Hello, I'm trying to convert a WMV file I created with some Microsoft tool (not my computer, sorry) back to MPEG2:
$ transcode -i FILM.wmv -x mplayer -y ffmpeg,mp2 -F mpeg2video -E 48000,16,2 --encode_fields p -o tmp --ext .m2v,.mpa transcode v1.0.2 (C) 2001-2003 Thomas Oestreich, 2003-2004 T. Bitterberg [transcode] auto-probing source FILM.wmv (failed) [transcode] V: import format | unknown (V=mplayer|A=(null)) [transcode] V: import frame | 720x576 1.25:1 [transcode] V: bits/pixel | 0.174 [transcode] V: decoding fps,frc | 25.000,0 [transcode] V: Y'CbCr | YV12/I420 [transcode] A: import format | 0x2000 AC3 [48000,16,2] [transcode] A: export format | 0x55 MPEG layer-3 [48000,16,2] 128 kbps [transcode] V: encoding fps,frc | 25.000,3 [transcode] A: bytes per frame | 7680 (7680.000000) [transcode] A: adjustment | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [transcode] V: IA32/AMD64 accel | sse2 (sse2 sse mmxext mmx asm C) tc_memcpy: using sse for memcpy [transcode] V: video buffer | 10 @ 720x576 [import_mplayer.so] v0.0.5 (2003-03-10) (video) rendered by mplayer | (audio) rendered by mplayer [export_mp2.so] v0.2.1 (2004-08-06) (audio) MPEG 1/2 [export_ffmpeg.so] v0.3.13 (2004-08-03) (video) Lavc51.11.0 | (audio) MPEG/AC3/PCM [import_mplayer.so] mplayer -hardframedrop -vo null -ao pcm:nowaveheader -ao pcm:file="/tmp/mplayer2transcode-audio.nkZD4K" "FILM.wmv" > /dev/null 2>&1 [import_mplayer.so] mplayer -benchmark -noframedrop -nosound -vo yuv4mpeg "FILM.wmv" -osdlevel 0 > /dev/null 2>&1 [import_mplayer.so] tcextract -i ./stream.yuv -x yv12 -t yuv4mpeg [export_ffmpeg.so] Using FFMPEG codec 'mpeg2video' (FourCC 'mpg2', MPEG2 compliant video). tc_memcpy: using sse for memcpy [export_ffmpeg.so]: INFO: No profile selected [export_ffmpeg.so] Neither './ffmpeg.cfg' nor '~/.transcode/ffmpeg.cfg' [export_ffmpeg.so] found. Default settings will be used instead. [export_ffmpeg.so]: INFO: Starting 1 thread(s) [export_ffmpeg.so]: INFO: Set display aspect ratio to input [mpeg2video @ 0xb4fd8328]removing common factors from framerate [export_mp2.so] ffmpeg -y -f s16le -ac 2 -ar 48000 -i - -ab 128 -ar 48000 -f mp2 tmp.mpa >&/dev/null encoding frames [000000-001328], 30.47 fps, EMT: 0:00:53, ( 0| 0| 0) clean up | frame threads | unload modules | cancel signal | internal threads | done [transcode] encoded 1329 frames (0 dropped, 0 cloned), clip length 53.16 s So, no errors, but the resulting tmp.m2v file is just garbage, the image looks like a non properly setup color TV. As you can see above, auto-probing didn't work, that's why I added -x mplayer. Any idea what's wrong there? Thanks, Eric -- Eric de France, d'Allemagne et de Navarre