[MEncoder-users] MPEG 5.1 to stereo conversion for Sony SR100

[Nico Sabbi]

sjb wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> First post to this list, so please excuse me if I'm asking in the 
> worng place or the subject has been covered before (I did check 
> through the list archives but couldn't find a solution)
>
> I have a Sony SR100 HDD camcorder that records MPEG files with 5.1 
> audio. Mplayer (built a month or so ago from source) can play the MPEG 
> files from the camera with no problems.
>
> I'd like to convert the MPEGs into FLV so that I can put the videos on 
> the web for playblack in a flash movie player.
>
> I have, in the past, used the guide at the bottom of this page ..
>
> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/menc-feat-selecting-codec.html
>
> .. to convert all kinds of videos successfully, but that approach 
> won't work with the MPEG files from the camcorder. MEncoder starts, 
> looks like it's about to do something, but then stops and leaves an 
> output file of zero bytes but no obvious error message - it just 
> doesn't appear to try to process the file.
>
> The problem seems to be related to the audio in the file. If I strip 
> the audio out (using Womble's MPEG to DVD converter), I can use 
> MEncoder to convert the new file to FLV. If I use MEncoder with 
> -nosound on the original MPEG, I can convert the file. If I use the 
> software that came bundled with the camera to "convert" the audio (the 
> software doesn't actually say what the conversion does), or Womble's 
> software set to output in stereo, MEncoder still fails.
>
> Can somebody give me a hint as to what I need to do to produce a FLV 
> with some audio (stereo or mono, I'm not fussy)? Oh, there's no way to 
> switch the camera to record in 2 channel stereo before anybody 
> suggests that ;-)
>
> I can provide a sample of a file from the camera and the output from 
> player/mencoder if required.
>
> Many thanks!
>
> sjb
>

we need a sample of your camcorder's output.
Please, upload it to ftp://upload.mplayerhq.hu/incoming and post the 
filename
 
 
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