[MEncoder-users] Problem using XviD codec (mencoder)

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 02:41:18PM +0100, Matthias Salomon wrote:
> Hi,
> I want to encode a m2v video file to an avi file using xvid codec.
> During the Menplayer installation it says that Xvid is detected and
> enabled, this is confirmed by the command:
>   mencoder -ovc help
> Output:
> http://pastebin.com/m56fc28ec
> 
> But by using this command:
>    mencoder original.m2v -vf scale=630:354 -ovc xvid
> vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1600:vhq=2:bvhq=1:chroma_opt:quant_type=mpeg -of
> avi -o out_xvid.avi

Since you forgot -xvidencopts,
"vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1600:vhq=2:bvhq=1:chroma_opt:quant_type=mpeg" is
considered a file name, so you did not specify any bitrate.