[MEncoder-users] Dropped frames trouble

[Corey Hickey]

Matthew Allen wrote:
>> mencoder.exe input.mpv -o output.avi -of avi -ovc xvid -vf scale=640:368 
>> -xvidencopts bitrate=1000:turbo:vhq=0
>>
>> This worked, in that I got a reasonable "output.avi". However the output 
>> avi has less frames than the input mpv file and runs for less time, and so 
>> the audio (mpa) is out of sync when remuxed (via intermediate wav file) 
>> with the avi.
> 
> It seems that the first 6.something seconds of video is not in the output. What could cause the first blocks of frames not to be converted?
> 
> Does it start converting at the first I frame or something?

Please upload part of the video to:
ftp://upload.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/

...and tell us the file name. Be sure to upload enough of the file to 
cover at least the first 10 seconds or so; upload more if you have the 
bandwidth, unless the file is really huge.

-Corey