I see; well then I guess I stick with ffmpeg xvid for now. thanks very much for the info.
ted On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 7:10 AM, Francesco Romani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 11:29 +0200, Al Bogner wrote: > > Is it possible to encode an MPEG2-file to an H.264 file? If so, is there > a > > howto or can you give me an example, which steps are needed? > > It mostly depends on what exactly you want. > Let me explain: while transcode supports h264 encoding, it not yet > supports the mpeg4 container. So, if h264 in avi is enough (to be, > maybe, later be reencapsulated in mpeg), you're set :) > otherwise, no luck :( > > If h264 in avi would suffice, you can use: > - the h264 encoder through ffmpeg (1.0.x, 1.1.x, HEAD): > $ transcode -i source.mpg -y ffmpeg -F h264 -o out.avi ... > - the h264 encoder directly (1.1.x, HEAD): > $ transcode -i source.mpg -y x264,lame,avi -o out.avi ... > > Bests, > > -- > Francesco Romani // Ikitt > [ Out of memory. ~ We wish to hold the whole sky, ~ But we never will. ] > >
