpeg1 compliant bitrates to
get a valid file. I do not know them off the top of my head. You may
want to look at http://www.vcdhelp.com for that information. The
arguments I supplied in my previous email were just to get you going in
the right direction.

On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 01:14:26PM -0400, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> I've got the file converted using th command line arguments.
> 
> Adaptec VCD creator stated the format was not valid for VCD.  Is
> there a command line option that will make it VCD compatible.
> I thought mpeg1 was VCD.
> 
> Chris
> 
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 11:42:47AM -0400, james at sumners.ath.cx wrote:
> > mencoder -o burn.mpg -ovc lavc -oac pcm -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video
> > input.wmv
> > 
> > That _might_ give you a compatible video. You would be better off
> > specifying the output bitrates and such. See 'man mencoder'.
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