[MEncoder-users] performance with large files

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hello,
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 05:59:01PM +0200, Tobias Brockamp wrote:
> mencoder -of avi -ovc xvid -ofps 25 -oac mp3lame -srate 44100  
> -audio-preload 1.5 -mc 0 -vf  
> scale,format=rgb24,scale,format=yv12,pp=lb,harddup

-mc 0 normally isn't good idea.
Most likely your problem is with -audio-preload 1.5, since that means
that a lot of video data must be buffered. Try -nocache, a -cache value
that is enough for at least 5 seconds of the raw video and -ni and -nini

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger