[FFmpeg-devel] Is it a bug or not done yet?

[compn]

On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:47:44 +0300, Vlasov Andrey wrote:
>This:
>./ffmpeg -i video.avi -f mjpeg -ss 00:00:01 -vframes 1 result.jpg
>works fine, 
>while 
>$ ./ffmpeg -f mjpeg -i video.avi -ss 00:00:01 -vframes 1 result.jpg
>FFmpeg version SVN-r15943, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
>  configuration: 
>  libavutil     49.12. 0 / 49.12. 0
>  libavcodec    52. 3. 0 / 52. 3. 0
>  libavformat   52.23. 1 / 52.23. 1
>  libavdevice   52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
>  built on Nov 27 2008 17:32:07, gcc: 4.3.2
>[mjpeg @ 0x8cf8440]mjpeg: unsupported coding type (c1)

this is because the -f mjpeg is telling ffmpeg to force input as mjpeg.
its a pain to use the same option, thats why mencoder has -vc and -ovc.

but i think this topic has been discussed before...

-compn