[FFmpeg-user] Converting ProRes 422 to mp4

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

 <saikari.hakala <at> laposte.net> writes:

> I have a mov ProRes 422 video file (with no audio) that 
> I need to convert to mp4 without losing quality.

Since this is nearly impossible, the unavoidable question is:
Why?

Or do you want to ask:
I want to convert to a WMP-compatible mp4 
file loosing as little quality as possible?

> I have tried to do this using the qscale option, but 

Yes, -vcodec mpeg4 -qscale 2 is a possible solution.

> a warning appears saying qscale option is ignored. 

Command line and complete, uncut console output missing.

Carl EUgen