Re: Mencoder and ffmpeg

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On Sat, 2020-07-25 at 18:39 +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> 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:ad
> evice=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...
> 
> thanks for any help
> 
> cheers
> 
> rodolfo
> 

Mencoder basically uses the same libraries as ffmpeg (and a few more,
IIRC). Having used both for years for standard (ripping, replaying,
recencoding) tasks as well as for somewhat exotic stuff like streaming
video sources from gadgets live into VJ mixers using all kind of filter
in between I would say that mencoder is the app of choice if it gets the
job done because it has much simpler options.
FFMPEG comes into play whenever simpler options fail. As you noticed
there are more options than anyone could memorize trying to cover even
the most exotic use-cases. 
Your command line, BTW, looks very much like my standard section in
.mplayer/config for live streaming/encoding from a webcam. I'd suppose
reading the extra HTML-doc for mplayer. It's a relatively easy read.
Getting into FFMPEG is certainly worth it, too - if you have specific
needs.

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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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