[MPlayer-users] Sample command line? (iPod/iTunes)

[Allen Fowler]

Anybody?

----- Original Message ----
> From: Allen Fowler <allen.fowler at yahoo.com>
> To: "MPlayer usage questions, feature requests, bug reports" <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu>
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:49:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] Sample command line?  (iPod/iTunes)
> 
> Hello,
> 
> > > If you can't use MP4Box and named fifo then:
> > > 
> > > mencoder "/path/to/file/file.wmv" -o /path/to/your/new/file.mp4" -a52drc 
> > > 0 -noskip -demuxer lavf, -sws 10 -vf-add 
> > > scale=640:-3,expand=:480,harddup -of lavf -lavfopts format=mp4 -oac lavc 
> > > -ovc lavc -lavcopts 
> > > 
> > 
> aglobal=1:vglobal=1:acodec=libfaac:abitrate=112:vcodec=libx264:vqscale=24:keyint=25:mbd=1:vqcomp=0.8:vstrict=1:lumi_mask=0.3:dark_mask=0.3:tcplx_mask=0.3:border_mask=0.3:trell:level=31
> > > 
> > 
> > Thank you... I'll give this a try later today, and report back.
> > 
> > I should also mention that I'm doing this on a Windows XP machine, so I guess 
> > fifo's are not going to work.
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> OK, I've tried this above command, as well as variations on the theme.  I can 
> get a file out, but it it way too big and has some AV sync issues. (The original 
> file is ~20MB and plays just fine.)
> 
> 
> (I am not sure how to control bitrate with Mencoder)
>
> The source WMV is reported by Windows Media Player as:
> 
> Audio: Windows Media Audio 9.1 20 kbps, 22 kHz, mono (A/V) 1-pass CBR
> Video: Windows Media Video V7
> Total Bitrate: 64 Kbps  
> 
> So, my two questions are:
> 
> 1) What is the correct version of MEncoder to use? (Currently using MEncoder 
> 1.0rc2-4.2.1 from the download page.)
> 
> 2) Given the above WMV file, what would be the correct command line to produce 
> an iPod friendly movie of about the same file size?  
> 
> Thank you,
> :)
> 
> 
> PS. When encoding, I do see a lot of errors like:
> 
> Pos:   1.8s     21f ( 0%)  0.00fps Trem:   1min   9mb  A-V:0.167 [97:25]]
> Skipping frame!
> Pos:   2.9s     36f ( 0%)  0.00fps Trem:   2min  14mb  A-V:0.171 [94:23]]
> Skipping frame!
> Pos:   6.5s     80f ( 0%)  0.00fps Trem:   3min  24mb  A-V:0.169 [106:24]
> Skipping frame!
> Pos: 293.8s   3528f (10%) 107.55fps Trem:   4min  47mb  A-V:-0.168 [122:23]
> 1 duplicate frame(s)!
> Pos: 307.7s   3694f (11%) 107.46fps Trem:   4min  47mb  A-V:-0.171 [122:23]
> 1 duplicate frame(s)!
> Pos: 402.8s   4834f (14%) 107.14fps Trem:   4min  48mb  A-V:-0.172 [122:23]
> 1 duplicate frame(s)!
> Pos: 483.9s   5807f (17%) 106.92fps Trem:   4min  48mb  A-V:-0.168 [124:23]
> 1 duplicate frame(s)!
> Pos: 513.6s   6162f (18%) 106.38fps Trem:   4min  48mb  A-V:-0.168 [124:23]
> 1 duplicate frame(s)!
> Pos: 516.4s   6195f (18%) 106.36fps Trem:   4min  49mb  A-V:-0.169 [124:23]
> 1 duplicate frame(s)!
> 
>  Not sure what this means...
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