Oh, I see I also got a list of codecs when trying the last one. Sorry about that. So I guess what I am wondering is why an input is required for listing the codecs. And why Transcode says nothing about it.
--- On Tue, 9/29/09, Felix Kjäll <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I'm wondering if this is something I should file as a > bug. > > (Version 1.1.4 on i686 Arch Linux.) > > Using the ffmpeg export module without a codec command > gives: > > [export_ffmpeg.so] > You must chose a codec by supplying '-F <codecname>'. > A list of > supported codecs can be obtained with 'transcode -y ffmpeg > -F list'. > [encoder.c] warning: video export module error: init > failed > [transcode] critical: failed to init encoder > > and the following command: > > transcode -y ffmpeg -F list > > for some reason returns: > > [transcode] critical: no input sources avalaible > > so, when putting an input source into the command: > > transcode -i input.avi -y ffmpeg -F list > > i get: > > [encoder.c] warning: video export module error: init > failed > [transcode] critical: failed to init encoder > > > > > >
