[MEncoder-users] Encoded DVD's appear too short

[Ben Nemec]

On Tuesday 08 November 2005 02:19, Nico Sabbi wrote:
> Rich Felker wrote:
> >>The resulting file is then passed to dvdauthor to create the disk
> >> structure. Is this more likely an MEncoder problem or should I be
> >> looking at dvdauthor? It's not a major issue, but it would be nice to
> >> get accurate times for the resulting discs.  Thanks.
> >
> >No idea what you mean by the time being wrong.
> >
> >Rich
>
> maybe the program he's using relies on the bitrate of the video stream
> to determine
> the duration. In this case -mpegopts format=dvd:vbitrate=5000 will fix it

It didn't help on the small test files with lsdvd, but that might explain the 
behavior on the standalone player.  I'll let you know when I've had a chance 
to burn a full disc and try it.

-Ben