On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 17:00:21 +0000 Stroller <strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
> On 16 Jan 2014, at 12:19 pm, Gevisz <gev...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have to watch a lot of dav video files and possibly convert > > them to a more common video format like avi or mp4. > > ... > > P.S. My vlc does not understands this format. > > Have you tried viewing them in mplayer? Yes, I have just emerged it (with the default use flags) but it does not play dav video files properly. > IMO ffmpeg or mplayer are the correct tools for conversion - my > instinct says that Handbrake is not. > > In another comment you report some error messages. I think your video > files are recordings created by a handheld video camera - it's > possible there are bugs in the video it creates. I think you are right. Actually, I had the same thoughts but was not sure. The videos are produced by a surveillance digital video recorder. > At least if you use ffmpeg you'll be aware of these warnings - if the > converted video plays, then fine, but at least you have the > opportunity to tweak the settings and reduce the errors to the > minimum. I think a GUI app like Handbrake will only hide the errors > from you. avi files created by ffmpeg are played ok both by vlc and mplayer. So, I think that I have to convert them first and then use vlc. Thank you for your help. And thanks to all who replyed to this thread, as well. :)
