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Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.60 video frame) Original source form/Name : THE_WITCHER_DVDįormat profile : settings : CABAC / 2 Ref Frames #mediainfo 'The Witcher - Archive Materials - Music and Sound.avi'Ĭomplete name : The Witcher - Archive Materials - Music and Sound.avi

More info can be found in numerous guides, the ffmpeg help and MAN files.Ĭontainers are the file. Your first step is to identify the codec your file is originally encoded, and then decide what codec you wish to re-encode.Ī useful tool to identify the current encoding of any multimedia file is Mediainfo. The essential aspect of the file is the encoding, and we use a type of library file called a “codec” (which is an abbreviation and combination of “encode” and “decode” to denote the file can be used for both purposes) to read or create new encoded files… and ffmpeg is a collection of these codecs (there are other collections like gstreamer).

A “container” helps to associate the file with a “viewer” or “player” application, but has little to do with the encoding of the multimedia file. No one can know if you know what your’e doing when you use a word like “format” for what you’re doing… AVI and MP4 are types of “containers” which should give you a hint about their functionality and relevance to what you’re doing… which is next to nil. When you’re using a particular technology, learn the terminology.