[MEncoder-users] Converting mkv from MakeMKV to avi with mencoder

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 04:00:21PM -0400, securehell at hushmail.com wrote:
> combinations. I either get audio that is off from the video (when I
> rip the audio to a separate wav file) or the conversion stops with
> messages like "too many audio packets in buffer (4096 in 7340032
> bytes)".

A almost hard rule: always use -noskip -mc 0 if you use -ovc copy.

> # mencoder -ffourcc divx -ovc lavc -lavcopts
> vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:vbitrate=6000 -audiofile audio.wav -oac mp3lame -
> vf crop=720:352:0:62,yadif -nosub -lameopts vbr=3 -o
> Underworld_Evolution.avi Underworld_Evolution.mkv

Hm, did you try that variant without splitting the audio out first?
Though you should probably add ",softskip" right after "yadif" to ensure
the yadif filter will see all frames.