[MEncoder-users] Converting vob to avi

[James Hastings-Trew]

Alex Samad wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 07:49:34PM -0700, Mike Adolf wrote:
>   
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I just had some 8mm film converted to dvd. I want to edit this video 
>> after converting to avi. I thought it would be easy.  To a 
>> video-beginner it seems very difficult. I tried to pull it from the 
>> documentation but got lost. All I want to do is convert vob (no audio) 
>> to avi (no audio).  Has anyone done this and can help. I am running 
>> Ubuntu 7.10 and using MEncoder 2:1.0~rc1-0ubuntu13.1.
>>     
> quick stab
>
> mencode -ovc lavc -lavcopts
> vcodec=mpeg4:threads=2:aspect=16/9:mbd=2:mv0:trell:v4mv:cbp:last_pred=3:predia=2:dia=2:vmax_b_frames=2:vb_strategy=1:precmp=3:cmp=3:subcmp=3:preme=2:qns=2:dc=10:vbitrate=$VBITRATE:cbp -oac mp3lame -lameopts preset=standard <infile> -o <outfile>
>
> so the simple of this is ovc = what to do with the video use lavc. the
> -lavcopts tell lavc what are the options the first being mpeg4 (this is
> encoding to divx.  The -oac is what to do with the audio, converts it to
> mp3
>   
Couple of quick suggestions here - add
-ffourcc DIVX -noodml
 to your mix there and you'll avoid making  avi files that are 
incompatible with some set top players.