Author: compn Date: Fri Mar 2 18:49:34 2007 New Revision: 22413 Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/encoding-guide.xml Log: add xvfwopts compdata and vfw2menc documentation and change to better mencoder example Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/encoding-guide.xml ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/xml/en/encoding-guide.xml (original) +++ trunk/DOCS/xml/en/encoding-guide.xml Fri Mar 2 18:49:34 2007 @@ -4270,12 +4270,52 @@ The FourCC code used by each codec is gi <informalexample> <para> -An example with VP3 compression: +An example to convert an ISO DVD trailer to a VP6 flash video file +using compdata bitrate settings: <screen> -mencoder dvd://2 -o <replaceable>title2.avi</replaceable> -ovc vfw -xvfwopts codec=vp31vfw.dll -oac copy +mencoder -dvd-device <replaceable>zeiram.iso</replaceable> dvd://7 -o <replaceable>trailer.flv</replaceable> \ +-ovc vfw -xvfwopts codec=vp6vfw.dll:compdata=onepass.mcf -oac mp3lame \ +-lameopts cbr:br=64 -af lavcresample=22050 -vf yadif,scale=320:240,flip \ +-of lavf -lavfopts i_certify_that_my_video_stream_does_not_use_b_frames +</screen> +</para> +</informalexample> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="menc-feat-video-for-windows-bitrate-settings"> +<title>Using vfw2menc to create a codec settings file.</title> + +<para> +To encode with the Video for Windows codecs, you will need to set bitrate +and other options. This is known to work on x86 on both *NIX and Windows. +</para> +<para> +First you must build the <application>vfw2menc</application> program. +It is located in the <filename class="directory">/TOOLS/</filename> subdirectory of MPlayer source. +To build on Linux, this can be done using <application>Wine</application>: +<screen>winegcc vfw2menc.c -o vfw2menc -lwinmm -lole32</screen> + +To build on Windows in <application>MinGW</application> or <application>Cygwin</application> use: +<screen>gcc vfw2menc.c -o vfw2menc.exe -lwinmm -lole32</screen> + +To build on <application>MSVC</application> you will need getopt. +Getopt can be found in the original <application>vfw2menc</application> archive available at: +The <ulink url="http://oss.netfarm.it/mplayer-win32.php">MPlayer on win32</ulink> project. +</para> +<informalexample> +<para> +Below is an example with the VP6 codec. +<screen> +vfw2menc -f VP62 -d vp6vfw.dll -s firstpass.mcf </screen> +This will open the VP6 codec dialog window. Repeat this step for the second pass +and use <option>-s <replaceable>secondpass.mcf</replaceable></option>. </para> </informalexample> +<para> +Windows users can use <option>-xvfwopts codec=vp6vfw.dll:compdata=dialog</option> to have +the codec dialog display before encoding starts. +</para> </sect2> </sect1>