[MEncoder-users] Mencoder finishes early on DVD to Divx encoding

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On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:43:03 -0500
"Pete Davis" <pete at petedavis.net> wrote:

> When I'm am encoding a DVD (this doesn't
> happen when I re-encode an existing AVI file), Every 4 frames, I get
> a "1 duplicate frame(s)" message. What is this about? Is there
> anything I can do to prevent it?

The issue is that most DVDs are telecined.  This is thoroughly
explained in the mplayer docs here:
http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/menc-feat-telecine.html