[svlug] OGV to Windows friendly format?

[Skip Evans]

Hey all,

Okay, I'll check out HandBrake and mencoder then.

Thanks gobs!

Skip

Akkana Peck wrote:
> Skip Evans writes:
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I'm creating OGV files to demo our web system on our site and 
>> I'd like to convert them to more Windows friendly versions.
>>
>> Can someone suggest a file format and maybe suggest a free or 
>> inexpensive converter out there that they know works?
> 
> I find Windows people can usually handle mpeg4 and nearly always can
> handle mpg1. divx, not always. I use mencoder, which comes with
> mplayer; its arguments are impossible to understand, but if you
> know the right magic incantation it usually works:
> 
> divx:        mencoder INPUTFILE -oac pcm -ovc lavc -o OUTPUTFILE.divx
> mpeg4:       mencoder INPUTFILE -oac pcm -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vqmin=2:vlelim=-4:vcelim=9:lumi_mask=0.05:dark_mask=0.01:vhq -o OUTPUTFILE.mpeg4
> mpeg1:       mencoder INPUTFILE -oac pcm -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video -o OUTPUTFILE.mpeg
> 
> There's also ffmpeg, which is a little easier to use than mencoder --
> it still needs magic incantations sometimes, but shorter ones and
> they're usually googleable.
> 
> 	...Akkana
> 
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