[MEncoder-users] mencoder dvdnav:// encodes twice

[Laine Lee]

On 6/25/10 9:04 AM, "Tony Howard" <tahoward at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've been trying to encode encrypted DVDs using mencoder dvdnav://, and it
> mostly works, but it will rip the entire contents of the DVD twice to a single
> file...  if it's a 2 hour movie, I'll end up with a 4 hour file that has the
> movie twice.  Here's the command I've been using to rip them:
> 
> mencoder dvdnav://1 -dvd-device /dev/dvd -alang English -info name="Meet The
> Colors" -oac copy -ovc x264 -x264encopts crf=26 -vf
> pp=de,crop=0:0:0:0,scale=1024:576 -o /home/video/meet_colors.avi
> 
> I've seen this behavior on some (but not all) Disney DVDs, and several others
> as well.  I'm using the rpmfuson mencoder from
> mencoder-1.0-0.111.20091029svn.fc12.i686.rpm on Fedora 12.  Using -chapter
> 1-(something before the last chapter) works, but of course misses the chapters
> I leave out.  Running mencoder dvd://1 also only encodes the movie once, but
> that just works for dvds that aren't encrypted.
> 
> Anybody know how it to get dvdnav to only encode the movie once?
> 
> Tony

I think you need to specify an output frame rate.

Laine Lee