I use ffmpeg: ffmpeg -I filename.ext -f flv -s qvga -qscale 5 filename.flv I'm more interested in quality than size. (and fortunate my wife is, too %^O ) We upload them to Amazon S3, and host them from there... Chenge the qscale setting for quality/size 1 is best quality, 30 is lowest. HTH, Dennis > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Simon Jolle sjolle > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 12:58 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: [CentOS] Open Source Video Codec and Container > (alternative to Xvid) > > Hi CentOS users > > I am running a forum with small video clips (from YouTube and > others). I convert those Macromedia Flash videos with: > > $ mencoder example.flv -ovc xvid -xvidencopts > bitrate=1000:autoaspect -vf pp=lb -oac mp3lame -lameopts > fast:preset=standard -o example.avi > > I use mencoder RPM from Dag Wieers > > 1) Its very generic command line to convert videos. What > would you improve? The size is much bigger than the original FLV :( > > 2) Is there a real open source format what I should prefer? > Can you say something about its quality? > > 3) Whats the most painless format for exchanging videos with > Win, Mac and Linux users? > > cheers > Simon > >