Julian Mayer <julianmayer@mac.com> writes: [...]
i'm doing normal 3-pass encoding: mencoder MENCODER.VOB -ovc frameno -o frameno.avi -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3 mencoder MENCODER.VOB -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1 -oac copy -o /dev/null mencoder MENCODER.VOB -endpos 10 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=2 -oac copy -o movie.avi [...] Pos: 0.0s 1f (21%) 0fps Trem: 0min 0mb A-V:0.000 [0:0] Skipping frame! Pos: 0.1s 3f (23%) 0fps Trem: 0min 0mb A-V:0.008 [0:0] Skipping frame! Pos: 0.1s 5f (23%) 0fps Trem: 0min 0mb A-V:0.016 [0:0] Skipping frame!
This looks like interlaced video. I think 3 pass encoding does not work with these. If that's the problem you are facing, just rm frameno.avi and do -oac mp3lame during all passes and it should be ok. Kim Minh.