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#1 2007-03-17 19:31:39

twiistedkaos
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.ogg theora 2 mpeg viewable on windows machines?

Alright, I am doing my senior project and am trying to make a movie of it to present. I use Instanbul to capture my desktop, then I encode the .ogg file with this:

mencoder input.ogg -o output.mpeg -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame

Now this works fine on linux machines, and is completely viewable. But on a windows machine, for example my schools that use default codecs, it isn't viewable. Any solutions for help is much appreciated, I need to get this done asap.

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#2 2007-03-17 19:34:19

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Re: .ogg theora 2 mpeg viewable on windows machines?

The msmpeg4v2 codec will play natively in WMP.

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#3 2007-03-18 20:49:24

twiistedkaos
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Re: .ogg theora 2 mpeg viewable on windows machines?

skottish wrote:

The msmpeg4v2 codec will play natively in WMP.

So I'd just use:

mencoder input.ogg -o output.mpeg -ovc msmpeg4v2 -oac mp3lame

Instead?

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#4 2007-03-18 21:02:26

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Re: .ogg theora 2 mpeg viewable on windows machines?

Do something along these lines:

mencoder input.ogg -o output.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4v2:vbitrate=800 -oac mp3lame

You'll notice that it's in an AVI container. This code will produce a movie that WMP will play. If the video quality is bad, just up the bitrate. You can do the same for the audio as well. I think that this may play in RealPlayer also, but I'm not really sure.

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#5 2007-03-18 21:03:07

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Re: .ogg theora 2 mpeg viewable on windows machines?

Tell people to use VLC


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#6 2007-03-18 21:05:58

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Re: .ogg theora 2 mpeg viewable on windows machines?

Stalwart wrote:

Tell people to use VLC

Yeah, no kidding. I only encode for ISO compliant MP4 files using x264. If anyone wants to see my art, I point them to VLC.

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#7 2007-03-19 00:38:40

twiistedkaos
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Re: .ogg theora 2 mpeg viewable on windows machines?

skottish wrote:

Do something along these lines:

mencoder input.ogg -o output.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4v2:vbitrate=800 -oac mp3lame

You'll notice that it's in an AVI container. This code will produce a movie that WMP will play. If the video quality is bad, just up the bitrate. You can do the same for the audio as well. I think that this may play in RealPlayer also, but I'm not really sure.

Alright thanks mate, you're a life saver. Was starting to worry I'd never finish my senior project smile

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