[MEncoder-users] VHS capturing 2 avi

[Rich Felker]

On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 09:40:43AM +1100, Allen wrote:
> Rich,
> 
> 
> > > 
> > > Here is my command to then turn the above capture into a SVCD
> > 
> > > mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=xsvcd -vf
> > > scale=480:288,harddup -srate 44100 -lavcopts
> > > vcodec=mpeg2video:mbd=2:keyint=15:vrc_buf_size=917:vrc_minrate=600:vbitrate=2500:vrc_maxrate=2500:acodec=mp2:abitrate=224 -ofps 25 -endpos 180 -o shrek.mpg shrek.avi
> 
> 
> Sorry, I pasted in the wrong command.
> 
> mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=xsvcd -vf harddup
> -srate 44100 -lavcopts
> vcodec=mpeg2video:mbd=2:keyint=15:vrc_buf_size=917:vrc_minrate=1800:vbitrate=2500:vrc_maxrate=2500:acodec=mp2:abitrate=224 -ofps 25 -endpos 800mb -o ptf-10-SVCD.mpg ptf-10-900.avi
> 
> No scaling involved.  And my understanding is that I can crop, as long
> as the dimensions are divisible by 16.  My generic DVD player plays the
> 720x576 SVCD content without any problem.

Well then you're lucky. There is only one resolution valid for SVCD,
480x576 (PAL) or 480x480 (NTSC). If you insist on making non-compliant
discs they'll work in the player you have now but it's anyone's guess
whether they'll work in other players..

Rich