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

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Sat, Dec 06, 2014 at 12:55:11PM +0100, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> 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.

Should be fixed, thanks for the sample.