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

[James Hastings-Trew]

ameidus wrote:
> I have also tried
>
> -ffourcc divx 
> and
> -ffourcc xvid
>
> nothing works :(
>
>
>
> Andrius Meidus wrote:
>   
>> No, the "-ffourcc DX50" had no effect. Any other ideas?
>>
>>
>> 2007/10/27, Andrius Meidus <ameidus at gmail.com>:
>>   
>>     
>>> 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!
>>>       
Are you sure your player is able to play Divx files? Try this as a base 
command line:

mencoder INPUT.mov -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=160:mode=0 -ovc lavc 
-lavcopts 
vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1400:vrc_maxrate=6000:vrc_buf_size=1835:mbd=2:trell 
-of avi -ffourcc DIVX -noodml -o OUTPUT.avi

This will do a non-ideal one pass encode of your .mov into a fairly 
vanilla DIVX/mp3 .avi file that should play back on most set top players 
that claim to play back DIVX movies. I say "non-ideal" because I have no 
idea what the dimensions of your quicktime movie are, or it's framerate, 
so I have no idea what bittrate to suggest to you. And ideally you 
should always use a two pass encode, but this is more to test out 
compatibility with your player rather than get you a "perfect" encode of 
the file. If the above command line works for you then you can use it as 
a starting point to build from.

Also, with some players, the ffourcc is case sensitive. -ffourcc divx != 
-ffourcc DIVX.