[Bf-committers] To Peter Schlaile -- export in H264 using x264 lib and FFMPEG

[Joe Eagar]

Rui Campos wrote:
> Would it be hard to add the ability to export movie files as H264, using
> x264 through FFMPEG ?
>
> Since there is already FFMPEG integration, I wonder if it isn't an easy
> thing to add H264 export. The x264 lib is available by default in Ubuntu
> Dapper and it is also available packed in most type of distributions on
> the official website.
>
> Thanks in advance for the improvements on this so far.
>
> -- Rui --
>   
Also (slightly off-topic), it'd be nice if ffmpeg wouldn't export AVI's
with FFV4 as the mpeg-4 fourcc (DIVX, MPV4 or even XVID (that one worked
the best for me) would be better.  This kindof makes ffmpeg incredibly
annoying to use for generating simple mpeg-4 avi's. :)

Joe