[MEncoder-users] Transcoding DV into BluRay/PS3-compatible H.264

[James Hastings-Trew]

  On 10-07-24 3:47 AM, Andrew Berg wrote:
>   On 7/24/2010 12:37 AM, Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>> Thus, I have around 700GB of raw DV material lying on my hard disk which
>> I would like to transcode into a H.264-based format which will play back well
>> on a PS3 when copied onto an external hard disk. Can anyone recommend
>> the optimum parameters and options for mencoder for the encoding?
> The PS3 is pretty liberal in what it can handle,
I beg to differ. The PS3 is actually quite picky about what it will 
play. Add any "extra" options to the encoding and you are wandering into 
territory where the file may, or may not play, or even be recognized by 
the machine at all. This has been my experience, anyway.