I am trying to use mencoder to transfer a couple of DVDs to CD so that I can travel with some movies (laptop doesn't have a DVD drive), but I am having trouble getting it to work. Based on the online docs and the man page, this is the command structure that I have been trying:

mencoder -dvd 1 -ovc frameno -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1800:vhq -oac copy -o frameno.avi

This should be the first pass in the 2 or 3 pass encoding run. It should create an audio only frameno.avi and give me info on how to set up the bitrates, etc. for various end file sizes. At least according to the docs. This, however is the output:



It does not appear to be doing what the docs indicate that it should.

-- 
Ian Truelsen
Masters program in Philosophy 
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
BA (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Email: ian@ihtruelsen.2y.net
Homepage: http://www.ihtruelsen.2y.net
PGP key available at: http://www.ihtruelsen.2y.net/pgp.html