Re: Mencoder and ffmpeg

[Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com>]

On 7/25/20 2:39 PM, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I wanted to capture my webcam streaming and audio using ffmpeg but banged
> against `a sea of troubles': sync problems, video freezing, video stuttering,
> background noise, choose of one format rather than other...  Mencoder instead
> at once easily, with:
>
>    $ mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0:forceaudio:alsa:adevice=hw.1,0 -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=64:mode=3 -o webcam.avi
>
> did perfectly the job.  But Mencoder is hardly ever used compared with
> ffmpeg...
>
> I wonder why so much difference in this case between the two respective
> behaviours and wish to know what you listers think about all that...

Hi, Rodolfo,

Of course, anyone would have to guess to answer your question, since we
can't ask all the people who don't use mencoder and do use ffmpeg "Why?"

I've used both, and for me the reason I prefer ffmpeg is that its syntax is
simpler. Not simple, but better documented and more understandable.
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