[MPlayer-users] Re: 1080i to 1080p mpeg2 or x264?

[Steven Adeff]

On 2/27/06, Steven M. Schultz <sms at 2bsd.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Steven Adeff wrote:
>
> > the source plays back as 1080, so I had to use expand, how do I set
> > the mpeg-2 vertical display option?
>
>         The "-vf expand" will do the padding to 1088 - that's fine.
>
>         But then it sounds like you're turning around and encoding back to
>         mpeg-2.
>
>         At the moment the only way I know to set the vertical display size
>         different than the encoded size is with mpeg2enc's option (part of
>         the HD handling as I recall):
>
>         --display-vsize|-y [32..16383]
>            Set the the display-vertical-size hint in MPEG-2 output to
>            something other than the encoded image height
>
>         Other encoders may have different options of course ;)
>
>         Steven Schultz

I am encoding back to mpeg2, do you have a better idea? x264 wants to
take 5x as long for a slight savings in file size and I want to keep
the quality level just convert it to 1080p for storage until TV shows
start being released on HD-DVD.

thanks!

--
Steve