[thelist] WMV to Mpeg Video Converter

[Stephen Rider]

On Sep 7, 2008, at 8:15 AM, James Mathew wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Nan Harbison <nan at nanharbison.com>  
> wrote:
>> Can someone suggest a good/reliable (preferrably free) WMV to Mpeg  
>> Video
>> Converter? I found 408 of these on download.com, but none of them  
>> gets 5
>> stars, even from the editors.
>>
>
> ffmpeg -i input_file.wmv output.mpg


Q for the ffmpeg wizards out there...

(I know this is veering off topic -- please reply privately.  I'll see  
if I can drum up a sufficient tip for the list....)

Okay, I have ffmpeg installed via darwinports on OS X.

I input:

ffmpeg -i SitC.wmv Sitc.mpg

I get:

Seems stream 1 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate:  
1000.00 (1000/1) -> 15.00 (15/1)
Input #0, asf, from 'SitC.wmv':
   Duration: 00:03:00.38, start: 5.000000, bitrate: 314 kb/s
     Stream #0.0: Audio: wmav2, 44100 Hz, mono, 48 kb/s
     Stream #0.1: Video: wmv3, yuv420p, 440x256, 246 kb/s, 15.00 tb(r)
Output #0, mpeg, to 'Sitc.mpg':
     Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg1video, yuv420p, 440x256, q=2-31, 200 kb/ 
s, 15.00 tb(c)
     Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 44100 Hz, mono, 64 kb/s
Stream mapping:
   Stream #0.1 -> #0.0
   Stream #0.0 -> #0.1
[mpeg1video @ 0x1003600]MPEG1/2 does not support 15/1 fps
Error while opening codec for output stream #0.0 - maybe incorrect  
parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height


Any ffmpeg wizards know what parameter I need to set, or what I need  
to do?

Stephen

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