[MEncoder-users] dvd shaking

[Giacomo Comes]

On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 10:53:40PM +0100, Steve Ballmer wrote:
> I have used mencoder to convert video camera captured .avi files to
> mpeg2 and then create dvd from them.. The created mpeg2 files look
> good on a PC but when viewing on a burned DVD on TV set the picture
> seems to be shaking when the camera moves..
> Could that be mencoder's problem of some kind?
> I'm using this command line to convert:
> 
> mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -vf
> scale=720:576,harddup -srate 48000 -af lavcresample=48000 -lavcopts
> vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:vbitrate=8000:keyint=15:aspect=4/3:acodec=ac3:abitrate=192
> -ofps 25 -o $file.mpg $file
> 
> thanks for your help

I guess the source video is interlaced. In such case you should use:
-vf scale=720:576:1,harddup and the lavcopts ildct:ilme 

Giacomo