[MEncoder-users] iMovie compatible mencoder settings for mp4

[Towncat]

Hi folks,
I was trying to import an mpg movie (recorded with a Sony Handycam) into
iMovie '08. As it failed to do so with the original mpg file, and some
googling told me that it should be compatible with mp4 files, I tried to
convert the file into a QuickTime compatible .mp4 (based on the mencoder
documentation's advice). Here's my small script:

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mencoder $INPUTFILE  -ovc x264 -x264encopts
subq=1:frameref=1:threads=4:bframes=1:pass=1:bitrate=$VBITRATE:vbv_maxrate=$VBITRATE_MAX:vbv_bufsize=5000:cabac:nofast_pskip:nodct_decimate:turbo=1
 -oac faac -faacopts br=192:mpeg=4:object=2 -channels 2 -srate 48000 -vf
scale=-10:-1,harddup -ofps 25 -o /dev/null

mencoder $INPUTFILE  -ovc x264 -x264encopts
subq=6:frameref=6:partitions=all:me=umh:threads=4:bframes=1:pass=2:bitrate=$VBITRATE:vbv_maxrate=$VBITRATE_MAX:vbv_bufsize=5000:cabac:nofast_pskip:nodct_decimate:keyint=300
-oac faac -faacopts br=192:mpeg=4:object=2 -channels 2 -srate 48000 -vf
scale=-10:-1,harddup -ofps 25 -idx -o tmp.$OUTPUTFILE.avi

mplayer tmp.$OUTPUTFILE.avi -dumpaudio -dumpfile $OUTPUTFILE.aac

mplayer tmp.$OUTPUTFILE.avi -dumpvideo -dumpfile $OUTPUTFILE.h264

mp4creator -create=$OUTPUTFILE.aac $OUTPUTFILE.mp4
mp4creator -create=$OUTPUTFILE.h264 -rate=25 $OUTPUTFILE.mp4

mp4creator -hint=1 $OUTPUTFILE.mp4
mp4creator -hint=2 $OUTPUTFILE.mp4
mp4creator -optimize $OUTPUTFILE.mp4

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However, iMovie still says that the file is incompatible.

Do you have a suggestion as to what settings to use in mencoder to create an
iMovie-importable movie (without much loss of data, of course)?

Thanks,
   tc.