[MEncoder-users] MPEG2 encoding options

[Eduardo Gargiulo]

Hi all,

A friend of mine has given to me an avi file containing video from DV
source and edited with proprietery software. The output of mplayer
-identify is the following:

MPlayer 1.0pre8-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 2800+ (Family: 15, Model: 4, Stepping:
10)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE SSE2

Playing alsina.avi.
AVI file format detected.
ID_VIDEO_ID=0
ID_AUDIO_ID=1
VIDEO:  [dvsd]  720x480  24bpp  29.970 fps  28771.2 kbps (3512.1 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 1536.0 kbit/100.00% (ratio: 192000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm: pcm (Uncompressed PCM)
==========================================================================
ID_FILENAME=alsina.avi
ID_DEMUXER=avi
ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=dvsd
ID_VIDEO_BITRATE=28771200
ID_VIDEO_WIDTH=720
ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT=480
ID_VIDEO_FPS=29.970
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=0.0000
ID_AUDIO_CODEC=pcm
ID_AUDIO_FORMAT=1
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=1536000
ID_AUDIO_RATE=48000
ID_AUDIO_NCH=2
ID_LENGTH=140.04

I want to encode it to MPEG2 for playing on standalone DVD players; file
size doesn't matter because it is shorth enought but I wouldn't like to
lose quality. Which mencoder options should I use to achieve that? Any
hint would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance and sorry for my english,

--ejg @sf.net