[MEncoder-users] MPlayer and MEncoder problem with a 2 second clip

[Lobster]

On 13/12/2011 6:13 a.m., L. Lee wrote:
> I'm wondering why I'm not able to play or convert this 2-second clip with
> MPlayer or MEncoder. It's telecined and interlaced 1920X1080. I used
> SVN-r34422, compiled a few days ago.
>
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/42718751/2_Second_Clip.mp4
>
> Here's the media info (raw video is 60 fps interlaced):
>
> http://pastie.org/pastes/3005746
>
> This is a typical problem for the video I normally work with, and I'm hoping
> to find a solution. VLC has no trouble with it, nor does QuickTime Player. I
> can step through the 30 fps deinterlaced frames and see them correctly
> through the entire clip with QuickTime Player, but when I try it with
> MPlayer's "." shortcut, frames are skipped.
>
> Here's a sample command line I've used for MEncoder, which deinterlaces and
> converts to 24 fps. The reason I'm not ready to blame the video source is
> that the frames skipped by both MPlayer and MEncoder aren't skipped by other
> players.
>
> "mencoder 2_Second_Clip.mp4 -o Inverse_Telecine_2_Second_Clip.mp4  -nosound
> -vf filmdint=io=30:24/fast=0,softskip,scale=1280:720,harddup -mc 0 -noskip
> -ovc x264 -x264encopts
> crf=28:bitrate=1375:nocabac:level_idc=31:bframes=0:global_header:qcomp=0.7:t
> hreads=auto:subq=7:frameref=3:partitions=all:trellis=1:qp_step=4 -of lavf
> -lavfopts format=mp4 -fps 60000/1001 -ofps 24000/1001"
>
> Thanks.
>
> Laine Lee

Try adding -demuxer mov  to your command line for that file.