[MEncoder-users] Create standard MPEG PS with MPEG 1 video and MP2 audio

[DEF]

--- Nico Sabbi <nicola_sabbi at fastwebnet.it> wrote:
> Simon Oualid wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am using Mencoder to create various type of
> files and I am really 
> > enjoying
> > it, but I cannot find the right command line in
> that'll create a MPEG PS
> > file (audio + video) that will play on a default
> installation of MS Windows
> > (with WMP).
> > 
> > I think MPEG1 video and MP2 audio should work, but
> I am still having
> > troubles after many tries. Any help would be
> greatly appreciated, thank you
> > ! :)
> > 
> > Here is the command line I currently use (I tried
> lot of variations,
> > including the usage of lavf muxer instead of
> Mencoder one... I also did 
> > some
> > tries with different muxrate and resolution) :
> > 
> > ---
> > mencoder test.avi of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts
> > vcodec=mpeg1video:vbitrate=1000 -mpegopts
> format=mpeg1 -ofps 25  -oac lavc
> > -lavcopts acodec=mp2:abitrate=224 -vf harddup -o
> test.mpg
> > ---
> 
> these 2 were reported to work (of course in mutual
> exclusion):
> - -mpegopts format=mpeg2
> - -lavfopts format=vcd


Please just a question of curiosity:
In your orginal message on April 22 2006 when you gave
us the new mpeg muxer in the cvs (back then) the
following appeared.

>strongly advised:
>- when encoding video (e.g. without -ovc copy)
>_always_ use -vf softskip
>(btw, I have and had a lot of problems with harddup,
>so I don't use 
>it);

>- using -ofps is generally quite bad (with the old
>muxer, too), better 
>use -speed newfr/oldfr
>(eventually resampling audio)

However, given that it was never added to the manual
(doc), it is almost never followed. Do you still
advice that as of now?

DEF




 
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