Re: SN40 conversion issue
Chris Lee <[email protected]>
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That worked. Thank you so much! :) Chris > On Oct 18, 2019, at 3:30 AM, Bill Crockett <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Lee" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 18, 2019 7:21 AM > > >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to convert an AVI that contains an SN40 codec to MP4 using Mencoder Windows 32-bit. >> >> The command I am using is: >> mencoder input.avi -ovc vfw -xvfwopts codec=SN4Codec.dll -nosound -o output.mp4 >> >> It loads the codec DLL successfully but then fails right away with ICCompressBegin failed: Error -3 >> >> Could you tell me what I am missing? >> >> Thank you! >> >> Chris > > Encoding with the Video For Windows codec family. > > Note that support for this is very experimental and some codecs may not work correctly. > > I tried sn4codec.dll and got the same error. > > Using vfw2menc to create a codec settings file does not work also. The driver doesn't provide a configure dialog. > > vfw2menc -f VP62 -d vp6vfw.dll -s settings.mcf > > This did work and opens up a GUI of settings and creates a settings.mcf file that you use. You then do this: > > mencoder input.avi -ovc vfw -xvfwopts codec=vp6vfw.dll:compdata=settings.mcf -nosound -o output.avi > > I used an AVI container because your MP4 will also be AVI. > > Encoding with Video for Windows codecs is mostly obsolete unless you wish to encode to some obscure fringe codec. > > BTW, there is this: https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mencoder-users > _______________________________________________ > MPlayer-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users _______________________________________________ MPlayer-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users