[MPlayer-users] Encoding DVDs under WinXP problem

[Hans-Carl Oberdalhoff]

2006/2/25, Mark Williams (MWP) <mwp at internode.on.net>:
> Hi all,
>
> Im trying to encode some DVDs ive copied using DVD-Decrypter under WinXP.
> The full DVDs are copied onto my HDD.
>
> Im trying to encode them using mencoder options of:
>
> mencoder.exe -o test.avi -sws %SWS% -oac mp3lame -lameopts %LAMEOPTS%
> -ovc lavc -lavcopts %LAVC%:vbitrate=%BITRATE% -vf %VF% -ffourcc
> divx %FILES%
>
> Where FILES="-dvd-device d:\dvd-image dvd://1"
>
> When i try this, mencoder encodes the first 1GB VOB file (ie VTS_01_1.VOB) and
> then stops.
> It does not encode the following VTS_01_X.VOB files.
>
> Does anyone know what i can do about this?
>
> Thanks in advance.

Hello,

you should give more detailed information, like version (and build) of
your MPlayer, verbose output of MEncoder and so on.

Anyway, some thoughts:
- Did you try different title/chapter-combinations?
- Wrong settings in your dvd-copy-software might cripple the
IFO-Files, which are important for MEncoder to understand the dvd.
(Already happened to me ;) )
- You might also try my MEncoder GUI, http://mewig.sf.net
- If all fails, you can  pipe the files alltogether into mplayer using
cygwin or mingw-bash, like "cat *.vob | mencoder". But that is
definitely ugly...

Hope this helps,
hco