[MEncoder-users] Mencoder not stopping with x264

[cr]

On Monday 26 August 2013 02:18:59 Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> cr <cr <at> orcon.net.nz> writes:
> > However, it doesn't seem to want to stop on -endpos
> > 
> > I can use
> > mencoder dvd://1 -ss 00:52:32 -oac copy -ovc x264
> > -x264encopts bitrate=1200 - endpos 00:09:30 pass=1
> > -o /dev/null
> 
> I would suggest to use mplayer -dvd://1 -dumpstream and
> process the resulting file with ffmpeg (or mencoder).
> 
> Carl Eugen
> 

Thanks.   I managed to process that track by stopping it manually each time 
with Ctrl-C,   then I tried a different DVD and -endpos  worked  (to my 
surprise).    
So maybe it was just some peculiarity of that DVD.

cr