[MPlayer-users] won't output as mpeg?

[The Wanderer]

Steven Adeff wrote:

> I'm trying to reencode a 1080i ts stream. I want the output to be
> 1080p. I'm using the following command line:
> 
> mencoder /MythTV/videos/local/Movies.HDTV/Dragonheart.1080i.ac3.5.1.ts.mpg -oac copy -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=mpeg2:vheight=1080:vaspect=16/9 -noskip -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:aspect=16/9:trell:mbd=2:vqmin=2:vqmax=6 -vf pullup,softskip -sws 9 -ofps 24000/1001 -o Dragonheart.1080p.ac3.5.1.mpg
> 
> but I get the following which shows it writing an AVI header? anyone
> know what is incorrect in my commands?

I don't see anything obviously incorrect in that command line.

> MEncoder 1.0pre7try2-3.3.6 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team

Is the output in fact an AVI, or an MPEG? It's possible, given how
ancient the version you're using is, that the message is simply being
printed in error.

You can check what type of file has actually been created using the
'file' command, or if you want something more complicated and harder to
use, MPlayer itself.

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