[MEncoder-users] ac3 mistaken for mp3 in recent versions of MEncoder

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 12:39:27AM -0500, Laine Lee wrote:
> On 5/2/10 12:26 AM, "Reimar Döffinger" <Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> > Oh, if you mean the re-encoded: since you are only re-encoding for
> > output and size probably isn't really relevant, drop all the encoding
> > options and go for something like
> > -lavdopts vqscale=2:mbd=0
> > (for playback with MPlayer I'd also suggest MPEG-4 in AVI instead of the
> > MPEG=2 you generate currently).
> 
> I'm making homemade DVD's from HDTV. Why not vqscale=1?

A _compliant_ DVD has a lot of restrictions, so targeting that is quite a pain.
vqscale=1 in particular to my knowledge will result in files that
a) are in general non-compliant, even outside the DVD context
b) will most likely use more than the maximum bandwidth allowed for a DVD
   (might still work in some DVD players though).