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

[Giacomo Comes]

On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 11:20:20PM -0800, RC wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 23:59:15 -0400
> Giacomo Comes <comes at naic.edu> wrote:
> 
> > The reason is that the mplayer's mpeg muxer does not mux to a standard
> > VCD format, but to a XVCD. In the past the solution was to remux audio
> > and video with mplex. After the remuxing you are able to play the mpeg
> > with fresh windows.
> 
> I tried encoding with -of mpeg and "format=mpeg1" and found that WMP
> won't play it... 
> That's EXTREMELY strange, since that exact same procedure worked a while
> back:
> 
> 2006-01-07 4:33 UTC
> Re: [MPlayer-users] Having trouble producing mpeg from mov 
> 
> I don't recal the Mencoder version, but to prove I wasn't halucinating,
> I still have the files on my hard drive, and they still work under WMP.
 
May be you can check the date of the mpeg1 files in order to guess 
the veriosn of mencoder used.

> Looks like the improvements in (S)VCD muxing caused regressions in
> software player compatibility.

Nico added some important modification to his muxer a few weeks before pre8 
was released. That may be related to what you are saying.

Giacomo