Theora Video Encoding
by Michael Ruben Lugo · in Technical Issues · 01/24/2010 (12:42 am) · 2 replies
I have been trying to get theora videos to play in my game. I am using TGE for the engine. I have two questions, really.
1) When I encode with ffmpeg2theora, a get a load error when the movie is loaded saying that there is no ogg header file. What can I do to fix that, or did I just get the wrong encoder?
2) I also have VLC. When I encode with this, the video does play in the game, but the quality is extremely poor compared to what I had in mind. How can I improve its quality?
1) When I encode with ffmpeg2theora, a get a load error when the movie is loaded saying that there is no ogg header file. What can I do to fix that, or did I just get the wrong encoder?
2) I also have VLC. When I encode with this, the video does play in the game, but the quality is extremely poor compared to what I had in mind. How can I improve its quality?
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Occasional hobbyist. Been meddling in the demo for years due to a lack of cash.
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1) ffmpeg2theora isn't the best encoder but an additional problem might be that TGE is using rather old Theora libraries by now that have problems loading newer Theora videos. Updating the libraries unfortunately requires source access.
2) VLC is a better encoder. There is a config button in the encoding options that allows you to adjust the codec's parameters (see here).