linuxgeek: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] more questions about videos thank You to Scott

On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 11:02:49AM +0100, 'highskywhy@yahoo.de' highskywhy@yahoo.de [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
>
> Questions:
> > Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (High) (H264 / 0x34363248), yuv420p, 720x576
>
> Is this the most important line for my problem?

Yes, that is referring to the codec of the video. (In this case, x264)

> So
> the picture of the movie is 720 to 576.
>
> Is this right?
>
> Can I convert
>
> sophie.wmv to sophie2.wmv with 360 to 288 and
> then I have a smaller video mit worse qualitiy?

Yes, you would use -s 360x288 for size. The quality would probably be
poorer.

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