I've now got a few short movie clips (trains) which might have some interest for people who use youtube - not great quality, but maybe adequate [ 1280x720, from a panasonic 'bridge' camera ]. But, the camera outputs .mov files (quicktime) - I can play these large files in xine, but slowly (i.e. the clock runs slow, perhaps a 50/60 Hz [ or 25/30 fps ] issue - I'm in the UK) and any sound dies very quickly, within a second or so. Totem is unable to play these source files. Any suggestions for playing the original files correctly ?
If I use ffmpeg to convert these to .avi files, I can hear and see them in both xine and totem and they seem to run at the correct speed. So, looks like I need to convert them. Creating .avi files from ffmpeg's default settings loses a lot of video quality, and some audio quality - it wasn't wonderful to start with. Has anyone any experience with creating .avi files for youtube, with recommended settings ? I've tried this when I got the camera, and have some ideas, but .avi seems to have a lot of restrictions on what is valid for the audio, and knowing what people have found useful for the video settings would be helpful. Part of the problem is that the recent youtube documentation implies I should use the highest quality possible, i.e. the .mov file which I can't play correctly. I'm confused. I'm hoping to only need to use ffmpeg for this - the last thing I need is more software to add to my builds. Sorry to ask this here, but it's the first time I've taken movies, and I'm obsessional enough that if I subscribe to a movies list I'll never have enough time to build a new LFS system :-) Thanks. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
