[MEncoder-users] Ripping dvd to mp4

[James Hastings-Trew]

Erik Slagter wrote:
> James Hastings-Trew wrote:
>> Erik Slagter wrote:
>
>>> If I have some spare time the next days I will have another go at 
>>> mencoder, if only to remember what exactly was the problem with 
>>> mencoder and subtitling.
>> Mencoder can in fact burn in DVD subtitles.
>
> BTW I have indeed tried this again, and now I remember the problem.
>
> Mencoder can only output reliably to avi (not even separate raw video 
> and audio stream, simultaniously...) while mp4box (gpac) cannot handle 
> h264 in avi, so...
Nonsense. I use mencoder to encode to mp4 containers all the time, and 
without AV synch issues. I just don't use b-frames.

Having said that, I am coming around to the idea that h.264 is not the 
be-all and end-all of video encoding that some people think it is. I've 
been using mpeg4 for HD encodes (720p) because the artifacts are not as 
annoying as those from h.264. To my eyes, mpeg4 seems "truer" to the 
original source. I use h264 for those applications and devices that 
require it (ipod/iphone).