[MEncoder-users] Convert any video file to DVD with open source tools

[alkos333]

me at tpt60:~/downloads/complete$ mencoder -oac copy -ovc lavc -of mpeg
-mpegopts format=dvd -vf scale=720:480,harddup -srate 48000 -af
lavcresample=48000 -lavcopts
vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:vbitrate=5000:keyint=18:aspect=19/9:acodec=ac3:abitrate=192
-ofps 30000/1001 -ss 0:20 -endpos 0:30 -o secret.mpg secret.mkv
MEncoder 1.0rc2-4.2.3 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Genuine Intel(R) CPU           T2500  @ 2.00GHz (Family: 6,
Model: 14, Stepping: 8)
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
success: format: 0  data: 0x0 - 0x2785fe3f
[mkv] Track ID 1: video (V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC), -vid 0
[mkv] Track ID 2: audio (A_VORBIS), -aid 0, -alang und
[mkv] Will play video track 1.
Matroska file format detected.
VIDEO:  [avc1]  624x352  24bpp  29.970 fps    0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:31  fourcc:0x31637661  size:624x352  fps:29.97  ftime:=0.0334
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 0.0 kbit/0.00% (ratio: 0->176400)
Selected audio codec: [ffvorbis] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg Vorbis decoder)
==========================================================================
PACKET SIZE: 2048 bytes, deltascr: 43885
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: [scale w=720 h=480]
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffh264] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg H.264)
==========================================================================
Audio format 0x73627276 is incompatible with '-oac copy', please try
'-oac pcm' instead or use '-fafmttag' to override it.

Exiting...


On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Ken Murray <kmurray at gmail.com> wrote:
> Have you tried the above command substituting -oac copy?  This might
> help narrow down wether the problem lies in the audio or the video
> encoding.