[MEncoder-users] Encoding video for old DVD players

[RC]

On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 11:45:30 +0200
Staffan Hamala <sh at ltu.se> wrote:

> mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -vf 
> scale=352:288,harddup -srate 48000 -af lavcresample=48000 -lavcopts 
> vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=7800:vbitrate=4000:ke
> yint=15:acodec=ac3:abitrate=224:aspect=4/3 -ofps  25 -o out.mpeg2
> in.avi

You don't have: mbd=2, trell, etc. in your command-line.  Without
those options to improve the quality, 4000 isn't a high enough bitrate
to make it look good.