From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OkrvL-0007QT-UD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:07:52 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EB58DE0942 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:07:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.internode.on.net (bld-mail17.adl2.internode.on.net [150.101.137.102]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 312F1E07EE for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:49:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from staff-249-246.wireless.adelaide.edu.au (unverified [129.127.249.246]) by mail.internode.on.net (SurgeMail 3.8f2) with ESMTP id 35146132-1927428 for multiple; Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:19:35 +0930 (CST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Handbrake: Is it is or is it ain't in portage Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Indexer In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:19:30 +0930 Cc: Indexer Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <023C503C-DD78-49FA-B796-E2FCBD7EC777@internode.on.net> References: <9363C3DB-A0B7-420A-9DA3-AAE8538F5FDE@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Pgp-Agent: GPGMail 1.2.3 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) X-Archives-Salt: 78681eb4-c6b8-4ca1-998a-3d8bfeaf086a X-Archives-Hash: 095ce155caa059333f2c051df2c94bee -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >=20 > Well, I'm a newb in video, but it was suggested to me by someone who = uses > it, so I wanted to try. Mplayer comes with a program called mencoder, which will do your video = encoding. Its a bit more "hands on" but it is excellent once you learn = it. >=20 > My underling thing, if anyone can make other suggestions, is that my = camera > broke, and I had to get > one in a hurry, and didn't really know what to look for. I wound up = with a > fairly good Sanyo 1080p camera > and video recorder that's super light, and not too expensive. The = problem > is that its videos are MP4s, > which are definitely not ready to put on a web site, and I know = nothing > about transcoding. My previous > camera took acceptable .avi videos, which had worked with most folks > browsers. The MP4s are huge > and in a weakly supported format. IIRC, isnt MP4 just a container? what are the video codecs and audio = codecs in the file? If they are 264 and mp3, you should be able to use = HTML5 for them natively.=20 MP4 is actually gaining alot of support in many OSes due to it being = part of the HTML5 spec.=20 If you need help with video transcoding, i'm happy to assist you as it = makes up a small part of what i do in the work place. Just send me an = email. (indexer@internode.on.net) The basic run down is that you have a container format, that holds an = audio and video stream. the container, has no part to play in what the = video or audio codecs are, only the storage of subtitles and other = metadata.=20 Generally, with a program like mencoder you would use mencoder -vo =