[MPlayer-users] Odd video bit rates and Fraps

[David Liontooth]

David Liontooth wrote:

>First of all I want to say a big thank you to the people who got the
>Fraps codec working on mplayer, it's extremely cool. I use Fraps 2.5 in
>WinXP and then play the files back with mplayer in Linux. I also use a
>dual amd64 to compress the Fraps files with mencoder (in 32-bit mode),
>with this command (I should tweak it and get better quality, suggestions
>welcome):
>
>  mencoder32 $i.$f -ffourcc $VCODEC -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -lameopts
>cbr:br=128 threads=2 -o $DIR/$i.$e
>
>I've been using VCODEC=DIVX and see this sort of thing when I play the
>compressed file:
>
>  VIDEO:  [DIVX]  1024x768  24bpp  30.000 fps  -17179870.0 kbps
>(-2097152.0 kbyte/s)
>  Clip info:  Software: MEncoder dev-CVS--4.0.2
>
>Two questions: is that odd video bitrate a bug?  On a file captured from
>TV using mencoder I get sensible numbers:
>
>  VIDEO:  [DIVX]  640x480  24bpp  29.970 fps  801.0 kbps (97.8 kbyte/s)
>
>Secondly, Fraps.com has released several new versions since then, the
>latest is 2.6.4.  The CVS version's pre8 changelog lists "Fraps video
>decoder (v0 & v1)" via FFmpeg/libavcodec, and ffmpeg's changelog simply
>says "Fraps FPS1 video decoder". 
>
I knew I'd seen it somewhere -- their website says "This video codec has
3 different versions and this new decoder supports the first 2 versions
so far. Stay tuned for updates." What's the last release of the second
version of the Fraps codec?

>Which version if any is not supported?
>Can I use the latest Fraps? I don't want to upgrade to a version that
>produces files mencoder can't compress.
>
>Dave
>
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