[MEncoder-users] aspect and audio problems

[Raphael]

Phil Payne wrote:
>
>
> Raphael wrote:
>
>> I am trying to reencode a dvd which I ripped using mencoder. My test 
>> command line is
>>
>> mencoder dvd.avi  -endpos 120 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts 
>> bitrate=600:vhq=4:qpel:autoaspect  -oac mp3lame -af pan=1:0.5:0.5 
>> -channels 1 -lameopts abr:br=64   -o test1.avi
>>
>> (I want to mix the stereo down to mono so that I can get half decent 
>> sound quality with 64kbps.)
>>
>>
>> However, when I play back test1.avi I get a number of problems. Here 
>> are two of them.
>>
>> 1) The sound still seems to be in two channels.
>>
>> 2) The aspect ratio is wrong on play back (things are squashed 
>> horizontally and stretched vertically)
>>
>> Any idea what I am doing wrong?
>>
> <Snip>
>
> On the aspect... the video seems to be in the original DVD PAL format 
> of 720 x 576, which will look odd when played if the correct aspect 
> isn't applied.
>
> If you want the video to automatically play at the correct aspect 
> (without using mencoder and setting aspect) then I would resize it to 
> soemthing acceptable to you using -vf scale=xxx:yyy
>
> Can't help you on the audio front, sorry.
>
> Thanks,
> Phil.


Hi,

I can add -aspect 16:9 at playback but what I don't understand is why I 
need to do that. I thought autoaspect was meant to store the right 
information?

Raphael