[MEncoder-users] Script for h264 conversion for mencoder

[James Hastings-Trew]

Cameron Just wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Thankyou for your responses has cleared a few things up for me. My older
> version of mencoder did not have aac and I stupidly thought ac3 was the
> same.
>
> It appears I cannot find a version of mencoder for win32 which has aac
> working in it
>
> Trying to run this
> C:\System\Apps\MEncoder\mencoder.exe Test.mpg -sws 9 -of lavf -lavfopts
> format=mp4 -vf crop=392:568:70:3,scale=400:304,dsize=400:304,harddup
> -ovc x264 -x264encopts
> bitrate=350:vbv_maxrate=1500:vbv_bufsize=1835:nocabac:me=umh:trellis=1:level_idc=41:global_header:threads=auto 
>
> -oac faac -faacopts mpeg=4:object=2:br=160:raw -channels 2 -srate 48000
> -o output.mp4
>
> Gives me the following output
> ======================================
> MEncoder 1.0rc2-4.2.1 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
> CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ (Family: 15, Model: 47, Stepping: 0)
> CPUflags: Type: 15 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
> Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
> Error parsing option on the command line: -faacopts
>
> Exiting... (error parsing command line)
> ======================================
>
> I have tried a few versions from various locations on the net
> http://oss.netfarm.it/mplayer-win32.php
> and
> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html
>
> However it appears aac is available because when I run
> mencoder -oac help
> I get
> ====================
> MEncoder 1.0rc2-4.2.1 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
> CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ (Family: 15, Model: 47, Stepping: 0)
> CPUflags: Type: 15 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
> Compiled with runtime CPU detection
Hmm. I'm running the version from here: 
http://oss.netfarm.it/mplayer-win32.php
However, I've not been running any of the rc versions. Mine is 
24537-4.2.1. Dunno if something broke in the faacopts or not.... sorry.