[MEncoder-users] Adding a silent soundtrack to a video-onlyfile?

[GuyWithDogs]

"GuyWithDogs" <guywithdogs at earthlink.net> wrote in message 
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> RC wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 23 May 2007 15:30:25 -0700
>> "GuyWithDogs" <guywithdogs at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Is there some way I can coerce mencoder to create a new output file
>> > of the  same format as the input file, but with the silence.mp3
>> > added as the  "soundtrack" (repeated as many times as necessary to
>> > match the length of the  video clip)?
>>
>> That's a very strange request.  Why would you want an audio track of
>> silence, rather than just no audio?
>>
>> Anyhow, I think you'd be much better off if you just use "-af delay"
>> with a large value, plus -audiofile silence.mp3.

Just as a follow-up, I got the soundtrack added and the files work great 
with the library. In fact, it ended up exposing a bug in the library that I 
have to investigate further and report back to the author on, but it worked 
great. Thanks for the tip.