On Monday 14 November 2005 18:20, Steffen Kluge wrote: > Have a close look at what video format mplayer says it is > detecting. Perhaps you can make heads or tails of this. It looks to me as though it converted from *.mov to *.avi . Not exactly what I'd expected but there was clearly *some* conversion going on. ======== Before conversion =========== Playing packman.mov Cache fill: 0.00% (0 bytes) Quicktime/MOV file format detected. -------------- MOV track #0: 36 chunks, 530 samples Image size: 320 x 240 (24 bpp) Display size: 320 x 240 Fourcc: jpeg Codec: 'Photo - JPEG' -------------- MOV track #1: 36 chunks, 0 samples Audio bits: 8 chans: 1 rate: 7867 Fourcc: raw -------------- MOV: longest streams: A: #1 (36 samples) V: #0 (530 samples) VIDEO: [jpeg] 320x240 24bpp 15.000 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s) ======= After conversion ================= Playing pacman.wmv Cache fill: 0.00% (0 bytes) AVI file format detected. VIDEO: [jpeg] 320x240 24bpp 15.000 fps 2156.5 kbps (263.2 kbyte/s) Clip info: Software: MEncoder dev-Fedora-GS-CVS-051019-16:43-3.4.4 Unlike a simple copy: ======================================= cp packman.mov packman.wmv Playing packman.wmv. Quicktime/MOV file format detected. -------------- MOV track #0: 36 chunks, 530 samples Image size: 320 x 240 (24 bpp) Display size: 320 x 240 Fourcc: jpeg Codec: 'Photo - JPEG' -------------- MOV track #1: 36 chunks, 0 samples Audio bits: 8 chans: 1 rate: 7867 Fourcc: raw -------------- MOV: longest streams: A: #1 (36 samples) V: #0 (530 samples) VIDEO: [jpeg] 320x240 24bpp 15.000 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s) Regards, Mike Klinke