[MEncoder-users] [SOLVED] Green boxes on non-computer DVD player

[Nico Sabbi]

Eli Billauer wrote:

> Giacomo Comes wrote:
>
>> Can you check if vstrict=0 is necessary
>> for VCD/SVCD too?
>>  
>>
> So I did. The bottom line is that my player ran the VCDs cleanly no 
> matter of vstrict=0 or no vstrict option at all, but refused to 
> recognize the SVCD discs I made (it didn't even give the "VIDEO CD" 
> title as it does for VCDs, just a "CD" title and the display saying 
> that the disc may not be playable).
>
> For completeness, here are the commands I used to create the four 
> discs (based upon menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html, with a tweak for a 
> cinema-formed  input):
>
> ENDPOS=600mb
>
> mencoder -endpos $ENDPOS -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts 
> format=xsvcd -vf scale=480:400,expand=480:576,harddup -srate 44100 -af 
> lavcresample=44100 -lavcopts 
> vcodec=mpeg2video:mbd=2:keyint=15:vrc_buf_size=917:vrc_minrate=600:vbitrate=2500:vrc_maxrate=2500:acodec=mp2:abitrate=224 
> -ofps 25 -o "$2_nostrict_svcd.mpg" "$1"


can your reader read svcd at all? it's not a given.
Admittedly my muxer prepends "x" to vcd and svcd for a reason ;) but if 
your reader can read
xvcd there's no reason it can't read xsvcd.

You could try with

mencoder -endpos $ENDPOS -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of lavf -lavfopts 
format=svcd -vf scale=480:400,expand=480:576,harddup -srate 44100 -af 
lavcresample=44100 -lavcopts 
vcodec=mpeg2video:mbd=2:keyint=15:vrc_buf_size=917:vrc_minrate=600:vbitrate=2500:vrc_maxrate=2500:acodec=mp2:abitrate=224 
-ofps 25 -o "$2_nostrict_svcd.mpg" "$1"

or

mplayer -dumpfile video.m2v -dumpvideo file.mpg
mplayer -dumpfile audio.mp2 -dumpaudio file.mpg
mplex -f 4 -o svcd.mpg video.m2v audio.mp2 (check if -f 4 is correct)
cdimager -t svcd (mpg-file)
and then reburn.

Does it work this way?