[MEncoder-users] 1 duplicate frame hell

[Joey Parrish]

On 6/4/07, Nico Sabbi <nicola_sabbi at fastwebnet.it> wrote:
> Jason Cumiskey wrote:
> > I am trying to encode dvd -> xvid and keep getting the 1 duplicate frame
> > problem (approx. 1 every 1 to 5 seconds).
> >
> > Here is the what I use:
> > mencoder -dvd-device /dev/dvd dvd://1 -ofps 24000/1001 -ffourcc DIVX
> > -alang eng -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=224 -vf
> > pullup,softskip,crop=704:480:8:0,hqdn3d=2:1:2 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts
> > pass=1:chroma_opt:vhq=4:bvhq=1:quant_type=mpeg -o out.avi
> >
> > The version I am using installed on Ubuntu is 2:1.0~rc1-0ubuntu9.
> >
> > I have used this before without any duplicate frame problems.  I have
> > also tried adding -mc 0 or harddup without any effect.  If there is
> > anything I am doing blatantly wrong, please let me know!
> >
>
> if you are changing the output framerate you have to expect duplicate
> or dropped frames; it's unavoidable

Agreed.  If your audio sync is okay on the resulting file, ignore the
dup frame messages.  They are not necessarily an error, just a warning
for those who need to know.

--Joey