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Re: Mencoder and ffmpeg

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On Sat 25 Jul 2020 at 18:36:12 (-0400), Carl Fink wrote:
> On 7/25/20 2:39 PM, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> > 
> > I wanted to capture my webcam streaming and audio using ffmpeg but banged
> > against `a sea of troubles': sync problems, video freezing, video stuttering,
> > background noise, choose of one format rather than other...  Mencoder instead
> > at once easily, with:
> > 
> >    $ mencoder tv:// -tv driver=v4l2:width=640:height=480:device=/dev/video0:forceaudio:alsa:adevice=hw.1,0 -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=64:mode=3 -o webcam.avi
> > 
> > did perfectly the job.  But Mencoder is hardly ever used compared with
> > ffmpeg...
> > 
> > I wonder why so much difference in this case between the two respective
> > behaviours and wish to know what you listers think about all that...
> 
> Of course, anyone would have to guess to answer your question, since we
> can't ask all the people who don't use mencoder and do use ffmpeg "Why?"

Perhaps they read
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/04/msg01297.html

> I've used both, and for me the reason I prefer ffmpeg is that its syntax is
> simpler. Not simple, but better documented and more understandable.

Cheers,
David.

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Mencoder and ffmpeg Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2020-07-25 20:40 +0200
  Re: Mencoder and ffmpeg Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> - 2020-07-26 00:40 +0200
    Re: Mencoder and ffmpeg rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-07-26 01:20 +0200
    Re: Mencoder and ffmpeg David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-07-26 03:20 +0200
  Re: Mencoder and ffmpeg Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-07-26 03:20 +0200
    Re: Mencoder and ffmpeg Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> - 2020-07-26 03:50 +0200
      Re: Mencoder and ffmpeg Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2020-07-26 05:30 +0200
  Re: Mencoder and ffmpeg Thomas Amm <debili@open-email.net> - 2020-07-26 23:20 +0200
    Re: Mencoder and ffmpeg Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> - 2020-07-27 21:30 +0200

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