[mythtv-users] Transcoding using x264 ffmpeg ubuntu?

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:44 AM, jonny Linux <jonnylinux at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I've found several references to it, and I think its been fixed in a
>>> later version of ffmpeg. But nuvexport needs ffmpeg 0.5. I've seen a
>>> reference to an ATRPMs package for ffmpeg 0.5-30, which I think fixes
>>> this problem, but I haven't found the source for this version?
>>
>> All bits including sources, patches etc. are here:
>>
>> http://atrpms.net/name/ffmpeg/
>>
>
> Hi Axel,
>
> Thanks for that (I didn't know I could extract the source like that).
> I've extracted it, and I found the actual source code is the same as
> the code I was using.
>
> Does anybody have a version of ffmpeg which is compatible with
> nuvexport and can transcode to h264 without the
> "av_interleaved_write_frame(): Error while opening file?" Or is there
> an easier way to transcode to h264 without using nuvexport?

handbrake http://handbrake.fr/ or avidemux http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/

Both have internal libraries that are derived from ffmpeg (but
independent on the version you have installed) and both work via
command line.