On 1 May 2012, at 19:03, Mark Knecht wrote: >> … >> Since .mp4 video most always means h264 encoding, this means slow and dirty >> transcoding, which will inherently cause loss of video quality. You want to >> avoid transcoding if you can. >> > … > Hi Stroller, > I subscribed to a trading service that provides 6 1/2 hour videos > of the day's market action with audio commentary for each trading day > of the week. I like this trader who does the commentary so after the > market closes I'd like to review what he thought about the day's > action. These files are available only in wmv format. They play fine > inside of a Windows VM using Windows Media Player on my Gentoo box but > I'd prefer to be able to review them in Linux using xine or some other > app.
Ah, so no good alternative, then, and you probably don't care so much about video quality, as long as it's watchable. >> The "wmv" extension usually indicates an ASF container, and the ASF >> container can have DRM. I see them every once in a while, and >> ffmpeg/mplayer have no idea what to do with them. > > … I sort > of doubt the DRM restriction on this stuff. The web site asks > subscribers not to farward these to their friends, etc., and says > subscribers are on the honor system. They appears to be simple > recordings of of his screen and audio coming from an inexpensive mic. > Nothing more. It might well be worth trying these win32codecs, then - setting the USE flag in mplayer and re-emerging. I wouldn't hold my breath, but it's worth a go. He's probably using some MS screencast software. Stroller.
