[MEncoder-users] what video output to select for mencoder when encoding dvd's to h.264

[Lobster]

On 26/09/2011 11:18 a.m., Cristian Manea wrote:
> but if I append -vf scale to the filter list, mencoder outputs the same
> message:
>
> Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
>> Opening video filter: [scale]
>> The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
>> Try appending the scale filter to your filter list,
>> e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
>
>   but with one additional line:
>
> [swscaler @ 0x8a38540]using unscaled yuv420p ->  yuv420p special converter
>
>
> "James Hastings-Trew" from this mailing list, told me to use "-vf
> format=i420", but I get the same output message. I tried selecting another
> codec using "-vc mpeg12" and "-vfm libmpeg2 -vc mpeg12", but both mencoder
> and mplayer are unable to continue, they exit with "MPlayer interrupted by
> signal 11 in module: decode_video", and "Carl Eugen Hoyos" from this mailing
> list, suggested me to compile mencoder from source. I haven't tried that
> yet.
>

Is there really a problem with these warning messages,
Does your file fail to encode?
Is there a real issue here?

If you have a failure with encoding then please tell us the real 
issue/error message,
Otherwise stop chasing your tail.