[MEncoder-users] Corrupt H264 Files with Mencoder

[Andrei Verovski (aka MacGuru)]

Hi,

I have wrote simple script which (supposedly) could convert almost any video 
file into high-quality H264 MP4/AAC.

Here it is:

Dump both audio and video in raw format (because lavf cannot hadnle video 
streams with b-frames, and x264 can create only AVI, not MP4 container)
mencoder $1 -ovc raw -nosound -o $1.temp.raw.avi
mplayer $1 -vo null -ao pcm:file=$1.temp.wav

Convert audio to AAC
ffmpeg -i $1.temp.wav -acodec aac $1.temp.aac

Here is the final stage, converting raw video into H264 while muxing it with 
AAC audio:
mencoder $1.temp.raw.avi -audiofile $1.temp.aac -oac copy -of lavf -lavfopts 
format=mp4:i_certify_that_my_video_stream_does_not_use_b_frames -ovc 
x264 -x264encopts 4x4mv:subq=5:bframes=3:b_pyramid:weight_b -o $1.menc1p.mp4

Delete temp files.
rm -f $1.temp.*

However, I can play these on Linux (in VLC/Xine), on Mac VLC plays it without 
sound, While QuickTime Player and Windows Media Player cannot play them at 
all.

Anyone could suggest what's wrong?

Thanks in advance

Andrei