[MEncoder-users] mencoder starter needs help

[B K]

I've used your recommendation, but the quality is very poor compared to the original.  How do I ge the same quality ?
 
Cheers,



> Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 10:17:30 -0600> From: james at dawning.ca> To: mencoder-users at mplayerhq.hu> Subject: Re: [MEncoder-users] mencoder starter needs help> > You need to do something with the video.. I wouldn't expect "raw" to be a> fun direction to take things for your video codec. Probably will use a few> hundred gigs/hr of video.> > Try running> > mencoder -ovc help> > to get a list of video codecs you can try.> > > I'd suggest trying something like:> > mencoder C:\goat.mpg -o goat.avi -of avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts> vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=3000 -oac copy> > Similarly, you can run "mencoder -oac help" to get a list of audio codecs to> try rather than "copy", though I'm going to guess "copy" will be fine for> now. At some point you may want to use "lame".> > This is a pretty basic answer for you, but your question is also pretty> basic. You should be able to find some great example usage in the> documentation or if you google for it.> > Does that answer your question sufficiently?> > > > > mencoder C:\goat.mpg -o goat.avi -of avi -ovc raw -oac copy> > > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 9:36 AM, B K <b.kot at hotmail.com> wrote:> > > I am a beginner who has a movie file taken from television in ac3 audio> > format and mpeg2 video format.> >> > Mplayer can play the video with no hassles. Although Windows media player> > will not play the audio, which is why I would like to encode this file into> > a format that can be played anywhere no matter which codecs are present.> >> > I am assuming the file will be big as this will lose all forms of> > compression, but are there any other disadvantages ?> >> > I am not familiar with mencoder to even know where to start but I have> > given it a go. I tried the following code:> >> > mencoder C:\goat.mpg -o goat.avi -of avi -ovc raw -oac copy> >> > The output was not what I expected. The video would hardly move, and the> > sound was all distorted with plenty of jitter.> >> > Can you help me ? My main goal is to achieve the same quality but have it> > so I can play on any computer, especially windows.> >> > Thank you, and sorry for previous post.> > _________________________________________________________________> > Never miss another e-mail with Hotmail on your mobile.> > http://www.livelife.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=343869> > _______________________________________________> > MEncoder-users mailing list> > MEncoder-users at mplayerhq.hu> > https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mencoder-users> >> _______________________________________________> MEncoder-users mailing list> MEncoder-users at mplayerhq.hu> https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mencoder-users
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