[MEncoder-users] Cannot encode to mpeg2

[Stefan Frings]

My version is MEncoder 1.0pre5-3.3.5. I will try a newer one

>Hello,
>I tried to convert a TV recording (DVB-T) to DVD compatible mpeg2 format. But 
>the destination file is in mpeg1 format. My command was:
>
>mencoder -vc ffmpeg12,mpeg12 -of mpeg -oac lavc -ovc lavc -lavcopts 
>vcodec=mpeg2video:acodec=mp2:vbitrate=10000 input.mpg -of mpeg -o output.mpg   
>
>Is my command line wrong?
>  
>

no, the version of mencoder is likely wrong. Use mencoder from cvs and
search in mplayer's man page  -mpegopts