This file shows a bug with wmv3 video embedded in quicktime containers. If you run ffmpeg -i wmv3_in_quicktime.mov foo.mp4 you will get the following spew: Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'cmarrin_sample.mov': Duration: 00:00:03.66, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 15248 kb/s Stream #0.0(eng): Audio: wmav2, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16 Stream #0.1(eng): Video: wmv3, 1440x1080, 25.00 tb(r) FFmpeg version SVN-r15883, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al. configuration: --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --disable-vhook --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid libavutil 49.12. 0 / 49.12. 0 libavcodec 52. 3. 0 / 52. 3. 0 libavformat 52.23. 1 / 52.23. 1 libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0 libavfilter 0. 1. 0 / 0. 1. 0 libswscale 0. 6. 1 / 0. 6. 1 libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0 built on Dec 16 2008 15:13:59, gcc: 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5490) swScaler: Unknown format is not supported as input pixel format Cannot get resampling context ext For a more complete description, please see: http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-user/2008-December/018306.html and http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2008-December/057984.html