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On 08/02/07, Robert Purvis (NHS Connecting for Health) <robert.purvis@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks. I tried ffmpeg as suggested below, but the resulting file was HUGE - > the original wmv file is 260Mbytes, the avi output by ffmpeg is 1.6GBytes! > Do you have any suggestions about how to reduce the size - such as reducing > the fps or the sample rate? > > Rob > > > Robert Purvis > Principal Technical Specialist > > > Systems and Service Delivery > NHS Connecting for Health > 01392 206691 > robert.purvis@xxxxxxx > www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk > > -----Original Message----- > From: list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Jonathan Roberts > Sent: 06 February 2007 17:00 > To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [LUG] Converting WMV to AVI > > Hey, > > I would suggest ffmpeg. I think, although I'm not certain, that it also > handles WMV. > > The command to use would be: > > ffmpeg -i /path/to/input/file.wmv -sameq /path/to/output/file.avi > > the sameq option ensures that the same quality is used in the output as the > input. > > Hope this helps, > > Jon > > On 06/02/07, Robert Purvis (NHS Connecting for Health) > <robert.purvis@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have been trying to convert a WMV file to a format that my DVD > > player recognises. I have been trying to understand mencoder (with > > minimal success). I managed to get it to produce an AVI file using the > > libavcodec codecs but my DVD player said it was an unknown codec. The > > DVD player also said it didn't know what the resolution was. > > > > I have Fedora Core 5, with mplayer and mencoder from Livna. My DVD > > player is a Liton HD-A760GX. > > > > Can anyone help with suggestions for the command line options to use > > for mencoder? > > > > Robert Purvis > > Principal Technical Specialist > > > > > > Systems and Service Delivery > > NHS Connecting for Health > > 01392 206691 > > robert.purvis@xxxxxxx > > www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > Information in this message may contain confidential and privileged > > information. If you are not the intended recipient please accept our > > apologies; please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in > > this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so > > is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform us that this > > message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you for your > > co-operation. > > > > NHSmail is used daily by over 100,000 staff in the NHS. Over a million > > messages are sent every day by the system. To find out why more and > > more NHS personnel are switching to this NHS Connecting for Health > > system please visit www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/nhsmail > > ********************************************************************** > > > > > > -- > > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > > > ********************************************************************** > Information in this message may contain confidential and privileged > information. If you are not the intended recipient please accept our > apologies; please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in > this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so > is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform us that this > message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you for your > co-operation. > > NHSmail is used daily by over 100,000 staff in the NHS. Over a million > messages are sent every day by the system. To find out why more and > more NHS personnel are switching to this NHS Connecting for Health > system please visit www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/nhsmail > ********************************************************************** > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > Assuming your DVD player only plays DVDs (and not divx, which some do ) try this ffmpeg -i infile -target dvd -s 352x288 -qscale 3 -acodec mp2 -ar 44100 -ac 2 -ab 64 outfile I get up to six hours on DVD's using this -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html