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Encoding Tip: Windows Compatibility

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

The support that Microsoft Windows provides for Video Codecs per default is pathetic, fortunatly ffmpeg can create files that work with Windows out of the Box:

ffmpeg -i input.avi -f asf -vcodec wmv2 -b 8000k -acodec wmav2 -ab 192k output.wmv

Those settings should create a file with resonable quality that should play back under any recent Windows machine.

If you want to convert DV video created from a standard camcorder, you can use the following command line, which also deinterlaces and scales the image to compensate for the slightly non-square pixels of DV. (This example works for PAL, NTSC has a slightly different resolution)

ffmpeg -i input.avi -deinterlace -f asf -vcodec wmv2 -b 8000k -acodec wmav2 -ab 192k -cropleft 10 -cropright 10 -s 768x576 output.wmv

Cheers
-Richard

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