WMV to AVI

MS3FGX · 06-18-2004, 01:06 AM

I have a few videos in WMV that I would like to convert to AVI to save some room. 259MB for 24 minutes just seems to large to me.

I have tried to convert a test WMV with the following command:

Code:

mencoder FILENAME.wmv -sws 2 -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4 -vop scale=320:240 -ofps 25 -o FILENAME.avi

This works, but the file is only slightly smaller. Is this the best I can do? Should I try to convert them to something else?

LinuxBlackBox · 06-18-2004, 06:37 AM

WMV and AVI are both micro$oft file types. I'd try converting it into an MPEG and see if that makes any difference.

MS3FGX · 06-18-2004, 01:42 PM

Ok, and how would I do that?

guldo · 06-18-2004, 01:49 PM

mencoder blah ... blah -of mpeg -o whatever.mpg

lovalixir · 04-18-2006, 02:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MS3FGX

I have a few videos in WMV that I would like to convert to AVI to save some room. 259MB for 24 minutes just seems to large to me.

I have tried to convert a test WMV with the following command:

Code:

mencoder FILENAME.wmv -sws 2 -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4 -vop scale=320:240 -ofps 25 -o FILENAME.avi

This works, but the file is only slightly smaller. Is this the best I can do? Should I try to convert them to something else?

Seems like you have experiment wmv a bit before. I am actually trying to convert wmv to wmv but a shorter clip.

And I write it like

mencoder -of lavf -oac lavc -lavcopts vcodec=wmv1 -ofps 100.o test.wmv -o output.wmv -endpos 10

It does produce wmv file. But it is played 'Fast forward'. Doesn't sync with sound and video. Any idea how to solve this?