Re: Re: [MPlayer-users] shrink a movie

[Arpi <arpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Em Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 08:48:44PM +0200, Ralph Slooten escreveu:
> > > If i were you, I wouldn't re-encode the whole video stream...
> > > Its useless.. you'll lose alot of quality, try fucking with the audio...
> 
> 
> Something like this?
> mencoder file.mpg -ovc copy -oac mp3lame -lameopts q=0:br=96 -o file.mpg

br= is useless (ignored) without 'cbr' or 'abr' options

> I read that -ovc copy would apparently not work with mpeg... :(

it works, but imho only mplayer can play that avi :)


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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