[MEncoder-users] Xvid bff/tff field order issue

[Etienne Buira]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 08:37:20PM +0100, Dr.O.Muth at habmalnefrage.de wrote:
> Hello James,
> > Have you tried setting the ffourcc value of the AVI, rather than letting 
> > it be the default? Try -ffourcc XVID or -ffourcc DIVX or -ffourcc DX50 
> Thank you for the hint.
> I have tried all three. 
> In fact I had not tried it without -ffourcc..., maybe I should do that? ;-)
> 
> This is the profile I used:
> [DivX-avi]
> profile-desc="MPEG4/MP3 encoding"
> #ffourcc=DX50
> ffourcc=XVID
> #ffourcc=DIVX
> ovc=lavc=1
> lavcopts=vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1400:v4mv=1:mbd=2:trell=1:last_pred=2:dia=-1:vmax_b_frames=2:vb_strategy=1:cmp=3:subcmp=3:autoaspect=1:ilme=1:ildct=1:threads=2:psnr=1
> oac=mp3lame=1
> lameopts=vbr=3
> 
> I get interlaced tff videos this way, which look fine on my computer but my dvd-player won't play them. It looks like it seeks through the files (the "time played" display moves like in fast forward mode), but the screen stays black.

Hi.

Could it be a mpeg4-p2 flavour issue? You can try using msmpeg4 (and
msmpeg4v{1,2} as stated in $ ffmpeg -codecs | grep mpeg4).

Regards.