[MEncoder-users] "MPEG: No audio stream found -> no sound." problem for mpg file with sound

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 04:16:43PM -0600, Volker Quetschke wrote:
> I recently updated my mplayer/mencoder version from r34401 to current versions and I found the the
> new mencoder versions are not able anymore to find audio streams in mpg files. As a result the
> encoding fails, see stdout/stderr below.
> 
> I used the following command line:
> $ mencoder.exe "i:\example.mpg" -ovc xvid -xvidencopts fixed_quant=4 -oac mp3lame -o "i:\example.avi"
> 
> The example file can be found here:
> https://www.dropbox.com/sc/qqwz0yl1k4zvcjv/AADt33oSBYKQUjQ9dqD4Sc5sa
> 
> System info: Windows XP/SP3, 32 bit.
> mencoder files from the "official" links from the download section for binaries (for windows) from
> mplayerhq.hu <http://mplayerhq.hu>
> 
> I did not update since 34401 and that version worked fine.  I tried various version from this year
> (36573 was the oldest I could find), but they all have the same problem.

It works both with -demuxer lavf and -psprobe 10000
Note I don't know why psprobe helps, the value is lower than the default
and normally you'd use larger values to fix such issues, not smaller
ones.