[game_preservation] AMAZING collection of E3 '95 videos!

[Mike Melanson]

Andrew Armstrong wrote:

> One thing I still need to get used to is meGUI for encoding H264 video

> files, although I've got a substitute (StaxRip) that works okay for now.

> The only good encoder I've ever used was Windows WMV9 one, sigh :)

> 

> For this stuff it needs something that reads everything (meGUI hates

> FRAPs files it seems, which was my test file - something rather integral

> to it :-) ), and outputs good H264 and AAC. If only!


I haven't heard of meGUI before. However, we only recently (in the last
few weeks) added support for some of Fraps' later versions. Since
everything depends on FFmpeg, your software would not have been able to
handle the newer files.


> If you ever do upload to the archive anyone; the original file can go up

> regardless of what type it is (good for anyone who wants the source

> unaltered), while if you are able to re-encode it in the appropriate

> quality, H264 and AAC audio is a good choice. If you ever find a good

> encoder which doesn't need text scripts to run, post it :-)


Would an 'ffmpeg' command line be suitable if the user could specify a
preset? I.e., './ffmpeg -preset QualityX'? A lot of people have wanted
that for a long time but we're still mired in details.

-- 
	-Mike Melanson