[MEncoder-users] mkv to hard sub avi to m4v command line options and sync problems

[Grozdan]

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 9:04 AM, v4r4n <console.cowboy at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been having trouble finding out how to properly re-encode an mkv file
> with multiple audio tracks and subtitles.
>
> $> mkvmerge -i <filename>.mkv
>
> give me this information:
>
> File '<filename>.mkv': container: Matroska
> Track ID 1: video (V_MS/VFW/FOURCC, DX50)
> Track ID 2: audio (A_AAC/MPEG4/LC/SBR)
> Track ID 3: audio (A_AAC/MPEG4/LC/SBR)
> Track ID 4: subtitles (S_TEXT/UTF8)
> Track ID 5: subtitles (S_VOBSUB)
> Track ID 6: subtitles (S_VOBSUB)
>
> $> mkvextract tracks <filename>.mkv 1:video.avi 2:audio.aac 4:subtitles.srt
>
> gives me the streams of data I'd like to combine into a single .avi or .m4v
> file.  The problem is when I try to do something like this:
>
> $> mencoder -ovc copy -faac -oac -audiofile audio.aac -o test.avi
>
> The audio no longer matches the video?
>
> What am I doing wrong?  How do I use mencoder to combine a divx video file
> and acc audio file?  I thought this would be simple, but I can't find any
> examples/tutorials that work.

mencoder inputfile -ovc copy -oac copy -audiofile audio.aac -o output.avi

I've no idea if this works with aac though. I recall mencoder had
(has?) issues when copying aac audio but I only tried on files which
already carry the aac audio, not when specifying an external aac audio
file

>
> If this is the wrong place to ask for help, please point me in the right
> direction.
>
> Thanks.
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