[MPlayer-users] mencoder bails out on 1st pass

[Krzysztof Duchnowski]

On 25.03.2012 00:56, Alexander Roalter wrote:
> I'm trying to reencode a VOB file, and a fresh mencoder build (with a 
> x264 from January 21st) stops with the following message:
> 
> [VD_FFMPEG] Trying pixfmt=0.
> The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
> Try appending the scale filter to your filter list,
> e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
> 
> Exiting...
> 
> 
> my command line is:
> 
> mencoder movie.vob -o movie.avi -msglevel all=5 -ovc x264 -x264encopts 
> subq=1:frameref=1:bframes=3:b_pyramid=1:weight_b:pass=1:threads=auto 
> -ofps 24 -delay 0.0 -audio-delay 0.0  -oac mp3lame -lameopts 
> abr:br=64:mode=3:padding=2 -srate 44100 -vf scale=384:288,dsize=512:288
> 
> This doesn't happen with all videos, so far I've only encountered one.
> But it also happens with the following command line:
> 
> mencoder movie.vob -o movie.mpg -msglevel all=5 -of mpeg -ovc lavc 
> -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vqmin=2:vqscale=2:keyint=12:aspect=16/9 
> -ofps 24  -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=ac3:abitrate=192 -srate 44100 -vf 
> scale=384:288,dsize=512:288
> 
> Any idea what the reason could be?


It might be because AVI didn't like *bframes and b_pyramid* (AVI don't
like many advanced options) and in second one because MPEG2 don't like
AC3 inside?

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