[MEncoder-users] Mencoder lame errors, and mpeg to avi batch process

[Phil Ehrens]

John Brown wrote:
> Dave M G wrote:
> >
> > # convert mpg movies into avi's with mencoder
> > for i in *.[Mm][Pp][Gg]; do nice -n 10 mencoder $i -ovc lavc -lavcopts 
> >
> >vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=$vbitrate:vhq:vqmin=2:vlelim=-4:vcelim=9:lumi_mask=0.05
> >:dark_mask=0.01 -vf pp=md  -vf scale=720:480, -oac lavc -lavcopts 
> > acodec=mp3:abitrate=128 -o "`basename "$i"`.avi";echo "Conversion done";done
> >
> > exit;
> 
> Try changing '-oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp3:abitrate=128' to
> '-oac mp3lame -lameopts br=128'

Or even better: -oac mp3lame -lameopts preset=standard