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From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mencoder did nothing all night at 100% CPU!
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:47:04
Message-Id: 1156772503.20531.1.camel@orpheus
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] mencoder did nothing all night at 100% CPU! by Iain Buchanan
1 On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 22:09 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
2 > On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 08:21 +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote:
3 > > On 10 August 2006 23:06, Iain Buchanan wrote:
4 > > > Hi all,
5 > > >
6 > > > I'm trying out mencoder to try a few different codecs and formats for 1.
7 > > > dvd authoring and 2. just compressing to keep on my HD.
8 > >
9 > > For DVDs, try this:
10 > >
11 > > mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd \
12 > > -vf scale=720:576,harddup -srate 48000 -af lavcresample=48000 \
13 > > -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:\
14 > > vbitrate=5000:keyint=15:acodec=ac3:abitrate=192:aspect=4/3 \
15 > > -ofps 25 -o outfile.mpeg infile
16 >
17 > wow! I just got around to trying that a couple of days ago and it
18 > produces great output: fast, small file size, and no noticeable
19 > difference in quality between the mpeg and the original dv! (I watched
20 > many different clips many times over to make sure! on TV and on my LCD)
21
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23 sorry about replying to my own post, but I just wanted to get one thing
24 clear:
25
26 before I go and delete all my original .dv files, can anyone see any
27 problem with this encoding method?
28
29 thanks!
30 --
31 Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
32
33 I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn't park anywhere near
34 the place.
35 -- Steven Wright
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