Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mencoder did nothing all night at 100% CPU!
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:22:29
Message-Id: 1158020097.8546.11.camel@orpheus
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] mencoder did nothing all night at 100% CPU! by Uwe Thiem
1 On Sun, 2006-09-10 at 12:13 +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote:
2 > On 29 August 2006 11:55, Iain Buchanan wrote:
3 > > On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 14:16 +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote:
4 >
5 > > > === begin script ===
6 > > > #! /bin/sh
7 > > >
8 > > > BITRATE="730"
9 > > >
10 > > > INFILE="dvd://"
11 > >
12 > > [snip]
13 > >
14 > > that seems to capture from dvd though? I may [not] have mentioned that
15 > > I'm capturing from video camera through kino to raw dv files. I'm happy
16 > > with the mpeg2 format for storing on HD.
17 > >
18 > > > Obviously, you have to adjust INFILE (can also be a real file)
19 > >
20 > > oh, I should read the whole post first!
21 > >
22 > > > and OUTFILE.
23 > > > You should set "br" to 128 for music movies. Play with BITRATE for higher
24 > > > quality or smaller file size. Beware that it takes *ages* but look at the
25 > > > result!
26 > >
27 > > I'll play with it.
28 >
29 > Ian, did you ever got around to try out the x264 stuff?
30
31 not yet, it's on my todo list! There's too much happening right now...
32
33 I will post back with success/failure!
34
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36 Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
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38 I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.
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