[MEncoder-users] Unclear error, AE_FAAC

[Christian Ebert]

* Peter Sebastian Masny on Saturday, January 24, 2009 at 17:06:09 -0700
> I'm trying to convert some video I've captured using my vholdr camcorder 
> (xvid and monoPCM I think). I'm putting it in a format compatable with 
> my iPhone.  However, it fails and I'm not sure why. The same commands 
> work fine for a DVD conversion. (Debian system)
> 
> Output:
> $ mencoder "save6 - top to bottom.avi" -o top2bot.mp4 -of lavf -lavfopts 
> format=mp4 \
>> -vf dsize=480:320,harddup -sws 9 \
>> -ovc x264  -x264encopts 
> nocabac:level_idc=30:bframes=0:global_header:threads=auto:subq=5:frameref=6:partitions=all:trellis=1:chroma_me:me=umh:bitrate=512 
> \
>> -oac faac -faacopts mpeg=4:object=2:raw:br=128

Have you tried "-lavfopts ipod". My ffmpeg conversions with
"-f ipod" also play on iphones.

Not entirely related:

With bframes=0 (which is correct for ipod/iphone) trellis doesn't
have an effect, and you don't need the partitions for bframes.

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