[MEncoder-users] mpeg-4 - no video on Pioneer dvd player

[Andrius Meidus]

So  the following command  (with added "-ffourcc DX50") should solve my problem?
mencoder input.mov -oac lavc -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1
-ffourcc DX50 -o output.avi

Thanks!

2007/10/27, Reimar Döffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger at stud.uni-karlsruhe.de>:
> Hello,
> On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 12:54:50PM +0100, ameidus wrote:
> > I tried:
> >     mencoder input.mov -oac lavc -ovc lavc  -o output.avi
>
> Not specifying a codec is never a good idea.
>
> >     mencoder input.mov -oac lavc -ovc lavc -lavcopts
> > vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1  -o output.avi
> >     mencoder input.mov -oac lavc -ovc xvid  -xvidencopts bitrate=1600 -o
> > output.avi
>
> Both miss -ffourcc DX50 or similar.
>
> >     mencoder input.mov -oac lavc -ovc  lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp2
> > vcodec=mpeg1video vstrict=-2 -o output.avi
>
> lavcopts are completely broken, vstrict=-2 certainly is a stupid idea
> for MPEG1/2 and the opposite of what the docs suggest and I've never
> seen a DVD player that can player MPEG1/2 outside of properly mastered
> DVD/(S)VCD, even though that is really stupid.
>
> Greetings,
> Reimar Döffinger
> _______________________________________________
> MEncoder-users mailing list
> MEncoder-users at mplayerhq.hu
> http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mencoder-users
>