[MEncoder-users] Suggestions for auto-crop-detect methods?

[RC]

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:02:48 -0700
"François Dermu" <francois.dermu at gmail.com> wrote:

> Nice script RC,

By far the most delayed reply I've ever seen...  What year did I
send that e-mail?  Hey, at least we have proof that _somebody_ uses the
list archives.

> and will take 20 spots rather than 10 (just to be sure)

I've used 20 myself for quite a while, for different reasons, though.

> I also increased the cropping threshold (I'd rather crop a little too
> much than not enough)

Very recently I came across a video that wasn't cropped properly, and
increased that from 20 to 31 (magic happens between 30 and 31).  

I would *definitely* rather crop too little than too much.  Though, of
course I don't ever expect it to be necessary to choose.  After many
years of use on tons of material, it's only made a handful of mistakes.

> It uses "-vo null" rather than "-vo md5sum". (why ask your cpu extra
> and unnecessary work ;) )

It was originally a mplayer bug workaround.  Now that I've added
parallel hard/soft telecine detection to the script, I need the md5sums
for that...

> It would skip empty crop result if any

Did that myself, long ago, too.