[MPlayer-users] BUGREPORT: mencoder

Chris Phillips chris at cakenet.dynu.com
Thu May 23 22:29:02 CEST 2002


> There is a bug in the mencoder. When i try to encode a dvd using this
> command:
> 
> mencoder -dvd 1 -vop scale=720:405 -oac copy -pass 1 -ovc divx4
> -divx4opts br=xxx
> 
> 
> he fills up my hard disc with useless data. Even an encoding of 60
> seconds with a chosen bitrate of nearly 1 kbit results in a three gig
> file. The problem and the strange thing about this is that this is
> caused by the resolution of 720x405. When i choose 720x406 everything is
> fine. I tried some other resolutions and all worked just this one
> didn't.

right, you're SOOOOOOOO gonna get told to read bugreport.html....

> Btw i would like to make a feature request. A function to cut off parts
> of the movies's pictures when encoding would be nice. For example the
> blank/black zones on top and on bottom of some movies.

now I'M gonna tell you to RTFM!!!! it's in there.... docs are NICE things. 
check the -vop section in the man page.

chris
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