[MEncoder-users] Why Mencoder's mpeg output can not be

[Nico Sabbi]

a a wrote:

>Thanks Guillaume , and others
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>But i read some documents of MENCODER and i am not able to do so, still.
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>I used mencoder as the following commands, and with no one of them my outputs can be played with Windows-XP's Media-player :
>1- mencoder -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video -oac copy input.vob -o output.mpg
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... -mpegopts format=dvd:tsaf  ...

>2- mencoder -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4v2:mbd=2:keyint=5:subcmp=2:dia=2:mv0:autoaspect -oac copy input.vob -o output.mpg
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ARGH, NO

>3- mencoder -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:mv0:trell:v4mv:cbp:last_pred=3:predia=2:dia=2:vmax_b_frames=2:vb_strategy=1:precmp=2:cmp=2:subcmp=2:preme=2:qns=2 -oac copy input.vob -o output.mpg
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neither

>The third one had been mentioned in MENCODER documents.
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>What is the exact command that can convert my .avi amd .vob files to MPEG compatible both with Linux's Kaffeine and Windows-XP's Media-player ?
>Can you give me the solution exactly ?
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>Any exact solution can be appreciated.
>Thanks
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did you remember to install ffdshow or another mpeg2 decoder (wxp 
doesn't have one by deault)?
without it video won't play