[MEncoder-users] ripping dvd to matroska and h.264

[inbox at reinertson.com]

using h264enc is working quite well for me but it has one, slight  
problem.  when subtitles are turned on their timing is a little off.   
the subtitles appear before the corresponding audio and disappear  
before the words are spoken.

any idea what causes this?

my batchfile follows,

tia,
tom

tourists don't know where they've been.  travelers don't know where  
they're going.  -- paul theroux


################### START OF COMMANDS ###################

test -d "/home/tom" || mkdir -p "/home/tom"
test -d /home/tom/.h264enc/h264enc_5610 || mkdir -p /home/tom/.h264enc/ 
h264enc_5610
test -e "/home/tom/50 FIRST DATES_chapter1.avi" && mv -f "/home/tom/50  
FIRST DATES_chapter1.avi" "/home/tom/50 FIRST DATES_chapter1.avi.old"

/usr/bin/mencoder "dvd://1" -o /dev/null -dvd-device /dev/dvd -chapter  
1 -fps 30000/1001 -ofps 24000/1001 -vf  
pullup,crop=720:480:0:0,softskip,harddup -aid 128 -af volnorm=2 - 
channels 5 -oac faac -faacopts mpeg=4:br=110:object=2 -ovc x264 - 
x264encopts  
pass 
=1:bitrate=1000:turbo=2:me=umh:me_range=16:nodct_decimate:nointerlaced: 
8x8dct:nofast_pskip:trellis 
= 
1 
:partitions 
= 
p8x8 
,b8x8 
,i8x8 
,i4x4 
:mixed_refs:keyint 
= 
240 
:keyint_min 
= 
24 
:psy_rd 
= 
0.5,0.2 
:frameref 
= 
3 
:bframes 
= 
5 
:b_adapt 
= 
2 
:b_pyramid:weight_b:direct_pred 
= 
auto:subq 
=6:chroma_me:cabac:deblock:level_idc=41:threads=auto:ssim:psnr - 
passlogfile /home/tom/.h264enc/h264enc_5610/h264.log 2>/dev/null

/usr/bin/mencoder "dvd://1" -o "/home/tom/50 FIRST DATES_chapter1.avi"  
-dvd-device /dev/dvd -chapter 1 -sid 0 -vobsubout "/home/tom/50 FIRST  
DATES_chapter1" -vobsuboutindex 0 -fps 30000/1001 -ofps 24000/1001 -vf  
pullup,crop=720:480:0:0,softskip,harddup -aid 128 -af volnorm=2 - 
channels 5 -oac faac -faacopts mpeg=4:br=110:object=2 -ovc x264 - 
x264encopts  
pass=2:bitrate=1000:me=umh:me_range=16:nodct_decimate:nointerlaced: 
8x8dct:nofast_pskip:trellis 
= 
1 
:partitions 
= 
p8x8 
,b8x8 
,i8x8 
,i4x4 
:mixed_refs:keyint 
= 
240 
:keyint_min 
= 
24 
:psy_rd 
= 
0.5,0.2 
:frameref 
= 
3 
:bframes 
= 
5 
:b_adapt 
= 
2 
:b_pyramid:weight_b:direct_pred 
= 
auto:subq 
=6:chroma_me:cabac:deblock:level_idc=41:threads=auto:ssim:psnr - 
passlogfile /home/tom/.h264enc/h264enc_5610/h264.log 2>/dev/null




sleep 2

test -e "/home/tom/50 FIRST DATES_chapter1.mkv" && mv -f "/home/tom/50  
FIRST DATES_chapter1.mkv" "/home/tom/50 FIRST DATES_chapter1.mkv.old"
/usr/bin/mkvmerge  --title "50 FIRST DATES_chapter1" --track-name  
1:"AAC 5.0" "/home/tom/50 FIRST DATES_chapter1.avi"      "/home/tom/50  
FIRST DATES_chapter1.idx"  -o "/home/tom/50 FIRST DATES_chapter1.mkv"
sleep 2

rm -rf /home/tom/.h264enc/h264enc_5610