[MPlayer-users] MEncoder Questions

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This method ALMOST works for me - I'm not sure what I've been doing
wrong lately...

Note that ffmpeg doesn't produce VCD-compliant multiplexed streams, 
so I've had to demultiplex the streams (mpgtx works for this), then 
re-multiplex them with, say, the mplex tools from mjpegtools.

Lately, mplex complains of underruns when I do this, and while my software
player (MPlayer, by preference, of course) plays them just fine, my
standalone player gets progressively worse out of sync as it plays (video
starts lagging behind audio).  VCDImager's tools generally complain
about the stream when I try to make it.

What confuses me is that previously, I've made VCD's this way and they
still work fine in the standalone player.

I figure I'll give it another try when either transcode adds support for NTSC
mpeg2enc settings or mencoder gets VCD-compliant output...

On Friday 15 February 2002 01:53 am, you wrote:
> For those really willing to make VCDs, it might be possible but takes
> quite a while, but if you're not too impatient, here is a solution:
> 	1) get ffmpeg (the tarball contains the library libavcodec + several
> programs, among which ffmpeg ;-)
> 	2) encode in divx with mencoder (be carefull of height and width: read
> VCD specifications you might find on the web ;-)
> 	3) ffmpeg this divx to mpeg1 (yes, no mpeg2 yet :(
> 	4) use GNU VCDimager to build a VCD image from your fresh mpeg PS file
> 	5) burn it to a cd w/ cdrdao
>
> the whole process takes a while, you might wanna write a lil script to
> do it for you and go to bed.
> I personnaly succeeded in ripping "Mafia Blues" to 2 VCDs and i cant
> complain, the result is quite satisfying.
>
> Good luck ;-)