Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 18:37:57 -0500 From: "Rick C. Petty" <rick-freebsd@kiwi-computer.com> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making clips Windows Media Player likes Message-ID: <20070605233757.GA43816@keira.kiwi-computer.com> In-Reply-To: <20070605.113536.-861029287.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <20070605162424.0510a425@localhost> <20070605.095903.-432838228.imp@bsdimp.com> <200706051638.l55Gc9Wu014651@smtpclu-3.eunet.yu> <20070605.113536.-861029287.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 11:35:36AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > The specific question I have is what hoops do I need to jump through > to make it work with Windows Media Player and Windows Movie Maker. > What container formats work best when you are sending clips to > relatives that have just Microsoft's media player? Which codecs are > the ones that I want to use? Does that answer change if I use Windows > Movie Maker? My suggestion is to use mencoder's lavc, setting vcodec=wmv1 or wmv2. You'll need the win32 codecs installed.. I'd also try rv10 (RealVideo). Obviously make sure it's encapsulated into an AVI container, but I know of no other containers which support windoze media. -- Rick C. Petty
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