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4 <FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
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2745 | 6 <P><B><A NAME=2.4>2.4. Encoding with MEncoder</A></B></P> |
2674 | 7 |
3721 | 8 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.1>2.4.1. Overview</B></P> |
9 | |
2674 | 10 <P><B>MEncoder</B> (<B>MPlayer</B>'s Movie Encoder) is a simple movie encoder, |
11 designed to encode MPlayer-playable movies | |
3983 | 12 (<B>AVI/DVD/VCD/VOB/MPG/MOV/VIV/FLI/RM/NUV/NET</B>) to other MPlayer-playable formats (see |
2674 | 13 below). Currently it's in beta stage, and encodes only to <B>DivX4</B> (1 or 2 |
14 passes) video, <B>PCM</B>/<B>MP3</B>/<B>VBRMP3</B> audio. Also has stream | |
15 copying abilities. In the future, there will be cropping, resizing filters, and | |
16 other interesting stuff.</P> | |
17 | |
3721 | 18 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.2>2.4.2. Compiling</B></P> |
19 | |
20 <P> | |
2674 | 21 <UL> |
3721 | 22 <LI><B>OPTIONAL</B> - read <B>MPlayer</B>'s compilation instructions, it contains info about |
3027 | 23 how to install <I>libdvdread</I> for <B>DVD</B> support, etc.</LI> |
3721 | 24 <LI><B>OPTIONAL</B> - download the newest <B>DivX4linux</B> libs |
3027 | 25 from <A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net/download.htm">avifile.sourceforge.net</A>, |
26 and have them PROPERLY installed. This is needed for DivX4 (1/2 pass) | |
27 encoding. And since this is mandatory (now), MEncoder is Linux-only.</LI> | |
3721 | 28 <LI><B>OPTIONAL</B> - for libavcodec support, install libavcodec as |
29 described in the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">libavcodec section</A>.</LI> | |
30 <LI><B>OPTIONAL</B> - download and compile <B>libmp3lame</B> (from lame 3.89beta or lame CVS).<BR> | |
3211 | 31 <B>WARNING : DO NOT COMPILE LAME WITH <U>GCC 2.96</U> ! It won't |
32 work properly !</B><BR> | |
33 This | |
3027 | 34 is needed for CBR/VBR MP3 audio encoding ability. Note that a single |
35 <CODE>lame</CODE> binary isn't sufficient. BTW: the less optimization | |
36 you use for lame, the better the quality will be. You can test | |
37 quality by running <CODE>make test</CODE> after lame's compiling process | |
38 is over. The resulting number should be less than <B>30</B>. Don't | |
39 panic if it's <B>400</B> or so, you shouldn't heard any audible | |
40 quality decrease. Oh, and if your compiler doesn't even run <CODE>make test</CODE> ... | |
41 Well, delete that <B>GCC 2.96</B>.</LI> | |
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42 <LI>use <CODE>./configure</CODE> with optional parameters as usual |
3027 | 43 (use <CODE>--enable-tv</CODE> to include V4L tuner grabbing code), and |
44 type : <CODE>make mencoder</CODE> , then <CODE>make install</CODE>.</LI> | |
2674 | 45 </UL> |
46 </P> | |
47 | |
48 <P>You are ready. As you probably know, other encoding tools need the | |
49 <I>avifile</I> library installed. <B>MEncoder</B> doesn't need it at all.</P> | |
50 | |
3721 | 51 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.3>2.4.3. MEncoder features</B></P> |
52 | |
53 <P> | |
2674 | 54 <UL> |
2868 | 55 <LI>encoding from the wide range of fileformats and decoders of <B>MPlayer</B></LI> |
56 <LI>encoding from <B>V4L compatible TV tuners</B></LI> | |
2674 | 57 <LI>encoding/multiplexing to interleaved AVI files with proper index</LI> |
58 <LI>1 or 2 pass <B>DivX4</B> video</LI> | |
3929 | 59 <LI><B>VBR</B> MP3 audio - <B>IMPORTANT NOTE</B> : VBR MP3 audio doesn't |
60 always play nicely on windows players! If you intend to encode AVIs | |
61 mainly for windows, encode with CBR!</LI> | |
2674 | 62 <LI>PCM audio</LI> |
3438 | 63 <LI>stream copying (CBR audio only)</LI> |
2674 | 64 <LI>input A/V synchronizing (PTS-based, can be disabled with -mc 0 option)</LI> |
65 <LI>FPS correction with <CODE>-ofps</CODE> option (useful when encoding | |
66 29.97fps VOB to 24fps AVI)</LI> | |
3438 | 67 <LI>movie rescaling</LI> |
2674 | 68 </UL> |
69 </P> | |
70 | |
71 <P><B><I>Planned features</I></B> : | |
72 <UL> | |
73 <LI>using audio from separate file (AC3, MP3, OGG)</LI> | |
74 <LI>VBR audio stream copy</LI> | |
75 <LI>even wider variety of available en/decoding formats/codecs | |
76 (creating VOB files with DivX4/Indeo5/VIVO streams :)</LI> | |
77 </UL> | |
78 </P> | |
79 | |
3721 | 80 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.3.1>2.4.3.1. Encoding 2-pass DivX4</B></P> |
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82 <P>The name comes from the fact that this method encodes the file <I>twice</I>. |
3620 | 83 The first encoding (dubbed <I>pass</I>) creates some temporary files (*.log) with a |
84 size of few megabytes, do not delete them yet (you can delete the AVI). In the second pass, the | |
85 2-pass output file is created, using the bitrate data from the temporary files. The resulting | |
3027 | 86 file will have much better image quality. If this is the first time you heard |
87 about this, you should consult some guides available on the Net.</P> | |
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89 <P>This example shows how to encode a DVD to a 2-pass DivX4 AVI. Just two |
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90 commands are needed :<BR> |
2907 | 91 <CODE> mencoder -dvd 2 -ovc divx4 -oac mp3lame -divx4opts br=1100 |
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92 -o movie.avi -pass 1<BR> |
2907 | 93 mencoder -dvd 2 -ovc divx4 -oac mp3lame -divx4opts br=1100 -o movie.avi -pass 2</CODE></P> |
2868 | 94 |
3721 | 95 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.3.2>2.4.3.2. Rescaling movies</B></P> |
3438 | 96 |
97 <P>Often the need to resize movie images' size emerges. Its reasons can be many, | |
98 examples are decreasing output file size, encoding SVCDs to DivX. Ripped DVDs | |
99 are mostly rescaled, for example a 4:3 DVD should be 640x480, especially | |
100 when you want it to fit to 1 CD, and have good quality at the same time. | |
101 SVCDs have 480x480 size, and their header contains the aspect ratio the | |
102 player should use (Ex.: 480x480 + 4:3 = 640x480). However when encoding to | |
103 AVI (DivX) files, you have be aware that AVI headers don't store this | |
104 value. Thus, the only solution is rescaling.</P> | |
105 | |
3912 | 106 <P><B>MEncoder</B> can scale input images if they come in YV12 format (for example: |
3859 | 107 ffdivx, odivx drivers, or mpeg1/2). The output size is specified with the |
108 <CODE>-x</CODE>, and <CODE>-y</CODE> options. Furthermore, there are 3 | |
109 rescaling filters in <B>MEncoder</B>, <I>0 | |
110 : fast bilinear</I>, <I>1 : bilinear</I>, <I>2 : bicubic</I> (best quality). | |
3438 | 111 They can be specified with the <CODE>-sws</CODE> option. If not specified, |
112 <B>MEncoder</B> will use 0 : fast bilinear.</P> | |
113 | |
114 <P>Rescaling is very simple :<BR> | |
115 <CODE> mencoder sample-svcd.mpg -divx4opts br=1300 -x 640 -y 480 -sws 2 -o output.avi</CODE></P> | |
116 | |
3721 | 117 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.3.3>2.4.3.3. Stream copying</B></P> |
2868 | 118 |
3438 | 119 <P><B>MEncoder</B> can handle input streams in two ways : <B>encode</B> or |
120 <B>copy</B> them. This section is about <B>copying</B>.</P> | |
2868 | 121 |
3438 | 122 <P> |
123 <UL> | |
124 <LI><B>Video stream</B> (option <CODE>-ovc copy</CODE>) : nice stuff can be done :)<BR> | |
125 Like, putting (not converting!) FLI or VIVO or MPEG1 video into an AVI file ! | |
126 Of course only <B>MPlayer</B> can play such files :) And it probably has no | |
127 real life value at all. Rationally : video stream copying can be useful for | |
128 example when only the audio stream has to be encoded (like, uncompressed PCM | |
129 to MP3).</LI> | |
130 | |
131 <LI><B>Audio stream</B> (option <CODE>-oac copy</CODE>) : straightforward.</LI> | |
132 </UL> | |
133 </P> | |
134 | |
3721 | 135 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.3.4>2.4.3.4. Fixing AVIs with broken index</B></P> |
3583 | 136 |
137 <P>Easiest thing. We simply copy the video and audio streams, and | |
138 <B>MEncoder</B> generates the index. Of course this cannot fix possible bugs in | |
139 the video and/or audio streams.</P> | |
140 | |
141 <P>Command : <CODE>mencoder input.avi -ovc copy -oac copy -o output.avi</CODE></P> | |
142 | |
3721 | 143 |
144 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.3.5>2.4.3.5. Encoding with the <I>libavcodec</I> codec family</B></P> | |
145 | |
3929 | 146 <P><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">libavcodec</A> provides simple encoding to a |
147 lot of interesting video and audio formats (currently its audio codecs are | |
148 unsupported). You can encode to the following codecs :</P> | |
3721 | 149 |
150 <P> | |
151 <UL> | |
152 <LI>mjpeg - Motion JPEG</LI> | |
3774 | 153 <LI>h263 - H263</LI> |
3721 | 154 <LI>h263p - H263 Plus</LI> |
155 <LI>mpeg4 - DivX4</LI> | |
156 <LI>msmpeg4 - the old DivX</LI> | |
157 <LI>rv10 - an old RealVideo codec</LI> | |
158 <LI>mpeg1video - MPEG1 video :)</LI> | |
159 </UL> | |
160 </P> | |
161 | |
162 <P>The first column contains the codec names that should be passed after the | |
163 <CODE>vcodec</CODE> config, like : <CODE>-lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4</CODE></P> | |
164 | |
3912 | 165 <P>An example, with MJPEG compression :<BR> |
166 <CODE> mencoder -dvd 2 -o title2.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg -ffourcc mjpg</CODE></P> | |
167 | |
3721 | 168 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.4>2.4.4. Syntax</B></P> |
3438 | 169 |
170 <P> <CODE>mencoder [options] [input file] [options] ...</P> | |
171 | |
3721 | 172 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.5>2.4.5. Available options</B></P> |
2868 | 173 |
174 <P>NOTE : for all available options, <B>read the manpage !</B></P> | |
175 | |
176 <TABLE BORDER=0> | |
177 <TR> | |
178 <TD> </TD> | |
179 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
180 <I>-o</I> filename</TD> | |
181 <TD> </TD> | |
182 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
183 specify output filename | |
184 </TD> | |
185 </TR> | |
186 <TR> | |
187 <TD> </TD> | |
188 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
3287 | 189 <I>-x</I> width in pixels</TD> |
190 <TD> </TD> | |
191 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
192 rescale output video to given pixels width | |
193 </TD> | |
194 </TR> | |
195 <TR> | |
196 <TD> </TD> | |
197 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
198 <I>-y</I> height in pixels</TD> | |
199 <TD> </TD> | |
200 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
201 rescale output video to given pixels height | |
202 </TD> | |
203 </TR> | |
204 <TR> | |
205 <TD> </TD> | |
206 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
207 <I>-sws</I> 0-2</TD> | |
208 <TD> </TD> | |
209 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
210 type of scaling method<BR> | |
211 0 - fast bilinear<BR> | |
212 1 - bilinear<BR> | |
213 2 - bicubic (best quality)<BR> | |
214 </TD> | |
215 </TR> | |
216 <TR> | |
217 <TD> </TD> | |
218 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
2868 | 219 <I>-ovc</I> codecname</TD> |
220 <TD> </TD> | |
221 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
222 Encode with the given codec (codec names are from codecs.conf). Examples:<BR> | |
223 <B>help</B> - get list of available codecs<BR> | |
224 <B>copy</B> - no encoding, just copy the stream (only from AVI/ASF now)<BR> | |
225 <B>divx4</B> - encode to DivX4<BR> | |
3721 | 226 <B>lavc</B> - encode with a codec from libavcodec<BR> |
2868 | 227 </TD> |
228 </TR> | |
229 <TR> | |
230 <TD> </TD> | |
231 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
232 <I>-oac</I> codecname</TD> | |
233 <TD> </TD> | |
234 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
235 Encode with the given codec (codec names are from codecs.conf). Examples:<BR> | |
236 <B>help</B> - get list of available codecs<BR> | |
237 <B>copy</B> - no encoding, just copy the stream (only from AVI/ASF now)<BR> | |
238 <B>pcm</B> - encode to uncompressed PCM<BR> | |
239 <B>mp3lame</B> - encode to MP3 (using Lame)<BR> | |
240 </TD> | |
241 </TR> | |
242 <TR> | |
243 <TD> </TD> | |
244 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
245 <I>-divx4opts</I></TD> | |
246 <TD> </TD> | |
247 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
248 If encoding to DivX4, you can specify its parameters here, like:<BR> | |
249 <CODE>-divx4opts br=1800:deinterlace:key=250</CODE><BR> | |
250 Common options: <B>(for full list, check the manpage!)</B><BR> | |
251 <B>help</B> - get help<BR> | |
252 <B>br</B>=XXX - specify bitrate in kbit <4-16000> or bit <16001-24000000><BR> | |
253 <B>q</B>=XXXX - quality (1-fastest, 5-best - default 5)<BR> | |
3721 | 254 <B>key</B>=XXXX - keyframe interval<BR> |
255 </TD> | |
256 </TR> | |
257 <TR> | |
258 <TD> </TD> | |
259 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
260 <I>-lavcopts</I></TD> | |
261 <TD> </TD> | |
262 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
263 If encoding with libavcodec, you can specify its parameters here, like:<BR> | |
264 <CODE>-lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4:vbitrate=1800:vhq:keyint=250</CODE><BR> | |
265 Common options: <B>(for full list, check the manpage!)</B><BR> | |
266 <B>help</B> - get help<BR> | |
267 <B>vcodec</B>=XXX - select videocodec (for the full list, see the libavcodec section above)<BR> | |
268 <B>vbitrate</B>=XXX - specify bitrate in kbit <4-16000> or bit <16001-24000000><BR> | |
269 <B>vhq</B> - high quality<BR> | |
270 <B>keyint</B>=XXX - keyframe interval<BR> | |
2868 | 271 </TD> |
272 </TR> | |
273 <TR> | |
274 <TD> </TD> | |
275 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
276 <I>-lameopts</I></TD> | |
277 <TD> </TD> | |
278 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
279 If encoding to MP3 with libmp3lame, you can specify its parameters here, like:<BR> | |
280 <CODE>-lameopts q=3</CODE><BR> | |
281 <CODE>-lameopts br=192:cbr</CODE><BR> | |
282 Common options: <B>(for full list, check the manpage!)</B><BR> | |
283 <B>help</B> - get help<BR> | |
284 <B>cbr</B> - select <B>CBR</B> MP3 (default is <B>VBR</B>)<BR> | |
285 <B>br</B>=XXX - specify bitrate in kbit <0-1024> (this is for <B>CBR</B> only!)<BR> | |
286 <B>q</B>=XXXX - quality (0-highest, 9-fastest - default 0) (this is for <B>VBR</B> only!)<BR> | |
287 </TD> | |
288 </TR> | |
289 </TABLE> | |
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3721 | 291 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.6>2.4.6. Examples</B></P> |
2674 | 292 |
293 <P>Using <B>MEncoder</B> is the easiest thing on Earth. See the following :</P> | |
294 | |
295 <P>Encoding from DVD, title 2 :<BR> | |
296 <CODE> mencoder -dvd 2 -o title2.avi</CODE></P> | |
297 | |
3721 | 298 <P>The same, but with libavcodec family, MJPEG compression :<BR> |
299 <CODE> mencoder -dvd 2 -o title2.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg -ffourcc mjpg</CODE></P> | |
300 | |
3438 | 301 <P>Encoding from DVD, title 2, with rescaling :<BR> |
302 <CODE> mencoder -dvd 2 -x 640 -y 480 -sws 2 -o title2.avi</CODE></P> | |
303 | |
2674 | 304 <P>Encoding from HTTP :<BR> |
305 <CODE> mencoder http://mplayer.hq/example.avi -o example.avi</CODE></P> | |
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307 <P>Encoding from a pipe :<BR> |
2674 | 308 <CODE> rar p test-SVCD.rar | mencoder -divx4opts br=800 -ofps 24 -pass 1 -- -</CODE></P> |
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313 <P>Encoding from tuner (for tuner options <A HREF="documentation.html#2.5">see the TV input section !</A>) :<BR> |
3382 | 314 <CODE> mencoder -tv on:driver=v4l:width=640:height=480 <options></CODE></P> |
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2674 | 316 <P>For all available options, <B><I>check the MEncoder man page !</I></B> |
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