[MPlayer-users] Re: Mencoder 1.0pre4 and DVD rip

[Petr Kopecky]

Loren Merritt wrote:

> Don't use vme=1. The default (vme=4) is much better quality, and
> usually faster.
> Also, mbd=2 is always better than mbd=1 (aka vhq).
> 
> Recommended fast options: mbd=2:trell:cbp
> Better, but 3x slower (and maybe tailored for my specific movie):
> mbd=2:trell:cbp:qprd:v4mv:mv0:aic:cmp=2:precmp=2:subcmp=2:dia=6:predia=6\
> :vmax_b_frames=1:preme=2:last_pred=3:naq:lumi_mask=0.05:dark_mask=0.01\
> :vqcomp=0.7:vqblur=0.3
> 

Thank you.

Finally I've used 3-pass encoding with these parameters:

mencoder stream.dump -o movie.avi -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts
vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1030:mbd=2:vme=4:cbp:v4mv:trell:autoaspect:vpass=1
-vop scale=512:384

The quality is good, I think, and the encoding speed is about 25fps.

Regards
Petr

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Ing. Petr Kopecky
E-mail: kejpi at centrum.cz