[MEncoder-users] How to create "really standard" MPEG1 files?

[Mario Valle]

Seems that a quick fix has been found:

1) creating a MPEG1 from a 768x576 set of images does not crash anymore WMP, but
    only the first frame is show for the entire duration of the movie.

2) converting this file using the suggested:
    mplayer -dumpvideo -dumpfile esfile.mpg psfile.mpg
    created a files that plays OK in WMP!

3) doing the same thing on the yesterday movie (remember, was 320x416 and crashed WMP)
    creates a working movie!

The 4 movies (two dims and es/ps) plus one "reference" mpeg plus the mencoder parameters 
have been uploaded to ftp.mplayerhq.hu/pub/MPlayer/incoming as mpleg1-mencoder.zip (and .txt).

With the mplayer workaround I can survive for now. But better mencoder parameters are very 
  welcome. Thanks for your help so far!

				mario

mvalle at cscs.ch wrote:
> Scrive Nico Sabbi <nsabbi at tiscali.it>:
> 
> 
>>Rich Felker wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I'm not familiar with MPEG formats so much, but I think ES is
>>>single-stream only, i.e. just video and no audio... You can make this
>>
>>>from PS if you want by using:
>>
>>>mplayer -dumpvideo -dumpfile esfile.mpg psfile.mpg
>>>
>>>However I may be entirely wrong..
>>>Anyway WMP should support PS just fine, so IMO something else is
>>>wrong.. Perhaps the fact that you're using a strange frame
>>>size/aspect?
>>>
>>>Rich
>>> 
>>>
>>
>>or he screwed his  directshow setup
>>
> 
> Uhu?
> On one machine it's true, I installed ffdshow, but on another one no and both
> cannot play my file.
> Today I will try the mplayer dumpvideo suggestion and to change the size of the
> picture to a more sane aspect ratio like 512x512. Otherwise I will upload
> somewere mu two mpeg1 files.
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> mario
> 
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