[MPlayer-users] encode divx4

[gabor]

On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 09:18, Nicolas Brainez wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to encode a DVD to a divx mpeg4 on 3 pass :
> 
> mencoder -dvd 1 -ovc frameno -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3 -o frameno.avi
> 
> -> works fine, I get an 60mb file with audio only
> 
> mencoder -dvd 1 -oac copy -pass 1 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1230 -o movie.avi
> 
> -> works fine too, I get audio AND video in this file (in faq I've read that I'm supposed to have only video)
> 
> mencoder -dvd 1 -oac copy -pass 2 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1230 -o movie.avi
> 
> -> I get a 6Gb file (audio and video) !!
> 
> Where am I faulty ?

when using libavcodec ( lavc ) you have to use the vpass switch, and not
the pass one...

so :
mencoder -dvd 1 -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts
vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1230:vpass=1 -o movie.avi

and the same way for the second pass...

but i'm not sure if this is causing the problem you described

bye,
gabor
> 
> Thx in advance.
> 
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