[MEncoder-users] Creating Youtube-compliant H.264 content

[Adrian Glaubitz]

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 01:36:35PM +0200, Grozdan wrote:
> >> > mencoder -v -tv \
> >> > driver=v4l2:input=2:norm=PAL:alsa:adevice=hw.1,0:immediatemode=0 tv:// \
> >> > -ovc x264 -of lavf -lavfopts format=mp4 -o output.mp4 -nosound
> >>
> >> Stop using broken lavf muxer with mencoder. Output to avi, then use mp4box
> >
> > Thanks a lot for your quick reply, I will give it a try! Is lavf known
> > to be broken and going to be removed soon?
> 
> No, it's rather mencoder that's broken with the lavf muxer. lavf is
> part of ffmpeg and works there without issues, but in mencoder it
> doesn't work (esp if you use b-frames, which are on by default)

Ah, ok. Do you recommend using another way of analog capturing and
encoding then? I'd probably prefer ffmpeg over mencoder if possible
but how do I do the analog capturing then?

Thanks alot,

Adrian