Re: [gentoo-user] converting any video to mpeg-1, mpeg-4 or DivX-5

2005-12-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 13:15:54 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: 2. what program will convert 'anything' to said format. transcode and mencoder will do it, but ffmpeg is easier to use. Less arcane options and a readable man page make life a lot easier for ffmpeg users :) -- Neil Bothwick Windows -

Re: [gentoo-user] converting any video to mpeg-1, mpeg-4 or DivX-5

2005-12-15 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 09:55 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 13:15:54 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: 2. what program will convert 'anything' to said format. transcode and mencoder will do it, but ffmpeg is easier to use. Less arcane options and a readable man page make life a

Re: [gentoo-user] converting any video to mpeg-1, mpeg-4 or DivX-5

2005-12-15 Thread Martins Steinbergs
transcode and mencoder will do it, but ffmpeg is easier to use. Less arcane options and a readable man page make life a lot easier for ffmpeg users :) $ man ffmpeg No manual entry for ffmpeg `ffmpeg` produces some help info, but then -vcodec codec force video codec ('copy' to

[gentoo-user] converting any video to mpeg-1, mpeg-4 or DivX-5

2005-12-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
Hi all, I have a shiny new usb media drive (with internal hd, lcd, AV out) that plays photos, music and video. I have a few choices for video[1]. I have lots of different types of video files - from short funny ads, to 1/2 hr tv episodes, to full movies, in all sorts of formats - wmv, avi,

Re: [gentoo-user] converting any video to mpeg-1, mpeg-4 or DivX-5

2005-12-14 Thread Chris White
On Thursday 15 December 2005 12:45, Iain Buchanan wrote: Hi all, I have a shiny new usb media drive (with internal hd, lcd, AV out) that plays photos, music and video. I have a few choices for video[1]. I want one I have lots of different types of video files - from short funny ads, to

Re: [gentoo-user] converting any video to mpeg-1, mpeg-4 or DivX-5

2005-12-14 Thread Martins Steinbergs
I have lots of different types of video files - from short funny ads, to 1/2 hr tv episodes, to full movies, in all sorts of formats - wmv, avi, mpeg, etc. I want to find a program (hopefully only 1!) that will help convert them to a format playable by the device. I'm happy if thats

Re: [gentoo-user] converting any video to mpeg-1, mpeg-4 or DivX-5

2005-12-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 14:04 +0900, Chris White wrote: On Thursday 15 December 2005 13:51, Iain Buchanan wrote: 3. with a video file recorded from my digital still camera[1], I can't fast forward or re-wind (on the device). Is this a feature of AVI, or probably of the device? (Apparently

Re: [gentoo-user] converting any video to mpeg-1, mpeg-4 or DivX-5

2005-12-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 12:59 +0900, Chris White wrote: mencoder / transcode DivX DivX-5.x Resolution : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bit Rate : 4Mbps Audio : MPEG-1 Layer III, AAC, ADPCM Format :.AVI , Remark:DivX-3.x/4.x unsupported Pick this hmm, mencoder can't