MPlayer (linux)

[sys49152]

Has anyone tried encoding to Divx4 using Mplayer (linux or any other unix x86 platform)? I'd really like to try it out, but before I start molesting my win2k partition (dual boot et. al) I'm hoping I can learn from user experience.

I really dig xmpeg4.2a, when it works. I think Gknot is fantastic, but I'm having problems with audio sync'ing, so I'm contemplating trying Mplayer.

Half of my problem may be attributed to my system (or lack there of). A celeron 450 is *seriously* hurting (even with an Abit m/b and half a gig of wasted RAM), but it's all I got.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

sys49152.

[FactorM]

afaik mplayer is only a movie player like the name says.

on the homepage (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/) nothing is said about encoding capabilities.

[mean]

You can build mencoder if you take CVS version of mplayer

BTW, fantastic player

[sys49152]

Mplayer now includes Mencoder. I falsely assumed that Mplayer itself could also perform the conversion (according to the description on freshmeat.net) :

"It's also able to convert any supported files to divx AVI (pcm/mp3 audio)..."

I guess they were referring to Mencoder.

sys49152