Re: Convert WMV to FLV with 64 bit Linux?

Jon Drukman wrote:
> My ultimate goal is to convert WMV to FLV on Linux (RHEL4, AMD64).  I've 
> tried straight up ffmpeg, but it doesn't work unless you can compile the 
> VC1 reference encoder in.  I can't get the reference implementation to 
> compile at all, the instructions here 
> http://multimedia.cx/eggs/hooking-up-the-smpte-vc-1-decoder-in-ffmpeg/ 
> don't work.  The make command fails.
>
> I then read about using mencoder with the Windows binary DLLs.  I got 
> mplayer to find the win32 .dll's but as I'm on a 64 bit OS, those DLL's 
> don't work.  Argh.
>
> Is there an easy workaround for either of these problems?  Another 
> option I've overlooked?

	You might start by telling me exactly how my instructions are failing, 
the ones from the eggs blog.

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        -Mike Melanson