[MEncoder-users] Converting video codec ffh264

[Malte Schünemann]

RC wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:28:17 +0200
> Malte Schünemann <malte.schuenemann at web.de> wrote:
>
>   
>> Converting the one with video codec ffh264 (i.e. the larger one) I see
>>
>> tons of lines saying
>> Skipping frame!
>> Error while decoding frame!6.24fps Trem:  88min 3998mb  A-V:-0.010 
>> [4182:192]
>> Error while decoding frame!6.32fps Trem:  88min 3998mb  A-V:-0.009 
>> [4182:192]
>> Pos:  18.5s    861f ( 0%) 66.33fps Trem:  88min 3971mb  A-V:-0.011 
>> [4169:192]
>>     
>
> A) You need softskip at the end of your -vf line.
>   
That indeed got me rid of the error messages.
> B)  One is 50fps while the other is 25fps.  Different
> conversion/encoding strategy is needed.  Search the archives.  Possibly
> tinterlace or decimate.
>   
tinterlace=0 made the video to be displayed in HUUUGE format on my 
computer - after burning to DVD, it didn't display correctly on my 
recorder - only saw the upper 3rd.
Scaling down to 720:576, or use of tinterlace=1 resulted in very bad 
bitrate - something about 2500.

How can I retain the quality ?

Malte