[MPlayer-users] Telecine does not seem to be working

[Nico Sabbi]

Il Thursday 27 September 2007 23:05:59 John Brown ha scritto:

> mplayer -demuxer lavf test.mpg causes the video to play faster
> than the audio. When the video reaches 30 seconds, the audio is
> at about 26 seconds. Before, it was the other way around. Also,
> the desync is smaller with -demuxer lavf.
>
> I ran mencoder again, but I extended the length to 90 seconds.
>
> 1) MEncoder said, Video Stream 90.007 secs, Audio 90.016 secs
> 2) mplayer -identify says ID_LENGTH=80.75
> 3) PowerDVD (the software that came with my DVD burner) thinks
>    that it is 1:26 (but it plays it in sync)
> 4) Media Player Classic thinks that it is 1:24, and also plays
>    it in sync
> 5) As above with VLC
>
> I don't have to telecine. I can just ofps 30000/1001 instead.
> I only do it because I assume that duplicating frames wastes
> bits. However, I need to be sure that the DVD player will
> play it properly when I make the DVD.

did mencoder duplicate or drop frames when encoding?
did you verify that the source material was encoded at
exactly 24000/1001 fps?