[MEncoder-users] Script for h264 conversion for mencoder

[Grozdan Nikolov (openSUSE Linux)]

On Monday 21 January 2008 11:51, Cameron Just wrote:
> Unfortunately the many combinations I have tried will just not play on
> the xbox 360... very annoying that they lock it down.
>
> I tried
> 1. encoding just the video
> C:\System\Apps\MEncoder2\mencoder.exe Test.mpg -o test-conv.avi -aspect
> 16:9 -passlogfile "x264-2pass.log" -nosound -ovc x264 -x264encopts
> bitrate=350
>
> 2. encoding with defaults only
> C:\System\Apps\MEncoder2\mencoder.exe Test.mpg -o test-conv.avi -aspect
> 16:9 -passlogfile "x264-2pass.log" -oac faac -faacopts mpeg=4:br=128
> -ovc x264 -x264encopts bitrate=350
>
> Odd thing is that the xbox360 shows a preview image of the video but
> when it comes to playing it an error saying
>
> Can't play this content because it contains audio or video with an
> unsupported codec. For more info, go to www.xbox.com/support.
> Status code 80-C00DF242
>
> Extremely annoying as I really would like to archive my videos so that
> they can be read in a format compatible with the xbox 360... I can
> convert them to xvids however I am trying to get as small a filesize as
> possible and x264 does that perfectly for me....
>
> I will try http://sourceforge.net/projects/h264enc as Grozdan suggested
> and see what it tries to do for the 360 format....  unfortunately it is
> written for a unix shell... might be able to decode what it does though...
>
> If anyone knows of the correct command line arguments they would be
> greatly appreciated.

this is directly taken from my XBOX360 profile from h264enc. I haven't tested 
it as I don't have an XBOX myself but the options used are taken from the 
RipBot264 program for Windows. this is for a 1-pass encode

-ovc x264 -x264encopts 
bitrate=1000:me=umh:me_range=24:nodct_decimate:nointerlaced:8x8dct:threads=auto:nofast_pskip:trellis=1:partitions=p8x8,b8x8,i8x8,i4x4:mixed_refs:bime:keyint=250:keyint_min=25:frameref=3:bframes=6:b_adapt:b_pyramid:weight_b:direct_pred=auto:subq=6:brdo:chroma_me:cabac:deblock:nossim:nopsnr:level_idc=41



>
> Thankyou
>
>
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