[MPlayer-users] is this an acceptable forum for asking about SVCD creation using mencoder?

[David Nedved]

On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 07:22:46PM +0200, Grigori Goronzy wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> David Nedved wrote:
> >Hi All,
> > 
> > New to this forum, and don't want to get anyone's feathers ruffled,
> > but trying to find a forum where I can ask some questions about how to
> > use mencoder to re-encode all my miscellaneous videos (avi, mpg, wmf,
> > etc.) into SVCD compatible mpeg streams.  I want to rescale to best
> > scale, keep best possible sound, and keep good AV sync, all while
> > producing strictly compliant SVCD's that will play on a standalone
> > player.
> > 
> > I believe that the CODEC to encode with is MPEG2, but I don't know
> > enough about it to be able to generate the correct mencoder command
> > line args to produce the right MPEG2 stream because I don't know
> > enough about what I want.  I also need to split some of them down to
> > the size of 80 min CD's, and need a good way to do that.
> > 
> > Anyway, thanks in advance for anyone who can help, or any pointers if
> > this is not the correct forum.
> > 
> 
> try TOOLS/mencvcd
> install mjpegtools before

Okay, pulled down mjpegtools, compiled and installed without problem.
Had to hit CVS to get a version of mencvcd, but got it, and now not
sure how to use.  All the examples are for how to rip from dvd, but
say I have a .wmv file that mplayer playes fine: foo.wmv

I tried:
# cat foo.wmv | mencvcd foo -noburn

And I can see that it calls mplayer, then it seems to just hangs.  It
creates a stream.yuv pipe, but I can't see that's doing anything.  I
started with a very small file and gave it an hour, but it didn't
seem to do anything.  Am I using this wrong?  I would rather have a
bin/cue to play with before burning, but I can go straight to VCD if
necessary...

Thanks in advance...

David

> 
> -greg
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