Does ffmpegX encode all the metadata information?

[ramo53]

When a mov is converted to FLV, does ffmpegX provide all the metadata information?

I'm trying the program on a Mac and I'm using the flash video within Fotoplayer. The flash video is 480x205 but when I view it in Fotoplayer it is shrunk to 320x240 and off center. Fotoplayer says that this will happen if the video encoder does not encode the metadata information.

However, when I encode a video at 320x240 as expected it plays correctly. How do I fix this? I want to continue using ffmpegX. If not, please suggest another Mac FLV encoder.

[dr9553]

I used to add it by using another program called FLVTool2 here are some instructions:

are you familiar with using the terminal in OSX at all? If so the steps are really not all that hard

go to Applications -> Utilities (or while in finder you can hold down shit and the apple key and press the letter u)
Open the terminal application
type this into the terminal window "cd " (without the quotes) then drag the folder flvtool2-1.0.6 onto the terminal window and press return
then copy and paste the following into terminal (without the quotes) and hit enter after enter after each command:
"sudo ruby setup.rb config"
"sudo ruby setup.rb setup"
"sudo ruby setup.rb install"

once you have finished that the application should be installed

to use the application the easiest thing to do is use the same command i told you earlier to get into the driectory where your flv is "cd [drag folder containing flv's onto terminal window]" press enter

then i think all you have to do is type in

flvtool2 -U "file_name.flv" and hit enter.

if that doesnt work or sounds like too much work you can try this little application i found while searching for a GUI for FLVTool2:

http://kunden.allink.ch/flv/FLVConverter.dmg

it should be able to convert your movie and then add the metadata automatically

I hope this helps.

[ramo53]

I tried VisualHub and it works perfectly. Thanks for your response.