[MEncoder-users] MEncoder skips duplicate frames even with -vf harddup and -noskip

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Peter <pscientist <at> inbox.com> writes:

> I used to be a MEncoder hold-out because MEncoder had 
> features that FFmpeg simply couldn't do:

(Sorry, I had originally missed this mail.)

> two that come to mind were interlace-aware scaling,

This definitely works with FFmpeg (see the scale 
filter documentation).

> and the ability to change the speed of a movie 
> (FFmpeg would always compensate for anything you 
> changed by inserting or dropping frames to keep 
> the timing "right" even if you didn't want that)

This was discussed this week on ffmpeg-users (and 
it is mentioned in the FFmpeg filter documentation) 
so I believe it should work as well with current 
git head.

Carl Eugen