Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 16:09:39 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: "Rick C. Petty" <rick-freebsd@kiwi-computer.com> Cc: multimedia@freebsd.org, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: Making clips Windows Media Player likes Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1070606155620.2568B-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20070605233757.GA43816@keira.kiwi-computer.com>
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On Tue, 5 Jun 2007, Rick C. Petty wrote: > On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 11:35:36AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > > > The specific question I have is what hoops do I need to jump through > > to make it work with Windows Media Player and Windows Movie Maker. > > What container formats work best when you are sending clips to > > relatives that have just Microsoft's media player? Which codecs are > > the ones that I want to use? Does that answer change if I use Windows > > Movie Maker? > > My suggestion is to use mencoder's lavc, setting vcodec=wmv1 or wmv2. > You'll need the win32 codecs installed.. I'd also try rv10 (RealVideo). > Obviously make sure it's encapsulated into an AVI container, but I know of > no other containers which support windoze media. Most 'doze users I come across also have Quicktime installed, as well as RealPlayer, so that may be another option? I recall Julian Elischer discussing making .movs not long ago for a presentation, maybe on -net? Ian
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