[MPlayer-users] mencoder stops in the middle of input file

[Joey Parrish]

On 5/3/07, Yonatan Krauss <yonatan_krauss at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sorry for the lack of info, I am using mencoder on windows. I ripped the DVD using DVDecoder in IFO mode, and am trying to compress the resulting VOB file. I am using mencoder version rc1 3.4.2. I have tried several encoding parameters so the exact command line is not so important I think.

What you should try is ripping the DVD directly with mencoder.  It
works far better than VOBs, because VOBs are multiple files.  With
direct DVD access, each DVD title is treated as a unit.

Try something like "mencoder dvd://1 -dvd-device E:" on windows for title #1.

--Joey