[MEncoder-users] Problem with MPEG2 on standalone DVD player

[Jeff Clagg]

On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 09:40:47AM +0300, Gennady Ovcharov wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm having problem to play in my standalone DVD player (Panasonic S49)
> a mpeg2 file made with mencoder.
> On TV screen I see appearance "light green square blocks".
> If I see mpeg2 file on my computer with mplayer - all fine.
> 
> I made:
> step1:
>   input stream - AVI source (1.avi)
> step2:
>   tunning mencoder for producing MPEG2+AC3 output file:
>       mencoder -vf scale=720:576,harddup -of mpeg -mpegopts \
>           format=dvd -srate 48000 -af lavcresample=48000 -ofps 25 \
>           -ovc lavc -oac lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:aspect=4/3: \
>           vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:vbitrate=4900:keyint=15: \
>           acodec=ac3:abitrate=192:trell:mbd=2:dc=10:cbp:mv0 1.avi -o 1.mpg

Taking a bit of a shot in the dark here - does the problem go away if
you remove dc=10? I think I recall there being a bug related to this but
I can't find evidence, so I might be misremembering.