[MEncoder-users] Making an AVI which delcares itself to be interlaced

[Andy Civil]

Hi

I'm trying to make an xvid avi file which is interlaced. Although the following 
command works quite well, the resulting AVI doesn't seem to be LABELLED as 
interlaced (although the content clearly is). What this means is, then when I 
use this kind of file in another program, I have to specify for each one, that 
it's interlaced (which is a bind, when I have fifty or so to do).

If I use "gspot" on the file produced here, it doesn't light up with either TFF 
or BFF flags.

Any options I'm missing that could make the interlaced flag be on?

My command (copy/paste):

I:\me\mencoder -oac mp3lame -lameopts preset=standard:fast -ovc xvid 
-xvidencopts 
trellis:quant_type=h263:vhq=2:me_quality=6:chroma_me:closed_gop:max_bframes=2:bitrate=10000000:interlacing=1 
-vf scale=720:480:1,il=s,harddup -ofps 30000/1001 -o 
"XVID\20080215145859_i1_vils.m2t.avi" "20080215145859.m2t"

Here's the start of my output:
E:\Sony\2008-02-15>I:\me\mencoder -oac mp3lame -lameopts preset=standard:fast -o
vc xvid -xvidencopts trellis:quant_type=h263:vhq=2:me_quality=6:chroma_me:closed
_gop:max_bframes=2:bitrate=10000000:interlacing=1 -vf scale=720:480:1,il=s,hardd
up -ofps 30000/1001 -o "XVID\20080215145859_i1_vils.m2t.avi" "20080215145859.m2t
"
MEncoder Sherpya-SVN-r25962-4.2.3 (C) 2000-2008 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz (Family: 15, Model: 2, Stepping: 7)
CPUflags: Type: 15 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
success: format: 0  data: 0x0 - 0x19af5d4
TS file format detected.
VIDEO MPEG2(pid=2064) AUDIO MPA(pid=2068) NO SUBS (yet)!  PROGRAM N. 100
VIDEO:  MPEG2  1440x1080  (aspect 3)  29.970 fps  25000.0 kbps (3125.0 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:29  fourcc:0x10000002  size:1440x1080  fps:29.97  ftime:=0.0334
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 384.0 kbit/25.00% (ratio: 48000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
xvid: using library version 1.1.3 (build xvid-1.1.3)
Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
Opening video filter: [harddup]
Opening video filter: [il=s]
Opening video filter: [scale w=720 h=480 interlaced=1]
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 1440 x 1080 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES)
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
Try appending the scale filter to your filter list,
e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.4.0b
Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm: libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
==========================================================================
MP3 audio selected.
VDec: vo config request - 1440 x 1080 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 9 -> 8
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 9 -> 8
SwScaler: reducing / aligning filtersize 10 -> 9

Thks for any hints...

-- 
Andy