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anorexicsumo wrote: |
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> On 9/25/07, Mark Haney <mhaney@××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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>> Okay, I'm obviously a newbie at video encoding. I'm trying to encode a |
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>> file with xvid with mencoder. All the HOWTOs on the web indicate I do |
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>> it this way (or similar): |
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>> -ovc xvid -xvidencopts |
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>> with mencoder, however, when I do that I get this: |
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>> MEncoder SVN-r24130 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team |
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>> -xvidencopts is not an MEncoder option |
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>> Is this due to xvid maybe not being compiled into mencoder? Do I need |
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>> to add xvid (or similar) to my make options? Or is this a deprecated |
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>> option? |
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>> I can't find this option in the man page, so I'm really confused. Any help? |
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> You should build with the xvid use flag. Every use flag that you |
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> would want to encode with really. |
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> Try mencoder -ovc help and see if xvid is available. |
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> Here is a very simple command that uses xvid and lame. |
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> mencoder -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -xvidencopts bitrate=800 -o test.avi |
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> ~/generals_and_majors_drink_from_my_cup.mp4 |
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> -xvidencopts expects some xvid configuration options after it. At a |
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> minimum you'll need to give it either a bitrate like I've done here |
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> or a fixed_quant=x (x must be between 1 and 31). |
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> You'd be better off using some of the more advanced xvid options and 2 |
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> pass encoding if you want it to look good. If you really really want |
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> it to look good I'd move right on to x264 and skip xvid, but thats |
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> another matter. |
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> Hope that helps. |
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Yes that helps a great deal. How does x264 stack up on file size? Does |
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it play 'out of the box' on a windows system? I've been struggling to |
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get a decent quality/filesize ratio for a video going on our website. |
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