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Re: convert wmv video format ?



On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 12:58:23AM +0200, Anders Breindahl wrote:
> On Friday 08 July 2005 00:25, belahcene wrote:
>  > Is there possibility to convert the wmv window  video format to one
>  > which is recognized by a linux reader
> 
> `mencoder infile.wmv -ovc lavc -ovc lavc -o outfile.avi' should work. 
> Provided, that you got mplayer to play the file.
> If it doesn't work, read the manpage of mplayer.
> 
> Regards, Anders Breindahl.

That only works if he has the win32 codecs installed.  He may not have
access from a Windows machine from which to obtain them, or he may not
be on an x86 machine.  Sadly, the support for wmv and other proprietary
video formats is lacking.

-Roberto


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Roberto C. Sanchez
http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr

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