Re: Conversion of .flv to .mpg format?

[David Brodbeck <brodbd@u.washington.edu>]

On Aug 10, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Carl Fink wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 02:16:10PM -0500, Wu-Kung Sun wrote:
> > On 8/9/07, Carl Fink <carl@finknetwork.com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 02:50:42PM -0500, Wu-Kung Sun wrote:
> > > > Use mencoder.  A basic example:
> > > > mencoder your.flv -oac copy -ovc lavc -of mpeg -lavcopts
> > > > vcodec=mpeg1video -o your.mpg
> > >
> > > This shouldn't work.  "oac copy" means to copy the video  
> > > unchanged, but then
> > > you try to use the "lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video", a flag that only  
> > > works if
> > > you select "oac lavc".
> >
> > -oac is output audio codec.  I tested it on a youtube video and it  
> > works.
>
> You are correct.  I am an idiot.  I will now go smack myself with a  
> 2x4.

Don't be too hard on yourself.  mencoder's command line syntax is  
almost as confusing as sox's. ;)

I wish I could remember which package had, in the BUGS section of its  
manpage, "This program has even more command line switches than GNU ls."