Re: Mencoder and ffmpeg
On Sat 25 Jul 2020 at 18:36:12 (-0400), Carl Fink wrote:
> On 7/25/20 2:39 PM, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> >
> > 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...
>
> 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?"
Perhaps they read
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/04/msg01297.html
> 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.
Cheers,
David.
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