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.
