[MPlayer-users] Playing mencoder's recorded AVI's on windows media player: AUDIO DESYNC

[D Richard Felker III]

On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 11:05:43AM +0200, Arwed von Merkatz wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:48:48PM -0300, Andre Bruce wrote:
> > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > I allways record stuff  from TV, and i can watch  them pretty well using
> > mplayer.
> > But, when trying to watch those files on windows media player, all of
> > them got audio/video desync. Any  ideas  ?
> 
> The problem is that -oac mp3lame uses variable bitrate by default.
> Variable bitrate audio in avi is a hack used by way too many people.
> Some avi files with variable bitrate play fine in windows media player
> but get desynch with mplayer, for some it's the other way around.


No, avi file spec fully allows vbr. Some programs create avi files
with buggy vbr, or else fail to play vbr correctly, but mencoder
creates valid vbr files and wmp is known to play valid vbr files.

> I suggest using constant bitrate audio encoding if you want files with
> maximum compatibility (-lameopts cbr).

...and lots of bits wasted on audio, meaning severely lower quality.
:(

Rich