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1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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3 <chapter id="encoding-guide">
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4 <title>Encoding with <application>MEncoder</application></title>
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6 <sect1 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4">
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7 <title>Making a high quality MPEG-4 ("DivX")
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8 rip of a DVD movie</title>
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10 <para>
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11 One frequently asked question is "How do I make the highest quality rip
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12 for a given size?". Another question is "How do I make the highest
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13 quality DVD rip possible? I do not care about file size, I just want the best
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14 quality."
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15 </para>
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17 <para>
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18 The latter question is perhaps at least somewhat wrongly posed. After all, if
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19 you do not care about file size, why not simply copy the entire MPEG-2 video
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20 stream from the the DVD? Sure, your AVI will end up being 5GB, give
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21 or take, but if you want the best quality and do not care about size,
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22 this is certainly your best option.
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23 </para>
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24
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25 <para>
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26 In fact, the reason you want to transcode a DVD into MPEG-4 is
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27 specifically because you <emphasis role="bold">do</emphasis> care about
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28 file size.
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29 </para>
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30
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31 <para>
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32 It is difficult to offer a cookbook recipe on how to create a very high
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33 quality DVD rip. There are several factors to consider, and you should
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34 understand these details or else you are likely to end up disappointed
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35 with your results. Below we will investigate some of these issues, and
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36 then have a look at an example. We assume you are using
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37 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> to encode the video,
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38 although the theory applies to other codecs as well.
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39 </para>
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41 <para>
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42 If this seems to be too much for you, you should probably use one of the
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43 many fine frontends that are listed in the
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44 <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/projects.html#mencoder_frontends">MEncoder section</ulink>
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45 of our related projects page.
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46 That way, you should be able to achieve high quality rips without too much
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47 thinking, because most of those tools are designed to take clever decisions
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48 for you.
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49 </para>
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51 <!-- ********** -->
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53 <sect2 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-preparing-encode">
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54 <title>Preparing to encode: Identifying source material and framerate</title>
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57 Before you even think about encoding a movie, you need to take
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58 several preliminary steps.
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59 </para>
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62 The first and most important step before you encode should be
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63 determining what type of content you are dealing with.
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64 If your source material comes from DVD or broadcast/cable/satellite
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65 TV, it will be stored in one of two formats: NTSC for North
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66 America and Japan, PAL for Europe, etc.
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67 It is important to realize, however, that this is just the formatting for
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68 presentation on a television, and often does
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70 original format of the movie.
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71 Experience shows that NTSC material is a lot more difficult to encode,
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74 format.
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75 Failure to take this into account will result in various flaws in your
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76 encode, including ugly combing (interlacing) artifacts and duplicated
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77 or even lost frames.
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79 You will get worse quality per unit bitrate.
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88 likely to find them, and their properties:
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100 frame.
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101 Television was designed to refresh these in alternation as a
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102 cheap form of analog compression.
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103 The human eye supposedly compensates for this, but once you
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104 understand interlacing you will learn to see it on TV too and
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105 never enjoy TV again.
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106 Two fields do <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> make a
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107 complete frame, because they are captured 1/50 of a second apart
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108 in time, and thus they do not line up unless there is no motion.
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109 </para></listitem>
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110 <listitem><para>
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111 <emphasis role="bold">NTSC Video</emphasis>: Recorded with an
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112 NTSC video camera at 60000/1001 fields per second, or 60 fields per
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113 second in the pre-color era.
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114 Otherwise similar to PAL.
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115 </para></listitem>
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116 <listitem><para>
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117 <emphasis role="bold">Animation</emphasis>: Usually drawn at
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118 24fps, but also comes in mixed-framerate varieties.
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119 </para></listitem>
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120 <listitem><para>
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121 <emphasis role="bold">Computer Graphics (CG)</emphasis>: Can be
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122 any framerate, but some are more common than others; 24 and
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124 for PAL.
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125 </para></listitem>
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127 <emphasis role="bold">Old Film</emphasis>: Various lower
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128 framerates.
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129 </para></listitem>
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130 </itemizedlist>
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131 </sect3>
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134 <sect3 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-preparing-encode-material">
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135 <title>Identifying source material</title>
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141 ambiguous.
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155 field-based format.
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156 The various methods by which this can be done are collectively
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158 "3:2 pulldown" is one variety.
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160 fieldrate), you are getting the movie in a format other than the
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161 original.
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299 With modern video encoders and a bit of pre-codec compression
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300 (downscaling and denoising), it is possible to achieve very good
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304 </para>
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312 The complexity of the frames of a movie, and thus the number of bits
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313 required to compress them, can vary greatly from one scene to another.
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314 Modern video encoders can adjust to these needs as they go and vary
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316 In simple modes such as CBR, however, the encoders do not know the
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317 bitrate needs of future scenes and so cannot exceed the requested
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318 average bitrate for long stretches of time.
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319 More advanced modes, such as multipass encode, can take into account
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320 the statistics from previous passes; this fixes the problem mentioned
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327 while some others such as <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem>,
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328 <systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem>
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329 and <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> support
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330 multipass, which slightly improves quality at each pass,
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331 yet this improvement is no longer measurable nor noticeable after the
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332 4th or so pass.
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333 Therefore, in this section, two pass and multipass will be used
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334 interchangeably.
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339 In each of these modes, the video codec (such as
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340 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>)
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341 breaks the video frame into 16x16 pixel macroblocks and then applies a
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342 quantizer to each macroblock. The lower the quantizer, the better the
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343 quality and higher the bitrate.
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344 The method the movie encoder uses to determine
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345 which quantizer to use for a given macroblock varies and is highly
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346 tunable. (This is an extreme over-simplification of the actual
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347 process, but the basic concept is useful to understand.)
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348 </para>
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350 <para>
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351 When you specify a constant bitrate, the video codec will encode the video,
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352 discarding
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353 detail as much as necessary and as little as possible in order to remain
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354 lower than the given bitrate. If you truly do not care about file size,
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355 you could as well use CBR and specify a bitrate of infinity. (In
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356 practice, this means a value high enough so that it poses no limit, like
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357 10000Kbit.) With no real restriction on bitrate, the result is that
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358 the codec will use the lowest
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359 possible quantizer for each macroblock (as specified by
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360 <option>vqmin</option> for
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361 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>, which is 2 by default).
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362 As soon as you specify a
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363 low enough bitrate that the codec
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364 is forced to use a higher quantizer, then you are almost certainly ruining
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365 the quality of your video.
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366 In order to avoid that, you should probably downscale your video, according
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367 to the method described later on in this guide.
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368 In general, you should avoid CBR altogether if you care about quality.
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369 </para>
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371 <para>
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372 With constant quantizer, the codec uses the same quantizer, as
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373 specified by the <option>vqscale</option> option (for
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374 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>), on every macroblock.
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375 If you want the highest quality rip possible, again ignoring bitrate,
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376 you can use <option>vqscale=2</option>.
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377 This will yield the same bitrate and PSNR (peak signal-to-noise ratio)
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378 as CBR with
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379 <option>vbitrate</option>=infinity and the default <option>vqmin</option>
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380 of 2.
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381 </para>
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383 <para>
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384 The problem with constant quantizing is that it uses the given quantizer
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385 whether the macroblock needs it or not. That is, it might be possible
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386 to use a higher quantizer on a macroblock without sacrificing visual
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387 quality. Why waste the bits on an unnecessarily low quantizer? Your
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388 CPU has as many cycles as there is time, but there is only so many bits
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389 on your hard disk.
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390 </para>
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392 <para>
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393 With a two pass encode, the first pass will rip the movie as though it
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394 were CBR, but it will keep a log of properties for each frame. This
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395 data is then used during the second pass in order to make intelligent
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396 decisions about which quantizers to use. During fast action or high
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397 detail scenes, higher quantizers will likely be used, and during
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398 slow moving or low detail scenes, lower quantizers will be used.
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399 Normally, the amount of motion is much more important than the
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400 amount of detail.
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401 </para>
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404 If you use <option>vqscale=2</option>, then you are wasting bits. If you
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405 use <option>vqscale=3</option>, then you are not getting the highest
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406 quality rip. Suppose you rip a DVD at <option>vqscale=3</option>, and
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407 the result is 1800Kbit. If you do a two pass encode with
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408 <option>vbitrate=1800</option>, the resulting video will have
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409 <emphasis role="bold">higher quality</emphasis> for the
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410 <emphasis role="bold">same bitrate</emphasis>.
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411 </para>
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414 Since you are now convinced that two pass is the way to go, the real
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415 question now is what bitrate to use? The answer is that there is no
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416 single answer. Ideally you want to choose a bitrate that yields the
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417 best balance between quality and file size. This is going to vary
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418 depending on the source video.
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419 </para>
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422 If size does not matter, a good starting point for a very high quality
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424 For fast action or high detail source video, or if you just have a very
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425 critical eye, you might decide on 2400 or 2600.
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426 For some DVDs, you might not notice a difference at 1400Kbit. It is a
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427 good idea to experiment with scenes at different bitrates to get a feel.
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431 If you aim at a certain size, you will have to somehow calculate the bitrate.
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432 But before that, you need to know how much space you should reserve for the
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433 audio track(s), so you should
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434 <link linkend="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-audio">rip those</link> first.
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435 You can compute the bitrate with the following equation:
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436 <systemitem>bitrate = (target_size_in_Mbytes - sound_size_in_Mbytes) *
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437 1024 * 1024 / length_in_secs * 8 / 1000</systemitem>
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438 For instance, to squeeze a two-hour movie onto a 702MB CD, with 60MB
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440 <systemitem>(702 - 60) * 1024 * 1024 / (120*60) * 8 / 1000
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441 = 740kbps</systemitem>
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448 <title>Constraints for efficient encoding</title>
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451 Due to the nature of MPEG-type compression, there are various
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452 constraints you should follow for maximal quality.
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453 MPEG splits the video up into 16x16 squares called macroblocks,
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454 each composed of 4 8x8 blocks of luma (intensity) information and two
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455 half-resolution 8x8 chroma (color) blocks (one for red-cyan axis and
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456 the other for the blue-yellow axis).
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457 Even if your movie width and height are not multiples of 16, the
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458 encoder will use enough 16x16 macroblocks to cover the whole picture
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459 area, and the extra space will go to waste.
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460 So in the interests of maximizing quality at a fixed filesize, it is
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462 </para>
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465 Most DVDs also have some degree of black borders at the edges. Leaving
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466 these in place will hurt quality <emphasis role="bold">a lot</emphasis>
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470 <orderedlist>
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472 <para>
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478 use many more bits, or else an artifact known as ringing will
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878 <entry></entry>
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879 <entry></entry>
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880 <entry></entry>
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881 <entry></entry>
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882 <entry></entry>
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886 <entry spanname="spa15-16">C</entry>
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887 </row>
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888 <row>
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889 <entry></entry>
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890 <entry></entry>
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891 <entry></entry>
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892 <entry></entry>
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893 <entry></entry>
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894 <entry></entry>
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895 <entry></entry>
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896 <entry></entry>
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897 <entry>L</entry>
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898 <entry>L</entry>
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899 <entry>L</entry>
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900 <entry>L</entry>
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901 <entry>L</entry>
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902 <entry>L</entry>
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903 <entry>L</entry>
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904 <entry>L</entry>
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905 </row>
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906 </tbody>
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907 </tgroup>
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908 </informaltable>
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909
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911 As you can see, the pattern does not repeat until after 4 lines.
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912 So for interlaced video, your y-offset and height for cropping must
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913 be multiples of 4.
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914 </para>
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915
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916 <para>
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917 Native DVD resolution is 720x480 for NTSC, and 720x576 for PAL, but
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918 there is an aspect flag that specifies whether it is full-screen (4:3) or
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919 wide-screen (16:9). Many (if not most) widescreen DVDs are not strictly
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920 16:9, and will be either 1.85:1 or 2.35:1 (cinescope). This means that
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921 there will be black bands in the video that will need to be cropped out.
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922 </para>
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923
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924 <para>
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925 <application>MPlayer</application> provides a crop detection filter that
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926 will determine the crop rectangle (<option>-vf cropdetect</option>).
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927 Run <application>MPlayer</application> with
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928 <option>-vf cropdetect</option> and it will print out the crop
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929 settings to remove the borders.
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930 You should let the movie run long enough that the whole picture
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931 area is used, in order to get accurate crop values.
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932 </para>
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933
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934 <para>
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935 Then, test the values you get with <application>MPlayer</application>,
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936 using the command line which was printed by
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937 <option>cropdetect</option>, and adjust the rectangle as needed.
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938 The <option>rectangle</option> filter can help by allowing you to
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939 interactively position the crop rectangle over your movie.
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940 Remember to follow the above divisibility guidelines so that you
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941 do not misalign the chroma planes.
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942 </para>
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943
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944 <para>
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945 In certain cases, scaling may be undesirable.
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946 Scaling in the vertical direction is difficult with interlaced
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947 video, and if you wish to preserve the interlacing, you should
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948 usually refrain from scaling.
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949 If you will not be scaling but you still want to use multiple-of-16
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950 dimensions, you will have to overcrop.
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951 Do not undercrop, since black borders are very bad for encoding!
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952 </para>
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953
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954 <para>
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955 Because MPEG-4 uses 16x16 macroblocks, you will want to make sure that each
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956 dimension of the video you are encoding is a multiple of 16 or else you
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957 will be degrading quality, especially at lower bitrates. You can do this
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958 by rounding the width and height of the crop rectangle down to the nearest
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959 multiple of 16.
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960 As stated earlier, when cropping, you will want to increase the Y offset by
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961 half the difference of the old and the new height so that the resulting
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962 video is taken from the center of the frame. And because of the way DVD
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963 video is sampled, make sure the offset is an even number. (In fact, as a
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964 rule, never use odd values for any parameter when you are cropping and
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965 scaling video.) If you are not comfortable throwing a few extra pixels
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966 away, you might prefer instead to scale the video instead. We will look
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967 at this in our example below.
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968 You can actually let the <option>cropdetect</option> filter do all of the
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969 above for you, as it has an optional <option>round</option> parameter that
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970 is equal to 16 by default.
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971 </para>
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972
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973 <para>
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974 Also, be careful about "half black" pixels at the edges. Make sure you
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975 crop these out too, or else you will be wasting bits there that
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976 are better spent elsewhere.
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977 </para>
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978
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979 <para>
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980 After all is said and done, you will probably end up with video whose pixels
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981 are not quite 1.85:1 or 2.35:1, but rather something close to that. You
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982 could calculate the new aspect ratio manually, but
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983 <application>MEncoder</application> offers an option for <systemitem
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984 class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> called <option>autoaspect</option>
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985 that will do this for you. Absolutely do not scale this video up in order to
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986 square the pixels unless you like to waste your hard disk space. Scaling
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987 should be done on playback, and the player will use the aspect stored in
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988 the AVI to determine the correct resolution.
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989 Unfortunately, not all players enforce this auto-scaling information,
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990 therefore you may still want to rescale.
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991 </para>
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992 </sect2>
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993
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994 <!-- ********** -->
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995
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996 <sect2 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-resolution-bitrate">
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997 <title>Choosing resolution and bitrate</title>
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998
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999 <para>
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1000 If you will not be encoding in constant quantizer mode, you need to
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1001 select a bitrate.
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1002 The concept of bitrate is quite simple.
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1003 It is the (average) number of bits that will be consumed to store your
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1004 movie, per second.
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1005 Normally bitrate is measured in kilobits (1000 bits) per second.
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1006 The size of your movie on disk is the bitrate times the length of the
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1007 movie in time, plus a small amount of "overhead" (see the section on
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1008 <link linkend="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-muxing-avi-limitations">the AVI container</link>
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1009 for instance).
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1010 Other parameters such as scaling, cropping, etc. will
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1011 <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> alter the file size unless you
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1012 change the bitrate as well!.
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1013 </para>
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1014
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1015 <para>
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1016 Bitrate does <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> scale proportionally
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1017 to resolution.
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1018 That is to say, a 320x240 file at 200 kbit/sec will not be the same
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1019 quality as the same movie at 640x480 and 800 kbit/sec!
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1020 There are two reasons for this:
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1021 <orderedlist>
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1022 <listitem><para>
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1023 <emphasis role="bold">Perceptual</emphasis>: You notice MPEG
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1024 artifacts more if they are scaled up bigger!
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1025 Artifacts appear on the scale of blocks (8x8).
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1026 Your eye will not see errors in 4800 small blocks as easily as it
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1027 sees errors in 1200 large blocks (assuming you will be scaling both
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1028 to fullscreen).
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1029 </para></listitem>
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1030 <listitem><para>
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1031 <emphasis role="bold">Theoretical</emphasis>: When you scale down
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1032 an image but still use the same size (8x8) blocks for the frequency
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1033 space transform, you move more data to the high frequency bands.
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1034 Roughly speaking, each pixel contains more of the detail than it
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1035 did before.
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1036 So even though your scaled-down picture contains 1/4 the information
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1037 in the spacial directions, it could still contain a large portion
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1038 of the information in the frequency domain (assuming that the high
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1039 frequencies were underutilized in the original 640x480 image).
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1040 </para></listitem>
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1041 </orderedlist>
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1042 </para>
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1043
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1044 <para>
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1045 Past guides have recommended choosing a bitrate and resolution based
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1046 on a "bits per pixel" approach, but this is usually not valid due to
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1047 the above reasons.
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1048 A better estimate seems to be that bitrates scale proportional to the
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1049 square root of resolution, so that 320x240 and 400 kbit/sec would be
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1050 comparable to 640x480 at 800 kbit/sec.
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1051 However this has not been verified with theoretical or empirical
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1052 rigor.
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1053 Further, given that movies vary greatly with regard to noise, detail,
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1054 degree of motion, etc., it is futile to make general recommendations
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1055 for bits per length-of-diagonal (the analog of bits per pixel,
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1056 using the square root).
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1057 </para>
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1058 <para>
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1059 So far we have discussed the difficulty of choosing a bitrate and
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1060 resolution.
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1061 </para>
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1062
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1063
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1064 <sect3 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-resolution-bitrate-compute">
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1065 <title>Computing the resolution</title>
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1066
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1067 <para>
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1068 The following steps will guide you in computing the resolution of your
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1069 encode without distorting the video too much, by taking into account several
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1070 types of information about the source video.
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1071 First, you should compute the encoded aspect ratio:
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1072 <systemitem>ARc = (Wc x (ARa / PRdvd )) / Hc</systemitem>
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1073
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1075 <title>where:</title>
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1076 <listitem><para>
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1077 Wc and Hc are the width and height of the cropped video,
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1078 </para></listitem>
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1079 <listitem><para>
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1080 ARa is the displayed aspect ratio, which usually is 4/3 or 16/9,
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1081 </para></listitem>
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1082 <listitem><para>
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1083 PRdvd is the pixel ratio of the DVD which is equal to 1.25=(720/576) for PAL
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1084 DVDs and 1.5=(720/480) for NTSC DVDs,
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1085 </para></listitem>
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1086 </itemizedlist>
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1087 </para>
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1088
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1089 <para>
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1090 Then, you can compute the X and Y resolution, according to a certain
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1091 Compression Quality (CQ) factor:
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1092 <systemitem>ResY = INT(SQRT( 1000*Bitrate/25/ARc/CQ )/16) * 16</systemitem>
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1093 and
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1094 <systemitem>ResX = INT( ResY * ARc / 16) * 16</systemitem>
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1095 </para>
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1096
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1097 <para>
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1098 Okay, but what is the CQ?
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1099 The CQ represents the number of bits per pixel and per frame of the encode.
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1100 Roughly speaking, the greater the CQ, the less the likelihood to see
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1101 encoding artifacts.
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1102 However, if you have a target size for your movie (1 or 2 CDs for instance),
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1103 there is a limited total number of bits that you can spend; therefore it is
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1104 necessary to find a good tradeoff between compressibility and quality.
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1105 </para>
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1106
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1107 <para>
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1108 The CQ depends on the bitrate, the video codec efficiency and the
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1109 movie resolution.
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1110 In order to raise the CQ, typically you would downscale the movie given that the
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1111 bitrate is computed in function of the target size and the length of the
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1112 movie, which are constant.
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1113 With MPEG-4 ASP codecs such as <systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem>
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1114 and <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>, a CQ below 0.18
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1115 usually results in a pretty blocky picture, because there
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1116 are not enough bits to code the information of each macroblock. (MPEG4, like
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1117 many other codecs, groups pixels by blocks of several pixels to compress the
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1118 image; if there are not enough bits, the edges of those blocks are
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1119 visible.)
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1120 It is therefore wise to take a CQ ranging from 0.20 to 0.22 for a 1 CD rip,
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1121 and 0.26-0.28 for 2 CDs rip with standard encoding options.
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1122 More advanced encoding options such as those listed here for
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1123 <link linkend="menc-feat-mpeg4-lavc-example-settings"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>
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1124 and
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1125 <link linkend="menc-feat-xvid-example-settings"><systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem></link>
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1126 should make it possible to get the same quality with CQ ranging from
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1127 0.18 to 0.20 for a 1 CD rip, and 0.24 to 0.26 for a 2 CD rip.
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1128 With MPEG-4 AVC codecs such as <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem>,
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1129 you can use a CQ ranging from 0.14 to 0.16 with standard encoding options,
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1130 and should be able to go as low as 0.10 to 0.12 with
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1131 <link linkend="menc-feat-x264-example-settings"><systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem>'s advanced encoding settings</link>.
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1132 </para>
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1133
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1134 <para>
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1135 Please take note that the CQ is just an indicative figure, as depending on
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1136 the encoded content, a CQ of 0.18 may look just fine for a Bergman, contrary
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1137 to a movie such as The Matrix, which contains many high-motion scenes.
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1138 On the other hand, it is worthless to raise CQ higher than 0.30 as you would
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1139 be wasting bits without any noticeable quality gain.
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1140 Also note that as mentioned earlier in this guide, low resolution videos
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1141 need a bigger CQ (compared to, for instance, DVD resolution) to look good.
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1142 </para>
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1143 </sect3>
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1144 </sect2>
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1145
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1146 <!-- ********** -->
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1147
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1148 <sect2 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-filtering">
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1149 <title>Filtering</title>
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1150
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1151 <para>
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1152 Learning how to use <application>MEncoder</application>'s video filters
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1153 is essential to producing good encodes.
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1154 All video processing is performed through the filters -- cropping,
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1155 scaling, color adjustment, noise removal, sharpening, deinterlacing,
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1156 telecine, inverse telecine, and deblocking, just to name a few.
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1157 Along with the vast number of supported input formats, the variety of
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1158 filters available in <application>MEncoder</application> is one of its
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1159 main advantages over other similar programs.
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1160 </para>
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1161
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1162 <para>
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1163 Filters are loaded in a chain using the -vf option:
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1164
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1165 <screen>-vf filter1=options,filter2=options,...</screen>
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1166
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1167 Most filters take several numeric options separated by colons, but
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1168 the syntax for options varies from filter to filter, so read the man
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1169 page for details on the filters you wish to use.
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1170 </para>
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1171
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1172 <para>
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1173 Filters operate on the video in the order they are loaded.
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1174 For example, the following chain:
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1175
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1176 <screen>-vf crop=688:464:12:4,scale=640:464</screen>
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1177
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1178 will first crop the 688x464 region of the picture with upper-left
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1179 corner at (12,4), and then scale the result down to 640x464.
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1180 </para>
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1181
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1182 <para>
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1183 Certain filters need to be loaded at or near the beginning of the
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1184 filter chain, in order to take advantage of information from the
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1185 video decoder that will be lost or invalidated by other filters.
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1186 The principal examples are <option>pp</option> (postprocessing, only
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1187 when it is performing deblock or dering operations),
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1188 <option>spp</option> (another postprocessor to remove MPEG artifacts),
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1189 <option>pullup</option> (inverse telecine), and
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1190 <option>softpulldown</option> (for converting soft telecine to hard telecine).
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1191 </para>
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1192
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1193 <para>
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1194 In general, you want to do as little filtering as possible to the movie
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1195 in order to remain close to the original DVD source. Cropping is often
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1196 necessary (as described above), but avoid to scale the video. Although
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1197 scaling down is sometimes preferred to using higher quantizers, we want
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1198 to avoid both these things: remember that we decided from the start to
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1199 trade bits for quality.
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1200 </para>
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1201
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1202 <para>
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1203 Also, do not adjust gamma, contrast, brightness, etc. What looks good
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1204 on your display may not look good on others. These adjustments should
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1205 be done on playback only.
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1206 </para>
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1207
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1208 <para>
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1209 One thing you might want to do, however, is pass the video through a
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1210 very light denoise filter, such as <option>-vf hqdn3d=2:1:2</option>.
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1211 Again, it is a matter of putting those bits to better use: why waste them
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1212 encoding noise when you can just add that noise back in during playback?
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1213 Increasing the parameters for <option>hqdn3d</option> will further
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1214 improve compressibility, but if you increase the values too much, you
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1215 risk degrading the image visibily. The suggested values above
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1216 (<option>2:1:2</option>) are quite conservative; you should feel free to
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1217 experiment with higher values and observe the results for yourself.
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1218 </para>
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1219 </sect2>
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1221 <!-- ********** -->
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1222
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1223 <sect2 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-interlacing">
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1224 <title>Interlacing and Telecine</title>
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1225
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1226 <para>
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1227 Almost all movies are shot at 24 fps. Because NTSC is 30000/1001 fps, some
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1228 processing must be done to this 24 fps video to make it run at the correct
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1229 NTSC framerate. The process is called 3:2 pulldown, commonly referred to
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1230 as telecine (because pulldown is often applied during the telecine
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1231 process), and, naively described, it works by slowing the film down to
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1232 24000/1001 fps, and repeating every fourth frame.
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1233 </para>
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1234
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1235 <para>
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1236 No special processing, however, is done to the video for PAL DVDs, which
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1237 run at 25 fps. (Technically, PAL can be telecined, called 2:2 pulldown,
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1238 but this does not become an issue in practice.) The 24 fps film is simply
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1239 played back at 25 fps. The result is that the movie runs slightly faster,
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1240 but unless you are an alien, you probably will not notice the difference.
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1241 Most PAL DVDs have pitch-corrected audio, so when they are played back at
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1242 25 fps things will sound right, even though the audio track (and hence the
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1243 whole movie) has a running time that is 4% less than NTSC DVDs.
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1244 </para>
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1245
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1246 <para>
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1247 Because the video in a PAL DVD has not been altered, you need not worry
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1248 much about framerate. The source is 25 fps, and your rip will be 25
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1249 fps. However, if you are ripping an NTSC DVD movie, you may need to
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1250 apply inverse telecine.
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1251 </para>
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1252
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1253 <para>
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1254 For movies shot at 24 fps, the video on the NTSC DVD is either telecined
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1255 30000/1001, or else it is progressive 24000/1001 fps and intended to be
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1256 telecined on-the-fly by a DVD player. On the other hand, TV series are usually
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1257 only interlaced, not telecined. This is not a hard rule: some TV series
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1258 are interlaced (such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer) whereas some are a
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1259 mixture of progressive and interlaced (such as Angel, or 24).
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1260 </para>
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1261
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1262 <para>
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1263 It is highly recommended that you read the section on
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1264 <link linkend="menc-feat-telecine">How to deal with telecine and interlacing in NTSC DVDs</link>
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1265 to learn how to handle the different possibilities.
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1266 </para>
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1267
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1268 <para>
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1269 However, if you are mostly just ripping movies, likely you are either
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1270 dealing with 24 fps progressive or telecined video, in which case you can
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1271 use the <option>pullup</option> filter <option>-vf
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1272 pullup,softskip</option>.
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1273 </para>
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1274 </sect2>
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1277
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1278 <sect2 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-encoding-interlaced">
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1279 <title>Encoding interlaced video</title>
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1280
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1281 <para>
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1282 If the movie you want to encode is interlaced (NTSC video or
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1283 PAL video), you will need to choose whether you want to
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1284 deinterlace or not.
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1285 While deinterlacing will make your movie usable on progressive
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1286 scan displays such a computer monitors and projectors, it comes
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1287 at a cost: The fieldrate of 50 or 60000/1001 fields per second
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1288 is halved to 25 or 30000/1001 frames per second, and roughly half of
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1289 the information in your movie will be lost during scenes with
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1290 significant motion.
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1291 </para>
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1293 <para>
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1294 Therefore, if you are encoding for high quality archival purposes,
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1295 it is recommended not to deinterlace.
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1296 You can always deinterlace the movie at playback time when
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1297 displaying it on progressive scan devices.
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1298 The power of currently available computers forces players to use a
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1299 deinterlacing filter, which results in a slight degradation in
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1300 image quality.
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1301 But future players will be able to mimic the interlaced display of
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1302 a TV, deinterlacing to full fieldrate and interpolating 50 or
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1303 60000/1001 entire frames per second from the interlaced video.
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1305
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1306 <para>
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1307 Special care must be taken when working with interlaced video:
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1308 </para>
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1309
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1310 <orderedlist>
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1311 <listitem><para>
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1312 Crop height and y-offset must be multiples of 4.
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1313 </para></listitem>
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1314 <listitem><para>
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1315 Any vertical scaling must be performed in interlaced mode.
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1316 </para></listitem>
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1317 <listitem><para>
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1318 Postprocessing and denoising filters may not work as expected
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1319 unless you take special care to operate them a field at a time,
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1320 and they may damage the video if used incorrectly.
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1321 </para></listitem>
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1322 </orderedlist>
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1323
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1324 <para>
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1325 With these things in mind, here is our first example:
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1326 <screen>
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1327 mencoder <replaceable>capture.avi</replaceable> -mc 0 -oac lavc -ovc lavc -lavcopts \
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1328 vcodec=mpeg2video:vbitrate=6000:ilme:ildct:acodec=mp2:abitrate=224
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1329 </screen>
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1330 Note the <option>ilme</option> and <option>ildct</option> options.
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1331 </para>
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1332 </sect2>
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1333
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1334 <!-- ********** -->
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1335
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1336 <sect2 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-av-sync">
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1337 <title>Notes on Audio/Video synchronization</title>
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1338
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1339 <para>
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1340 <application>MEncoder</application>'s audio/video synchronization
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1341 algorithms were designed with the intention of recovering files with
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1342 broken sync.
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1343 However, in some cases they can cause unnecessary skipping and duplication of
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1344 frames, and possibly slight A/V desync, when used with proper input
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1345 (of course, A/V sync issues apply only if you process or copy the
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1346 audio track while transcoding the video, which is strongly encouraged).
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1347 Therefore, you may have to switch to basic A/V sync with
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1348 the <option>-mc 0</option> option, or put this in your
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1349 <systemitem>~/.mplayer/mencoder</systemitem> config file, as long as
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1350 you are only working with good sources (DVD, TV capture, high quality
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1351 MPEG-4 rips, etc) and not broken ASF/RM/MOV files.
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1352 </para>
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1353
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1354 <para>
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1355 If you want to further guard against strange frame skips and
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1356 duplication, you can use both <option>-mc 0</option> and
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1357 <option>-noskip</option>.
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1358 This will prevent <emphasis>all</emphasis> A/V sync, and copy frames
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1359 one-to-one, so you cannot use it if you will be using any filters that
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1360 unpredictably add or drop frames, or if your input file has variable
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1361 framerate!
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1362 Therefore, using <option>-noskip</option> is not in general recommended.
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1363 </para>
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1364
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1365 <para>
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1366 The so-called "three-pass" audio encoding which
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1367 <application>MEncoder</application> supports has been reported to cause A/V
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1368 desync.
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1369 This will definitely happen if it is used in conjunction with certain
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1370 filters, therefore, it is now recommended <emphasis>not</emphasis> to
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1371 use three-pass audio mode.
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1372 This feature is only left for compatibility purposes and for expert
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1373 users who understand when it is safe to use and when it is not.
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1374 If you have never heard of three-pass mode before, forget that we
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1375 even mentioned it!
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1376 </para>
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1377
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1378 <para>
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1379 There have also been reports of A/V desync when encoding from stdin
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1380 with <application>MEncoder</application>.
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1381 Do not do this! Always use a file or CD/DVD/etc device as input.
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1382 </para>
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1383 </sect2>
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1384
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1385 <!-- ********** -->
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1386
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1387 <sect2 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-codec">
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1388 <title>Choosing the video codec</title>
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1389
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1390 <para>
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1391 Which video codec is best to choose depends on several factors,
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1392 like size, quality, streamability, usability and popularity, some of
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1393 which widely depend on personal taste and technical constraints.
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1394 </para>
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1395 <itemizedlist>
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1396 <listitem>
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1397 <para>
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1398 <emphasis role="bold">Compression efficiency</emphasis>:
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1399 It is quite easy to understand that most newer-generation codecs are
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1400 made to increase quality and compression.
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1401 Therefore, the authors of this guide and many other people suggest that
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1402 you cannot go wrong
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1403 <footnote id='fn-menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-codec-cpu'><para>
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1404 Be careful, however: Decoding DVD-resolution MPEG-4 AVC videos
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1405 requires a fast machine (i.e. a Pentium 4 over 1.5GHz or a Pentium M
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1406 over 1GHz).
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1407 </para></footnote>
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1408 when choosing MPEG-4 AVC codecs like
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1409 <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> instead of MPEG-4 ASP codecs
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1410 such as <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> MPEG-4 or
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1411 <systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem>.
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1412 (Advanced codec developers may be interested in reading Michael
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1413 Niedermayer's opinion on
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1414 "<ulink url="http://guru.multimedia.cx/?p=10">why MPEG4-ASP sucks</ulink>".)
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1415 Likewise, you should get better quality using MPEG-4 ASP than you
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1416 would with MPEG-2 codecs.
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1417 </para>
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1418
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1419 <para>
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1420 However, newer codecs which are in heavy development can suffer from
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1421 bugs which have not yet been noticed and which can ruin an encode.
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1422 This is simply the tradeoff for using bleeding-edge technology.
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1423 </para>
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1424
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1425 <para>
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1426 What is more, beginning to use a new codec requires that you spend some
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1427 time becoming familiar with its options, so that you know what
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1428 to adjust to achieve a desired picture quality.
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1429 </para>
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1430 </listitem>
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1431
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1432 <listitem><para>
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1433 <emphasis role="bold">Hardware compatibility</emphasis>:
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1434 It usually takes a long time for standalone video players to begin to
4d4878a4c6e5 New section: choosing the video codec for your encode: what to consider before picking it.
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1435 include support for the latest video codecs.
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7c700dc8e37d Gives some examples of in which form MPEG* videos can come
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1436 As a result, most only support MPEG-1 (like VCD, XVCD and KVCD), MPEG-2
7c700dc8e37d Gives some examples of in which form MPEG* videos can come
gpoirier
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1437 (like DVD, SVCD and KVCD) and MPEG-4 ASP (like DivX,
7c700dc8e37d Gives some examples of in which form MPEG* videos can come
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1438 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>'s LMP4 and
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1439 <systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem>)
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1440 (Beware: Usually, not all MPEG-4 ASP features are supported).
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1441 Please refer to the technical specs of your player (if they are available),
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1442 or google around for more information.
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1443 </para></listitem>
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1444
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1445 <listitem>
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1446 <para>
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1447 <emphasis role="bold">Best quality per encoding time</emphasis>:
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1448 Codecs that have been around for some time (such as
4d4878a4c6e5 New section: choosing the video codec for your encode: what to consider before picking it.
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1449 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> MPEG-4 and
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1450 <systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem>) are usually heavily
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1451 optimized with all kinds of smart algorithms and SIMD assembly code.
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1452 That is why they tend to yield the best quality per encoding time ratio.
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1453 However, they may have some very advanced options that, if enabled,
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1454 will make the encode really slow for marginal gains.
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1455 </para>
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1456
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1457 <para>
4d4878a4c6e5 New section: choosing the video codec for your encode: what to consider before picking it.
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1458 If you are after blazing speed you should stick around the default
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1459 settings of the video codec (although you should still try the other
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1460 options which are mentioned in other sections of this guide).
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1461 </para>
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1462
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1463 <para>
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1464 You may also consider choosing a codec which can do multi-threaded
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1465 processing, though this is only useful for users of machines with
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1466 several CPUs.
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1467 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> MPEG-4 does
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1468 allow that, but speed gains are limited, and there is a slight
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1469 negative effect on picture quality.
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1470 <systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem>'s multi-threaded encoding,
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1471 activated by the <option>threads</option> option, can be used to
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1472 boost encoding speed &mdash; by about 40-60% in typical cases &mdash;
7d2a7df681e6 various improvements of the section "Choosing the video codec"
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1473 with little if any picture degradation.
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1474 <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> also allows multi-threaded
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1475 encoding, which currently speeds up encoding by 94% per CPU core while
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1476 lowering PSNR between 0.005dB and 0.01dB on a typical setup.
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1477 </para>
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1478 </listitem>
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1479
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1480 <listitem>
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1481 <para>
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1482 <emphasis role="bold">Personal taste</emphasis>:
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1483 This is where it gets almost irrational: For the same reason that some
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1484 hung on to DivX&nbsp;3 for years when newer codecs were already doing wonders,
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1485 some folks will prefer <systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem>
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1486 or <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> MPEG-4 over
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1487 <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem>.
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1488 </para>
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1489 <para>
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1490 You should make your own judgement; do not take advice from people who
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1491 swear by one codec.
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1492 Take a few sample clips from raw sources and compare different
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1493 encoding options and codecs to find one that suits you best.
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1494 The best codec is the one you master, and the one that looks
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1495 best to your eyes on your display
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1496 <footnote id='fn-menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-codec-playback'><para>
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1497 The same encode may not look the same on someone else's monitor or
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1498 when played back by a different decoder, so future-proof your encodes by
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1499 playing them back on different setups.
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1500 </para></footnote>!
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1501 </para>
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1502 </listitem>
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1503 </itemizedlist>
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1504
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1505 <para>
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1506 Please refer to the section
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1507 <link linkend="menc-feat-selecting-codec">selecting codecs and container formats</link>
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1508 to get a list of supported codecs.
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1509 </para>
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1510 </sect2>
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1511
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1512 <!-- ********** -->
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1513
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1514 <sect2 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-audio">
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1515 <title>Audio</title>
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1517 <para>
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1518 Audio is a much simpler problem to solve: if you care about quality, just
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1519 leave it as is.
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1520 Even AC3 5.1 streams are at most 448Kbit/s, and they are worth every bit.
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1521 You might be tempted to transcode the audio to high quality Vorbis, but
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1522 just because you do not have an A/V receiver for AC3 pass-through today
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1523 does not mean you will not have one tomorrow. Future-proof your DVD rips by
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1524 preserving the AC3 stream.
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1525 You can keep the AC3 stream either by copying it directly into the video
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1526 stream <link linkend="menc-feat-mpeg4">during the encoding</link>.
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1527 You can also extract the AC3 stream in order to mux it into containers such
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1528 as NUT or Matroska.
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1529 <screen>
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1530 mplayer <replaceable>source_file.vob</replaceable> -aid 129 -dumpaudio -dumpfile <replaceable>sound.ac3</replaceable>
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1531 </screen>
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1532 will dump into the file <replaceable>sound.ac3</replaceable> the
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1533 audio track number 129 from the file
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1534 <replaceable>source_file.vob</replaceable> (NB: DVD VOB files
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1535 usually use a different audio numbering,
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1536 which means that the VOB audio track 129 is the 2nd audio track of the file).
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1537 </para>
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1538
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1539 <para>
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1540 But sometimes you truly have no choice but to further compress the
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1541 sound so that more bits can be spent on the video.
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1542 Most people choose to compress audio with either MP3 or Vorbis audio codecs.
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1543 While the latter is a very space-efficient codec, MP3 is better supported
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1544 by hardware players, although this trend is changing.
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1545 </para>
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1546
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1547 <para>
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1548 Do <emphasis>not</emphasis> use <option>-nosound</option> when encoding
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1549 a file with audio, even if you will be encoding and muxing audio
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1550 separately later.
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1551 Though it may work in ideal cases, using <option>-nosound</option> is
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1552 likely to hide some problems in your encoding command line setting.
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1553 In other words, having a soundtrack during your encode assures you that,
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1554 provided you do not see messages such as
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1555 <quote>Too many audio packets in the buffer</quote>, you will be able
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1556 to get proper sync.
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1557 </para>
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1558
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1559 <para>
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1560 You need to have <application>MEncoder</application> process the sound.
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1561 You can for example copy the orignal soundtrack during the encode with
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1562 <option>-oac copy</option> or convert it to a "light" 4 kHz mono WAV
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1563 PCM with <option>-oac pcm -channels 1 -srate 4000</option>.
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1564 Otherwise, in some cases, it will generate a video file that will not sync
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1565 with the audio.
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1566 Such cases are when the number of video frames in the source file does
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1567 not match up to the total length of audio frames or whenever there
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1568 are discontinuities/splices where there are missing or extra audio frames.
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1569 The correct way to handle this kind of problem is to insert silence or
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1570 cut audio at these points.
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1571 However <application>MPlayer</application> cannot do that, so if you
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1572 demux the AC3 audio and encode it with a separate app (or dump it to PCM with
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1573 <application>MPlayer</application>), the splices will be left incorrect
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1574 and the only way to correct them is to drop/dup video frames at the
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1575 splice.
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1576 As long as <application>MEncoder</application> sees the audio when it is
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1577 encoding the video, it can do this dropping/duping (which is usually OK
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1578 since it takes place at full black/scenechange), but if
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1579 <application>MEncoder</application> cannot see the audio, it will just
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1580 process all frames as-is and they will not fit the final audio stream when
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1581 you for example merge your audio and video track into a Matroska file.
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1582 </para>
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1583
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1584 <para>
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1585 First of all, you will have to convert the DVD sound into a WAV file that the
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1586 audio codec can use as input.
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1587 For example:
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1588 <screen>
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1589 mplayer <replaceable>source_file.vob</replaceable> -ao pcm:file=<replaceable>destination_sound.wav</replaceable> \
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1590 -vc dummy -aid 1 -vo null
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1591 </screen>
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1592 will dump the second audio track from the file
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1593 <replaceable>source_file.vob</replaceable> into the file
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1594 <replaceable>destination_sound.wav</replaceable>.
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1595 You may want to normalize the sound before encoding, as DVD audio tracks
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1596 are commonly recorded at low volumes.
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1597 You can use the tool <application>normalize</application> for instance,
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1598 which is available in most distributions.
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1599 If you are using Windows, a tool such as <application>BeSweet</application>
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1600 can do the same job.
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1601 You will compress in either Vorbis or MP3.
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1602 For example:
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1603 <screen>oggenc -q1 <replaceable>destination_sound.wav</replaceable></screen>
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1604 will encode <replaceable>destination_sound.wav</replaceable> with
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1605 the encoding quality 1, which is roughly equivalent to 80Kb/s, and
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1606 is the minimum quality at which you should encode if you care about
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1607 quality.
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1608 Please note that <application>MEncoder</application> currently cannot
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1609 mux Vorbis audio tracks
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1610 into the output file because it only supports AVI and MPEG
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1611 containers as an output, each of which may lead to audio/video
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1612 playback synchronization problems with some players when the AVI file
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1613 contain VBR audio streams such as Vorbis.
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1614 Do not worry, this document will show you how you can do that with third
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1615 party programs.
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1616 </para>
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1617 </sect2>
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1618
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1619 <!-- ********** -->
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1620
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1621 <sect2 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-muxing">
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1622 <title>Muxing</title>
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1623
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1624 <para>
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1625 Now that you have encoded your video, you will most likely want
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1626 to mux it with one or more audio tracks into a movie container, such
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1627 as AVI, MPEG, Matroska or NUT.
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1628 <application>MEncoder</application> is currently only able to natively output
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1629 audio and video into MPEG and AVI container formats.
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1630 for example:
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1631 <screen>
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1632 mencoder -oac copy -ovc copy -o <replaceable>output_movie.avi</replaceable> \
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1633 -audiofile <replaceable>input_audio.mp2</replaceable> <replaceable>input_video.avi</replaceable>
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1634 </screen>
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1635 This would merge the video file <replaceable>input_video.avi</replaceable>
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1636 and the audio file <replaceable>input_audio.mp2</replaceable>
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1637 into the AVI file <replaceable>output_movie.avi</replaceable>.
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1638 This command works with MPEG-1 layer I, II and III (more commonly known
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1639 as MP3) audio, WAV and a few other audio formats too.
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1640 </para>
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1641
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1642 <para>
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1643 <application>MEncoder</application> features experimental support for
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1644 <systemitem class="library">libavformat</systemitem>, which is a
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1645 library from the FFmpeg project that supports muxing and demuxing
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1646 a variety of containers.
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1647 For example:
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1648 <screen>
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1649 mencoder -oac copy -ovc copy -o <replaceable>output_movie.asf</replaceable> -audiofile <replaceable>input_audio.mp2</replaceable> \
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1650 <replaceable>input_video.avi</replaceable> -of lavf -lavfopts format=asf
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1651 </screen>
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1652 This will do the same thing as the previous example, except that
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1653 the output container will be ASF.
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1654 Please note that this support is highly experimental (but getting
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1655 better every day), and will only work if you compiled
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1656 <application>MPlayer</application> with the support for
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1657 <systemitem class="library">libavformat</systemitem> enabled (which
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1658 means that a pre-packaged binary version will not work in most cases).
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1659 </para>
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1660
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1661
17aad1da6c1d New section about sync and remuxing issues.
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1662 <sect3 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-muxing-filter-issues">
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1663 <title>Improving muxing and A/V sync reliability</title>
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1664
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1665 <para>
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1666 You may experience some serious A/V sync problems while trying to mux
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1667 your video and some audio tracks, where no matter how you adjust the
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1668 audio delay, you will never get proper sync.
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1669 That may happen when you use some video filters that will drop or
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1670 duplicate some frames, like the inverse telecine filters.
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1671 It is strongly encouraged to append the <option>harddup</option> video
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1672 filter at the end of the filter chain to avoid this kind of problem.
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1673 </para>
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1674
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1675 <para>
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1676 Without <option>harddup</option>, if <application>MEncoder</application>
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1677 wants to duplicate a frame, it relies on the muxer to put a mark on the
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1678 container so that the last frame will be displayed again to maintain
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1679 sync while writing no actual frame.
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1680 With <option>harddup</option>, <application>MEncoder</application>
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1681 will instead just push the last frame displayed again into the filter
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1682 chain.
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1683 This means that the encoder receives the <emphasis>exact</emphasis>
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1684 same frame twice, and compresses it.
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1685 This will result in a slightly bigger file, but will not cause problems
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1686 when demuxing or remuxing into other container formats.
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1687 </para>
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1688
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1689 <para>
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1690 You may also have no choice but to use <option>harddup</option> with
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1691 container formats that are not too tightly linked with
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1692 <application>MEncoder</application> such as the ones supported through
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1693 <systemitem class="library">libavformat</systemitem>, which may not
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1694 support frame duplication at the container level.
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1695 </para>
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1696 </sect3>
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1697
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1698
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1699 <sect3 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-muxing-avi-limitations">
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1700 <title>Limitations of the AVI container</title>
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1701
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1702 <para>
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1703 Although it is the most widely-supported container format after MPEG-1,
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1704 AVI also has some major drawbacks.
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1705 Perhaps the most obvious is the overhead.
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1706 For each chunk of the AVI file, 24 bytes are wasted on headers and index.
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1707 This translates into a little over 5 MB per hour, or 1-2.5%
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1708 overhead for a 700 MB movie. This may not seem like much, but it could
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1709 mean the difference between being able to use 700 kbit/sec video or
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1710 714 kbit/sec, and every bit of quality counts.
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1711 </para>
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1712
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1713 <para>
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1714 In addition this gross inefficiency, AVI also has the following major
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1715 limitations:
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1716 </para>
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1717
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1718 <orderedlist>
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1719 <listitem><para>
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1720 Only fixed-fps content can be stored. This is particularly limiting
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1721 if the original material you want to encode is mixed content, for
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1722 example a mix of NTSC video and film material.
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1723 Actually there are hacks that can be used to store mixed-framerate
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1724 content in AVI, but they increase the (already huge) overhead
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1725 fivefold or more and so are not practical.
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1726 </para></listitem>
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1727 <listitem><para>
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1728 Audio in AVI files must be either constant-bitrate (CBR) or
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1729 constant-framesize (i.e. all frames decode to the same number of
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1730 samples).
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1731 Unfortunately, the most efficient codec, Vorbis, does not meet
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1732 either of these requirements.
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1733 Therefore, if you plan to store your movie in AVI, you will have to
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1734 use a less efficient codec such as MP3 or AC3.
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1735 </para></listitem>
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1736 </orderedlist>
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1737
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1738 <para>
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1739 Having said all that, <application>MEncoder</application> does not
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1740 currently support variable-fps output or Vorbis encoding.
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1741 Therefore, you may not see these as limitations if
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1742 <application>MEncoder</application> is the
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1743 only tool you will be using to produce your encodes.
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1744 However, it is possible to use <application>MEncoder</application>
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1745 only for video encoding, and then use external tools to encode
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1746 audio and mux it into another container format.
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1747 </para>
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1748 </sect3>
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1749
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1750
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1751 <sect3 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-muxing-matroska">
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1752 <title>Muxing into the Matroska container</title>
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1753
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1754 <para>
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1755 Matroska is a free, open standard container format, aiming
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1756 to offer a lot of advanced features, which older containers
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1757 like AVI cannot handle.
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1758 For example, Matroska supports variable bitrate audio content
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1759 (VBR), variable framerates (VFR), chapters, file attachments,
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1760 error detection code (EDC) and modern A/V Codecs like "Advanced Audio
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1761 Coding" (AAC), "Vorbis" or "MPEG-4 AVC" (H.264), next to nothing
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1762 handled by AVI.
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1763 </para>
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1764
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1765 <para>
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1766 The tools required to create Matroska files are collectively called
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1767 <application>mkvtoolnix</application>, and are available for most
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1768 Unix platforms as well as <application>Windows</application>.
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1769 Because Matroska is an open standard you may find other
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1770 tools that suit you better, but since mkvtoolnix is the most
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1771 common, and is supported by the Matroska team itself, we will
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1772 only cover its usage.
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1773 </para>
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1774
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1775 <para>
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1776 Probably the easiest way to get started with Matroska is to use
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1777 <application>MMG</application>, the graphical frontend shipped with
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1778 <application>mkvtoolnix</application>, and follow the
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1779 <ulink url="http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/doc/mkvmerge-gui.html">guide to mkvmerge GUI (mmg)</ulink>
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1780 </para>
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1781
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1782 <para>
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1783 You may also mux audio and video files using the command line:
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1784 <screen>
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1785 mkvmerge -o <replaceable>output.mkv</replaceable> <replaceable>input_video.avi</replaceable> <replaceable>input_audio1.mp3</replaceable> <replaceable>input_audio2.ac3</replaceable>
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1786 </screen>
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1787 This would merge the video file <replaceable>input_video.avi</replaceable>
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1788 and the two audio files <replaceable>input_audio1.mp3</replaceable>
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1789 and <replaceable>input_audio2.ac3</replaceable> into the Matroska
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1790 file <replaceable>output.mkv</replaceable>.
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1791 Matroska, as mentioned earlier, is able to do much more than that, like
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1792 multiple audio tracks (including fine-tuning of audio/video
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1793 synchronization), chapters, subtitles, splitting, etc...
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1794 Please refer to the documentation of those applications for
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1795 more details.
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1796 </para>
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1797 </sect3>
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1798 </sect2>
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1799 </sect1>
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1800
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1801
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1802 <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
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1803
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1804
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1805 <sect1 id="menc-feat-telecine">
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1806 <title>How to deal with telecine and interlacing within NTSC DVDs</title>
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1807
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1808 <sect2 id="menc-feat-telecine-intro">
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1809 <title>Introduction</title>
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1810
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1811 <formalpara>
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1812 <title>What is telecine?</title>
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1813 <para>
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1814 If you do not understand much of what is written in this document, read the
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1815 <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecine">Wikipedia entry on telecine</ulink>.
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1816 It is an understandable and reasonably comprehensive
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1817 description of what telecine is.
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1818 </para></formalpara>
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1819
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1820 <formalpara>
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1821 <title>A note about the numbers.</title>
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1822 <para>
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1823 Many documents, including the guide linked above, refer to the fields
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1824 per second value of NTSC video as 59.94 and the corresponding frames
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1825 per second values as 29.97 (for telecined and interlaced) and 23.976
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1826 (for progressive). For simplicity, some documents even round these
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1827 numbers to 60, 30, and 24.
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1828 </para></formalpara>
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1829
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1830 <para>
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1831 Strictly speaking, all those numbers are approximations. Black and
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1832 white NTSC video was exactly 60 fields per second, but 60000/1001
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1833 was later chosen to accomodate color data while remaining compatible
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1834 with contemporary black and white televisions. Digital NTSC video
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1835 (such as on a DVD) is also 60000/1001 fields per second. From this,
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1836 interlaced and telecined video are derived to be 30000/1001 frames
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1837 per second; progressive video is 24000/1001 frames per second.
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1838 </para>
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1839
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1840 <para>
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1841 Older versions of the <application>MEncoder</application> documentation
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1842 and many archived mailing list posts refer to 59.94, 29.97, and 23.976.
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1843 All <application>MEncoder</application> documentation has been updated
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1844 to use the fractional values, and you should use them too.
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1845 </para>
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1846
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1847 <para>
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1848 <option>-ofps 23.976</option> is incorrect.
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1849 <option>-ofps 24000/1001</option> should be used instead.
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1850 </para>
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1852 <formalpara>
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1853 <title>How telecine is used.</title>
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1860 converted for television using a process called telecine.
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1863 <para>
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1867 second. Hardware DVD players then read a flag embedded in the video
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1868 stream to determine whether the odd- or even-numbered lines should
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1884 second video, telecined or otherwise, interlacing is clearly visible
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1888 looks ugly both because the monitor is higher resolution and because
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1891
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1892 <itemizedlist>
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1893 <title>Notes:</title>
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1894 <listitem><para>
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1895 This section only applies to NTSC DVDs, and not PAL.
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1897 <listitem><para>
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1898 The example <application>MEncoder</application> lines throughout the
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1899 document are <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> intended for
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1902 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> for maximal
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1903 quality is not within the scope of this document.
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1906 There are a couple footnotes specific to this guide, linked like this:
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1907 <link linkend="menc-feat-telecine-footnotes">[1]</link>
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1908 </para></listitem>
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1910 </sect2>
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1915 <title>How to tell what type of video you have</title>
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1916
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1917 <sect3 id="menc-feat-telecine-ident-progressive">
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1921 Progressive video was originally filmed at 24000/1001 fps, and stored
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1922 on the DVD without alteration.
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1923 </para>
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1926 When you play a progressive DVD in <application>MPlayer</application>,
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1927 <application>MPlayer</application> will print the following line as
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1928 soon as the movie begins to play:
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1929 <screen>
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1930 demux_mpg: 24000/1001 fps progressive NTSC content detected, switching framerate.
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1938 interlacing. Beware, however, because sometimes there is a tiny bit
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1939 of telecine mixed in where you would not expect. I have encountered TV
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1942 progressive first half, and the second half was telecined. If you
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1945 <screen>mplayer dvd://1 -nosound -vo null -benchmark</screen>
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1947 <application>MPlayer</application> play the movie as quickly as it
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1966 Telecined video was originally filmed at 24000/1001, but was telecined
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2018
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2019
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2020 <sect3 id="menc-feat-telecine-ident-interlaced">
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2021 <title>Interlaced</title>
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2022
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2023 <para>
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2024 Interlaced video was originally filmed at 60000/1001 fields per second,
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2025 and stored on the DVD as 30000/1001 frames per second. The interlacing effect
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2026 (often called "combing") is a result of combining pairs of
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2027 fields into frames. Each field is supposed to be 1/(60000/1001) seconds apart,
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2028 and when they are displayed simultaneously the difference is apparent.
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2029 </para>
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2030
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2031 <para>
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2032 As with telecined video, <application>MPlayer</application> should
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2033 not ever report any framerate changes when playing interlaced content.
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2034 </para>
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2035
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2036 <para>
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2037 When you view an interlaced video closely by frame-stepping with the
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2038 <keycap>.</keycap> key, you will see that every single frame is interlaced.
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2039 </para>
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2040 </sect3>
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2041
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2042
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2043 <sect3 id="menc-feat-telecine-ident-mixedpt">
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2044 <title>Mixed progressive and telecine</title>
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2045
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2046 <para>
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2047 All of a "mixed progressive and telecine" video was originally
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2048 24000/1001 frames per second, but some parts of it ended up being telecined.
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2049 </para>
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2050
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2051 <para>
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2052 When <application>MPlayer</application> plays this category, it will
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2053 (often repeatedly) switch back and forth between "30000/1001 fps NTSC"
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2054 and "24000/1001 fps progressive NTSC". Watch the bottom of
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2055 <application>MPlayer</application>'s output to see these messages.
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2056 </para>
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2057
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2058 <para>
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2059 You should check the "30000/1001 fps NTSC" sections to make sure
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2060 they are actually telecine, and not just interlaced.
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2061 </para>
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2062 </sect3>
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2063
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2064
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2065 <sect3 id="menc-feat-telecine-ident-mixedpi">
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2066 <title>Mixed progressive and interlaced</title>
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2067
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2068 <para>
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2069 In "mixed progressive and interlaced" content, progressive
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2070 and interlaced video have been spliced together.
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2071 </para>
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2072
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2073 <para>
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2074 This category looks just like "mixed progressive and telecine",
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2075 until you examine the 30000/1001 fps sections and see that they do not have the
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2076 telecine pattern.
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2077 </para>
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2078 </sect3>
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2079 </sect2>
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2080
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2081 <!-- ********** -->
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2082
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2083 <sect2 id="menc-feat-telecine-encode">
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2084 <title>How to encode each category</title>
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2085 <para>
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2086 As I mentioned in the beginning, example <application>MEncoder</application>
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2087 lines below are <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> meant to actually be used;
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2088 they only demonstrate the minimum parameters to properly encode each category.
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2089 </para>
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2090
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2091
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2092 <sect3 id="menc-feat-telecine-encode-progressive">
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2093 <title>Progressive</title>
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2094 <para>
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2095 Progressive video requires no special filtering to encode. The only
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2096 parameter you need to be sure to use is <option>-ofps 24000/1001</option>.
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2097 Otherwise, <application>MEncoder</application>
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2098 will try to encode at 30000/1001 fps and will duplicate frames.
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2099 </para>
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2100
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2101 <para>
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2102 <screen>mencoder dvd://1 -oac copy -ovc lavc -ofps 24000/1001</screen>
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2103 </para>
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2104
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2105 <para>
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2106 It is often the case, however, that a video that looks progressive
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2107 actually has very short parts of telecine mixed in. Unless you are
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2108 sure, it is safest to treat the video as
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2109 <link linkend="menc-feat-telecine-encode-mixedpt">mixed progressive and telecine</link>.
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2110 The performance loss is small
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2111 <link linkend="menc-feat-telecine-footnotes">[3]</link>.
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2112 </para>
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2113 </sect3>
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2114
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2115
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2116 <sect3 id="menc-feat-telecine-encode-telecined">
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2117 <title>Telecined</title>
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2118
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2119 <para>
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2120 Telecine can be reversed to retrieve the original 24000/1001 content,
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2121 using a process called inverse-telecine.
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2122 <application>MPlayer</application> contains several filters to
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2123 accomplish this; the best filter, <option>pullup</option>, is described
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2124 in the <link linkend="menc-feat-telecine-encode-mixedpt">mixed
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2125 progressive and telecine</link> section.
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2126 </para>
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2127 </sect3>
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2128
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2129
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2130 <sect3 id="menc-feat-telecine-encode-interlaced">
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2131 <title>Interlaced</title>
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2132
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2133 <para>
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2134 For most practical cases it is not possible to retrieve a complete
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2135 progressive video from interlaced content. The only way to do so
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2136 without losing half of the vertical resolution is to double the
21596
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2137 framerate and try to "guess" what ought to make up the
21521
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2138 corresponding lines for each field (this has drawbacks - see method 3).
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2139 </para>
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2140
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2141 <orderedlist>
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2142 <listitem><para>
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2143 Encode the video in interlaced form. Normally, interlacing wreaks
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2144 havoc with the encoder's ability to compress well, but
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2145 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> has two
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diff changeset
2146 parameters specifically for dealing with storing interlaced video a
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2147 bit better: <option> ildct</option> and <option>ilme</option>. Also,
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2148 using <option>mbd=2</option> is strongly recommended
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2149 <link linkend="menc-feat-telecine-footnotes">[2] </link> because it
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2150 will encode macroblocks as non-interlaced in places where there is
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2151 no motion. Note that <option>-ofps</option> is NOT needed here.
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2152 <screen>mencoder dvd://1 -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts ildct:ilme:mbd=2</screen>
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2153 </para></listitem>
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2154 <listitem><para>
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2155 Use a deinterlacing filter before encoding. There are several of
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2156 these filters available to choose from, each with its own advantages
21062
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diff changeset
2157 and disadvantages. Consult <option>mplayer -pphelp</option> and
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gpoirier
parents: 21018
diff changeset
2158 <option>mplayer -vf help</option> to see what is available
21596
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2159 (grep for "deint"), read Michael's Niedermayer
21062
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gpoirier
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2160 <ulink url="http://guru.multimedia.cx/deinterlacing-filters/">Deinterlacing filters comparison</ulink>,
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gpoirier
parents: 21018
diff changeset
2161 and search the
21360
cb8d847fab79 URL fix
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2162 <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/mailing_lists.html">
16080
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2163 MPlayer mailing lists</ulink> to find many discussions about the
21062
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diff changeset
2164 various filters.
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diff changeset
2165 Again, the framerate is not changing, so no
16080
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2166 <option>-ofps</option>. Also, deinterlacing should be done after
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diff changeset
2167 cropping <link linkend="menc-feat-telecine-footnotes">[1]</link> and
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diff changeset
2168 before scaling.
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diff changeset
2169 <screen>mencoder dvd://1 -oac copy -vf yadif -ovc lavc</screen>
21521
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2170 </para></listitem>
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2171 <listitem><para>
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parents:
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2172 Unfortunately, this option is buggy with
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2173 <application>MEncoder</application>; it ought to work well with
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2174 <application>MEncoder G2</application>, but that is not here yet. You
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2175 might experience crahes. Anyway, the purpose of <option> -vf
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2176 tfields</option> is to create a full frame out of each field, which
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2177 makes the framerate 60000/1001. The advantage of this approach is that no
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2178 data is ever lost; however, since each frame comes from only one
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2179 field, the missing lines have to be interpolated somehow. There are
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2180 no very good methods of generating the missing data, and so the
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2181 result will look a bit similar to when using some deinterlacing
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2182 filters. Generating the missing lines creates other issues, as well,
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2183 simply because the amount of data doubles. So, higher encoding
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2184 bitrates are required to maintain quality, and more CPU power is
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2185 used for both encoding and decoding. tfields has several different
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2186 options for how to create the missing lines of each frame. If you
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2187 use this method, then Reference the manual, and chose whichever
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2188 option looks best for your material. Note that when using
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2189 <option>tfields</option> you
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2190 <emphasis role="bold">have to</emphasis> specify both
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2191 <option>-fps</option> and <option>-ofps</option> to be twice the
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2192 framerate of your original source.
21521
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2193 <screen>
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2194 mencoder dvd://1 -oac copy -vf tfields=2 -ovc lavc \
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2195 -fps 60000/1001 -ofps 60000/1001<!--
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2197 </para></listitem>
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2198 <listitem><para>
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2199 If you plan on downscaling dramatically, you can extract and encode
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2200 only one of the two fields. Of course, you will lose half the vertical
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2201 resolution, but if you plan on downscaling to at most 1/2 of the
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2202 original, the loss will not matter much. The result will be a
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2203 progressive 30000/1001 frames per second file. The procedure is to use
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2204 <option>-vf field</option>, then crop
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2205 <link linkend="menc-feat-telecine-footnotes">[1]</link> and scale
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2206 appropriately. Remember that you will have to adjust the scale to
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diff changeset
2207 compensate for the vertical resolution being halved.
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diff changeset
2208 <screen>mencoder dvd://1 -oac copy -vf field=0 -ovc lavc</screen>
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2209 </para></listitem>
16080
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2210 </orderedlist>
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diff changeset
2211 </sect3>
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2212
21521
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2213
16080
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2214 <sect3 id="menc-feat-telecine-encode-mixedpt">
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diff changeset
2215 <title>Mixed progressive and telecine</title>
21521
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2217 <para>
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2218 In order to turn mixed progressive and telecine video into entirely
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2219 progressive video, the telecined parts have to be
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2220 inverse-telecined. There are three ways to accomplish this,
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2221 described below. Note that you should
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2222 <emphasis role="bold">always</emphasis> inverse-telecine before any
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2223 rescaling; unless you really know what you are doing,
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2224 inverse-telecine before cropping, too
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2225 <link linkend="menc-feat-telecine-footnotes">[1]</link>.
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2226 <option>-ofps 24000/1001</option> is needed here because the output video
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2227 will be 24000/1001 frames per second.
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diff changeset
2228 </para>
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diff changeset
2229
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2230 <itemizedlist>
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2231 <listitem><para>
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diff changeset
2232 <option>-vf pullup</option> is designed to inverse-telecine
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diff changeset
2233 telecined material while leaving progressive data alone. In order to
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2234 work properly, <option>pullup</option> <emphasis role="bold">must</emphasis>
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2235 be followed by the <option>softskip</option> filter or
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2236 else <application>MEncoder</application> will crash.
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2237 <option>pullup</option> is, however, the cleanest and most
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diff changeset
2238 accurate method available for encoding both telecine and
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2239 "mixed progressive and telecine".
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2240 <screen>
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2244 </para></listitem>
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2245 <listitem><para>
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2246 An older method
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2247 is to, rather than inverse-telecine the telecined parts, telecine
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2248 the non-telecined parts and then inverse-telecine the whole
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2249 video. Sound confusing? softpulldown is a filter that goes through
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2250 a video and makes the entire file telecined. If we follow
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2251 softpulldown with either <option>detc</option> or
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diff changeset
2252 <option>ivtc</option>, the final result will be entirely
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diff changeset
2253 progressive. <option>-ofps 24000/1001</option> is needed.
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2254 <screen>
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2255 mencoder dvd://1 -oac copy -vf softpulldown,ivtc=1 -ovc lavc -ofps 24000/1001
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2256 </screen>
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2257 </para></listitem>
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diff changeset
2258
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2259 <listitem><para>
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diff changeset
2260 I have not used <option>-vf filmdint</option> myself, but here is what
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diff changeset
2261 D Richard Felker III has to say:
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diff changeset
2262
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diff changeset
2263 <blockquote><para>It is OK, but IMO it tries to deinterlace rather
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2264 than doing inverse telecine too often (much like settop DVD
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2265 players &amp; progressive TVs) which gives ugly flickering and
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2266 other artifacts. If you are going to use it, you at least need to
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2267 spend some time tuning the options and watching the output first
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2268 to make sure it is not messing up.
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2269 </para></blockquote>
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2270 </para></listitem>
16080
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diff changeset
2271 </itemizedlist>
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diff changeset
2272 </sect3>
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diff changeset
2273
21521
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diff changeset
2274
16080
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parents:
diff changeset
2275 <sect3 id="menc-feat-telecine-encode-mixedpi">
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diff changeset
2276 <title>Mixed progressive and interlaced</title>
21521
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2280 which is a compromise. You should decide based on the
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2281 duration/location of each type.
16080
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diff changeset
2282 </para>
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diff changeset
2283
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diff changeset
2284 <itemizedlist>
21521
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2285 <listitem>
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diff changeset
2286 <para>
16080
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parents:
diff changeset
2287 Treat it as progressive. The interlaced parts will look interlaced,
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diff changeset
2288 and some of the interlaced fields will have to be dropped, resulting
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parents:
diff changeset
2289 in a bit of uneven jumpiness. You can use a postprocessing filter if
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parents:
diff changeset
2290 you want to, but it may slightly degrade the progressive parts.
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parents:
diff changeset
2291 </para>
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parents:
diff changeset
2292
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diff changeset
2293 <para>
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diff changeset
2294 This option should definitely not be used if you want to eventually
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diff changeset
2295 display the video on an interlaced device (with a TV card, for
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diff changeset
2296 example). If you have interlaced frames in a 24000/1001 frames per
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diff changeset
2297 second video, they will be telecined along with the progressive
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diff changeset
2298 frames. Half of the interlaced "frames" will be displayed for three
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parents:
diff changeset
2299 fields' duration (3/(60000/1001) seconds), resulting in a flicking
21596
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parents: 21583
diff changeset
2300 "jump back in time" effect that looks quite bad. If you
16080
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diff changeset
2301 even attempt this, you <emphasis role="bold">must</emphasis> use a
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parents:
diff changeset
2302 deinterlacing filter like <option>lb</option> or
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parents:
diff changeset
2303 <option>l5</option>.
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gpoirier
parents:
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2304 </para>
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2305
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2306 <para>
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2307 It may also be a bad idea for progressive display, too. It will drop
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2428 <para>
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2429 <link linkend="ffmpeg"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>
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2430 provides simple encoding to a lot of interesting video and audio formats.
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2431 You can encode to the following codecs (more or less up to date):
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2432 </para>
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2433
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2435
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2436 <sect2 id="menc-feat-enc-libavcodec-video-codecs">
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2437 <title><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>'s
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2438 video codecs</title>
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2439
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2440 <para>
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2441 <informaltable frame="all">
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2442 <tgroup cols="2">
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2443 <thead>
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2444 <row><entry>Video codec name</entry><entry>Description</entry></row>
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2445 </thead>
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2446 <tbody>
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2447 <row>
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2448 <entry>mjpeg</entry>
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2449 <entry>Motion JPEG</entry>
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2450 </row>
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2451 <row>
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2452 <entry>ljpeg</entry>
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2453 <entry>lossless JPEG</entry>
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2454 </row>
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2455 <row>
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2456 <entry>targa</entry>
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2457 <entry>Targa image</entry>
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2458 </row>
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2459 <row>
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2460 <entry>gif</entry>
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2461 <entry>GIF image</entry>
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2462 </row>
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2463 <row>
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2464 <entry>bmp</entry>
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2465 <entry>BMP image</entry>
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2466 </row>
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2467 <row>
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2468 <entry>png</entry>
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2469 <entry>PNG image</entry>
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2470 </row>
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2471 <row>
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2472 <entry>h261</entry>
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2473 <entry>H.261</entry>
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2474 </row>
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2475 <row>
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2476 <entry>h263</entry>
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2477 <entry>H.263 </entry>
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2478 </row>
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2479 <row>
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2480 <entry>h263p</entry>
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2481 <entry>H.263+</entry>
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2482 </row>
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2483 <row>
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2484 <entry>mpeg4</entry>
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2485 <entry>ISO standard MPEG-4 (DivX, Xvid compatible)</entry>
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2486 </row>
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2487 <row>
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2488 <entry>msmpeg4</entry>
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2489 <entry>pre-standard MPEG-4 variant by MS, v3 (AKA DivX3)</entry>
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2490 </row>
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2491 <row>
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2492 <entry>msmpeg4v2</entry>
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2493 <entry>pre-standard MPEG-4 by MS, v2 (used in old ASF files)</entry>
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2494 </row>
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2495 <row>
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2496 <entry>wmv1</entry>
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2497 <entry>Windows Media Video, version 1 (AKA WMV7)</entry>
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2498 </row>
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2499 <row>
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2500 <entry>wmv2</entry>
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2501 <entry>Windows Media Video, version 2 (AKA WMV8)</entry>
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2502 </row>
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2503 <row>
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2504 <entry>rv10</entry>
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2505 <entry>RealVideo 1.0</entry>
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2506 </row>
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2507 <row>
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2508 <entry>rv20</entry>
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2509 <entry>RealVideo 2.0</entry>
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2510 </row>
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2511 <row>
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2512 <entry>mpeg1video</entry>
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2513 <entry>MPEG-1 video</entry>
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2514 </row>
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2515 <row>
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2516 <entry>mpeg2video</entry>
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2517 <entry>MPEG-2 video</entry>
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2518 </row>
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2519 <row>
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2520 <entry>huffyuv</entry>
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2521 <entry>lossless compression</entry>
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2522 </row>
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2523 <row>
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2524 <entry>asv1</entry>
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2525 <entry>ASUS Video v1</entry>
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2526 </row>
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2527 <row>
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2528 <entry>asv2</entry>
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2529 <entry>ASUS Video v2</entry>
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2530 </row>
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2531 <row>
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2532 <entry>ffv1</entry>
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2533 <entry>FFmpeg's lossless video codec</entry>
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2534 </row>
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2535 <row>
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2536 <entry>svq1</entry>
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2537 <entry>Sorenson video 1</entry>
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2538 </row>
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2539 <row>
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2540 <entry>flv</entry>
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2541 <entry>Sorenson H.263 used in Flash Video</entry>
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2542 </row>
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2543 <row>
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2544 <entry>flashsv</entry>
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2545 <entry>Flash Screen Video</entry>
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2546 </row>
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2547 <row>
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2548 <entry>dvvideo</entry>
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2549 <entry>Sony Digital Video</entry>
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2550 </row>
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2551 <row>
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2552 <entry>snow</entry>
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2553 <entry>FFmpeg's experimental wavelet-based codec</entry>
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2554 </row>
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2555 <row>
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2556 <entry>zbmv</entry>
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2557 <entry>Zip Blocks Motion Video</entry>
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2558 </row>
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2559 </tbody>
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2560 </tgroup>
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2561 </informaltable>
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2562
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2563 The first column contains the codec names that should be passed after the
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2564 <literal>vcodec</literal> config,
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2565 like: <option>-lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4</option>
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2566 </para>
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2567
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2568 <informalexample><para>
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2569 An example with MJPEG compression:
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2570 <screen>
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2571 mencoder dvd://2 -o <replaceable>title2.avi</replaceable> -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg -oac copy
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2572 </screen>
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2573 </para></informalexample>
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2574 </sect2>
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2575
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2576 <!-- ********** -->
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2577
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2578 <sect2 id="menc-feat-enc-libavcodec-audio-codecs">
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2579 <title><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>'s
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2580 audio codecs</title>
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2581
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2582 <para>
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2583 <informaltable frame="all">
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2584 <tgroup cols="2">
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2585 <thead>
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2586 <row><entry>Audio codec name</entry><entry>Description</entry></row>
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2587 </thead>
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2588 <tbody>
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2589 <row>
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2590 <entry>mp2</entry>
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2591 <entry>MPEG Layer 2</entry>
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2592 </row>
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2593 <row>
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2594 <entry>ac3</entry>
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2595 <entry>AC3, AKA Dolby Digital</entry>
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2596 </row>
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2597 <row>
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2598 <entry>adpcm_ima_wav</entry>
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2599 <entry>IMA adaptive PCM (4 bits per sample, 4:1 compression)</entry>
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2600 </row>
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2601 <row>
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2602 <entry>sonic</entry>
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2603 <entry>experimental FFmpeg lossy codec</entry>
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2604 </row>
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2605 <row>
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2606 <entry>sonicls</entry>
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2607 <entry>experimental FFmpeg lossless codec</entry>
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2608 </row>
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2609 <row>
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2610 <entry>vorbis</entry>
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2611 <entry>Xiph Ogg Vorbis codec</entry>
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2612 </row>
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2613 <row>
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2614 <entry>aiff</entry>
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2615 <entry>AIFF/AIFF-C codec</entry>
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2616 </row>
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2617 <row>
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2618 <entry>gsm</entry>
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2619 <entry>GSM-MS codec</entry>
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2620 </row>
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2621 <row>
22731
5556aa316b2a split sonic into sonic/sonicls and wma into wmav1/wmav2
compn
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2622 <entry>wmav1</entry>
5556aa316b2a split sonic into sonic/sonicls and wma into wmav1/wmav2
compn
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2623 <entry>Windows Media Audio v1 codec</entry>
5556aa316b2a split sonic into sonic/sonicls and wma into wmav1/wmav2
compn
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2624 </row>
5556aa316b2a split sonic into sonic/sonicls and wma into wmav1/wmav2
compn
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2625 <row>
5556aa316b2a split sonic into sonic/sonicls and wma into wmav1/wmav2
compn
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2626 <entry>wmav2</entry>
5556aa316b2a split sonic into sonic/sonicls and wma into wmav1/wmav2
compn
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2627 <entry>Windows Media Audio v2 codec</entry>
22700
195fe655267c add new audio and video codecs to libavcodec list
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2628 </row>
16535
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2629 </tbody>
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2630 </tgroup>
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2631 </informaltable>
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2632
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2633 The first column contains the codec names that should be passed after the
16539
15563bd0874a minor spelling/wording/grammar fixes
diego
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2634 <literal>acodec</literal> option, like: <option>-lavcopts acodec=ac3</option>
16535
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2635 </para>
5c8e764daa25 Document lavc audio codecs
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2636
21521
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2637 <informalexample><para>
16558
1d524afe2f9c Nits and fixes
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2638 An example with AC3 compression:
21521
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2639 <screen>
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2640 mencoder dvd://2 -o <replaceable>title2.avi</replaceable> -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=ac3 -ovc copy
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2641 </screen>
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2642 </para></informalexample>
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2643
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2644 <para>
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2645 Contrary to <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>'s video
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2646 codecs, its audio codecs do not make a wise usage of the bits they are
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2647 given as they lack some minimal psychoacoustic model (if at all)
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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2648 which most other codec implementations feature.
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2649 However, note that all these audio codecs are very fast and work
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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2650 out-of-the-box everywhere <application>MEncoder</application> has been
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2651 compiled with <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> (which
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2652 is the case most of time), and do not depend on external libraries.
16080
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2653 </para>
16541
4a9808f6cacc add some internal links between "codecs supported by mencoder" and
gpoirier
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2654 </sect2>
4a9808f6cacc add some internal links between "codecs supported by mencoder" and
gpoirier
parents: 16539
diff changeset
2655
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
2656 <!-- ********** -->
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2657
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2658 <sect2 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-lavc-encoding-options">
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2659 <title>Encoding options of libavcodec</title>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2660
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gpoirier
parents:
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2661 <para>
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
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2662 Ideally, you would probably want to be able to just tell the encoder to switch
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
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2663 into "high quality" mode and move on.
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diff changeset
2664 That would probably be nice, but unfortunately hard to implement as different
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
2665 encoding options yield different quality results depending on the source
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parents: 21492
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2666 material. That is because compression depends on the visual properties of the
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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2667 video in question.
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2668 For example, anime and live action have very different properties and
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
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2669 thus require different options to obtain optimum encoding.
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
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2670 The good news is that some options should never be left out, like
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
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2671 <option>mbd=2</option>, <option>trell</option>, and <option>v4mv</option>.
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
2672 See below for a detailed description of common encoding options.
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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2673 </para>
16080
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2674
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2675 <itemizedlist>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2676 <title>Options to adjust:</title>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2677 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2678 <emphasis role="bold">vmax_b_frames</emphasis>: 1 or 2 is good, depending on
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2679 the movie.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2680 Note that if you need to have your encode be decodable by DivX5, you
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2681 need to activate closed GOP support, using
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2682 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>'s <option>cgop</option>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2683 option, but you need to deactivate scene detection, which
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2684 is not a good idea as it will hurt encode efficiency a bit.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2685 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2686 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2687 <emphasis role="bold">vb_strategy=1</emphasis>: helps in high-motion scenes.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2688 On some videos, vmax_b_frames may hurt quality, but vmax_b_frames=2 along
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2689 with vb_strategy=1 helps.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2690 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2691 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2692 <emphasis role="bold">dia</emphasis>: motion search range. Bigger is better
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2693 and slower.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2694 Negative values are a completely different scale.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2695 Good values are -1 for a fast encode, or 2-4 for slower.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2696 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2697 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2698 <emphasis role="bold">predia</emphasis>: motion search pre-pass.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2699 Not as important as dia. Good values are 1 (default) to 4. Requires preme=2
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parents:
diff changeset
2700 to really be useful.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2701 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2702 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2703 <emphasis role="bold">cmp, subcmp, precmp</emphasis>: Comparison function for
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2704 motion estimation.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2705 Experiment with values of 0 (default), 2 (hadamard), 3 (dct), and 6 (rate
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2706 distortion).
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parents:
diff changeset
2707 0 is fastest, and sufficient for precmp.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2708 For cmp and subcmp, 2 is good for anime, and 3 is good for live action.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2709 6 may or may not be slightly better, but is slow.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2710 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
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diff changeset
2711 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2712 <emphasis role="bold">last_pred</emphasis>: Number of motion predictors to
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parents:
diff changeset
2713 take from the previous frame.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2714 1-3 or so help at little speed cost.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2715 Higher values are slow for no extra gain.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2716 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2717 <listitem><para>
21521
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diff changeset
2718 <emphasis role="bold">cbp, mv0</emphasis>: Controls the selection of
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
2719 macroblocks. Small speed cost for small quality gain.
16080
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diff changeset
2720 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2721 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2722 <emphasis role="bold">qprd</emphasis>: adaptive quantization based on the
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parents:
diff changeset
2723 macroblock's complexity.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2724 May help or hurt depending on the video and other options.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2725 This can cause artifacts unless you set vqmax to some reasonably small value
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2726 (6 is good, maybe as low as 4); vqmin=1 should also help.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2727 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2728 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2729 <emphasis role="bold">qns</emphasis>: very slow, especially when combined
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2730 with qprd.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2731 This option will make the encoder minimize noise due to compression
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2732 artifacts instead of making the encoded video strictly match the source.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2733 Do not use this unless you have already tweaked everything else as far as it
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2734 will go and the results still are not good enough.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2735 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2736 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2737 <emphasis role="bold">vqcomp</emphasis>: Tweak ratecontrol.
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parents:
diff changeset
2738 What values are good depends on the movie.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2739 You can safely leave this alone if you want.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2740 Reducing vqcomp puts more bits on low-complexity scenes, increasing it puts
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parents:
diff changeset
2741 them on high-complexity scenes (default: 0.5, range: 0-1. recommended range:
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2742 0.5-0.7).
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2743 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2744 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2745 <emphasis role="bold">vlelim, vcelim</emphasis>: Sets the single coefficient
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2746 elimination threshold for luminance and chroma planes.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2747 These are encoded separately in all MPEG-like algorithms.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
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2748 The idea behind these options is to use some good heuristics to determine
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2749 when the change in a block is less than the threshold you specify, and in
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2750 such a case, to just encode the block as "no change".
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2751 This saves bits and perhaps speeds up encoding. vlelim=-4 and vcelim=9
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2752 seem to be good for live movies, but seem not to help with anime;
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2753 when encoding animation, you should probably leave them unchanged.
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2754 </para></listitem>
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2755 <listitem><para>
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2756 <emphasis role="bold">qpel</emphasis>: Quarter pixel motion estimation.
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2757 MPEG-4 uses half pixel precision for its motion search by default,
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2758 therefore this option comes with an overhead as more information will be
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2759 stored in the encoded file.
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2760 The compression gain/loss depends on the movie, but it is usually not very
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2761 effective on anime.
16605
58adc79e3feb Random fixes and more coherency
gpoirier
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diff changeset
2762 qpel always incurs a significant cost in CPU decode time (+25% in
16080
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2763 practice).
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2764 </para></listitem>
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2765 <listitem><para>
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2766 <emphasis role="bold">psnr</emphasis>: does not affect the actual encoding,
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2767 but writes a log file giving the type/size/quality of each frame, and
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2768 prints a summary of PSNR (Peak Signal to Noise Ratio) at the end.
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2769 </para></listitem>
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2770 </itemizedlist>
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2771
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2772 <itemizedlist>
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2773 <title>Options not recommended to play with:</title>
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2774 <listitem><para>
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2775 <emphasis role="bold">vme</emphasis>: The default is best.
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2776 </para></listitem>
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2777 <listitem><para>
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2778 <emphasis role="bold">lumi_mask, dark_mask</emphasis>: Psychovisual adaptive
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2779 quantization.
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2780 You do not want to play with those options if you care about quality.
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2781 Reasonable values may be effective in your case, but be warned this is very
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2782 subjective.
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2783 </para></listitem>
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2784 <listitem><para>
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2785 <emphasis role="bold">scplx_mask</emphasis>: Tries to prevent blocky
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2786 artifacts, but postprocessing is better.
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2787 </para></listitem>
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2788 </itemizedlist>
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2789 </sect2>
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2790
21521
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diff changeset
2791 <!-- ********** -->
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
2792
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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parents: 16558
diff changeset
2793 <sect2 id="menc-feat-mpeg4-lavc-example-settings">
16599
ec3b4dcfc5f9 Nits noticed by Diego
gpoirier
parents: 16596
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2794 <title>Encoding setting examples</title>
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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2795
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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parents: 16558
diff changeset
2796 <para>
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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diff changeset
2797 The following settings are examples of different encoding
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
2798 option combinations that affect the speed vs quality tradeoff
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
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2799 at the same target bitrate.
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2800 </para>
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2801
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2802 <para>
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
2803 All the encoding settings were tested on a 720x448 @30000/1001 fps
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
2804 video sample, the target bitrate was 900kbps, and the machine was an
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
2805 AMD-64 3400+ at 2400 MHz in 64 bits mode.
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
2806 Each encoding setting features the measured encoding speed (in
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
2807 frames per second) and the PSNR loss (in dB) compared to the "very
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
2808 high quality" setting.
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
2809 Please understand that depending on your source, your machine type
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
2810 and development advancements, you may get very different results.
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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parents: 16558
diff changeset
2811 </para>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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parents: 16558
diff changeset
2812
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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parents: 16558
diff changeset
2813 <para>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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parents: 16558
diff changeset
2814 <informaltable frame="all">
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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parents: 16558
diff changeset
2815 <tgroup cols="4">
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2816 <thead>
21521
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diff changeset
2817 <row>
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2818 <entry>Description</entry>
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2819 <entry>Encoding options</entry>
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diff changeset
2820 <entry>speed (in fps)</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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diff changeset
2821 <entry>Relative PSNR loss (in dB)</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
2822 </row>
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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parents: 16558
diff changeset
2823 </thead>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2824 <tbody>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2825 <row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2826 <entry>Very high quality</entry>
17103
9722eecad127 fixes suggested by The Wanderer and Corey
gpoirier
parents: 17070
diff changeset
2827 <entry><option>vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:mv0:trell:v4mv:cbp:last_pred=3:predia=2:dia=2:vmax_b_frames=2:vb_strategy=1:precmp=2:cmp=2:subcmp=2:preme=2:qns=2</option></entry>
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2828 <entry>6fps</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2829 <entry>0dB</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2830 </row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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parents: 16558
diff changeset
2831 <row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2832 <entry>High quality</entry>
16606
7a06ad5c5b2c the "psnr" option doesn't really need to be in the encoding setting examples.
gpoirier
parents: 16605
diff changeset
2833 <entry><option>vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell:v4mv:last_pred=2:dia=-1:vmax_b_frames=2:vb_strategy=1:cmp=3:subcmp=3:precmp=0:vqcomp=0.6:turbo</option></entry>
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2834 <entry>15fps</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2835 <entry>-0.5dB</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2836 </row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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parents: 16558
diff changeset
2837 <row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2838 <entry>Fast</entry>
16606
7a06ad5c5b2c the "psnr" option doesn't really need to be in the encoding setting examples.
gpoirier
parents: 16605
diff changeset
2839 <entry><option>vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell:v4mv:turbo</option></entry>
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2840 <entry>42fps</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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parents: 16558
diff changeset
2841 <entry>-0.74dB</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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parents: 16558
diff changeset
2842 </row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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parents: 16558
diff changeset
2843 <row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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parents: 16558
diff changeset
2844 <entry>Realtime</entry>
16606
7a06ad5c5b2c the "psnr" option doesn't really need to be in the encoding setting examples.
gpoirier
parents: 16605
diff changeset
2845 <entry><option>vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:turbo</option></entry>
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
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2846 <entry>54fps</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
2847 <entry>-1.21dB</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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parents: 16558
diff changeset
2848 </row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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parents: 16558
diff changeset
2849 </tbody>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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parents: 16558
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2850 </tgroup>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
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2851 </informaltable>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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parents: 16558
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2852 </para>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
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parents: 16558
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2853 </sect2>
16080
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2854
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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2855 <!-- ********** -->
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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2856
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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2857 <sect2 id="custommatrices">
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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2858 <title>Custom inter/intra matrices</title>
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2859
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
2860 <para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2861 With this feature of
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parents:
diff changeset
2862 <link linkend="ffmpeg"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>
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2863 you are able to set custom inter (I-frames/keyframes) and intra
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
2864 (P-frames/predicted frames) matrices. It is supported by many of the codecs:
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2865 <systemitem>mpeg1video</systemitem> and <systemitem>mpeg2video</systemitem>
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2866 are reported as working.
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2867 </para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2868
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2869 <para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2870 A typical usage of this feature is to set the matrices preferred by the
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
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2871 <ulink url="http://www.kvcd.net/">KVCD</ulink> specifications.
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2872 </para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
2873
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
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2874 <para>
21596
f551403d82a9 replace &quot; with ", better readability
torinthiel
parents: 21583
diff changeset
2875 The <emphasis role="bold">KVCD "Notch" Quantization Matrix:</emphasis>
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
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2876 </para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
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2877
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2878 <para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2879 Intra:
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2880 <screen>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2881 8 9 12 22 26 27 29 34
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2882 9 10 14 26 27 29 34 37
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2883 12 14 18 27 29 34 37 38
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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2884 22 26 27 31 36 37 38 40
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2885 26 27 29 36 39 38 40 48
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2886 27 29 34 37 38 40 48 58
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2889 </screen>
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2890
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2891 Inter:
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2892 <screen>
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2899 28 30 32 34 36 38 42 42
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2900 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44
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2901 </screen>
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2902 </para>
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2903
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2904 <para>
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2905 Usage:
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2906 <screen>
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2907 mencoder <replaceable>input.avi</replaceable> -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable> -oac copy -ovc lavc \
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2908 -lavcopts inter_matrix=...:intra_matrix=...
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2909 </screen>
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2910 </para>
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2911
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2912 <para>
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2913 <screen>
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2914 mencoder <replaceable>input.avi</replaceable> -ovc lavc -lavcopts \
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2915 vcodec=mpeg2video:intra_matrix=8,9,12,22,26,27,29,34,9,10,14,26,27,29,34,37,\
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2916 12,14,18,27,29,34,37,38,22,26,27,31,36,37,38,40,26,27,29,36,39,38,40,48,27,\
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2917 29,34,37,38,40,48,58,29,34,37,38,40,48,58,69,34,37,38,40,48,58,69,79\
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2918 :inter_matrix=16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30,18,20,22,24,26,28,30,32,20,22,24,26,\
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2919 28,30,32,34,22,24,26,30,32,32,34,36,24,26,28,32,34,34,36,38,26,28,30,32,34,\
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2920 36,38,40,28,30,32,34,36,38,42,42,30,32,34,36,38,40,42,44 -oac copy -o svcd.mpg
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2921 </screen>
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2922 </para>
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2923 </sect2>
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2924
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2925 <!-- ********** -->
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2926
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2927 <sect2 id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-example">
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2928 <title>Example</title>
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2929
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2930 <para>
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2931 So, you have just bought your shiny new copy of Harry Potter and the Chamber
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2932 of Secrets (widescreen edition, of course), and you want to rip this DVD
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2933 so that you can add it to your Home Theatre PC. This is a region 1 DVD,
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2934 so it is NTSC. The example below will still apply to PAL, except you will
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2935 omit <option>-ofps 24000/1001</option> (because the output framerate is the
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2936 same as the input framerate), and of course the crop dimensions will be
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2937 different.
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2938 </para>
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2939
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2940 <para>
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2941 After running <option>mplayer dvd://1</option>, we follow the process
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2942 detailed in the section <link linkend="menc-feat-telecine">How to deal
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2943 with telecine and interlacing in NTSC DVDs</link> and discover that it is
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2944 24000/1001 fps progressive video, which means that we need not use an inverse
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2945 telecine filter, such as <option>pullup</option> or
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2946 <option>filmdint</option>.
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2947 </para>
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2948
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2949 <para id="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-example-crop">
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2950 Next, we want to determine the appropriate crop rectangle, so we use the
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2951 cropdetect filter:
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2952 <screen>mplayer dvd://1 -vf cropdetect</screen>
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2953 Make sure you seek to a fully filled frame (such as a bright scene,
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2954 past the opening credits and logos), and
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2955 you will see in <application>MPlayer</application>'s console output:
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2956 <screen>crop area: X: 0..719 Y: 57..419 (-vf crop=720:362:0:58)</screen>
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2957 We then play the movie back with this filter to test its correctness:
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2958 <screen>mplayer dvd://1 -vf crop=720:362:0:58</screen>
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2959 And we see that it looks perfectly fine. Next, we ensure the width and
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2960 height are a multiple of 16. The width is fine, however the height is
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2961 not. Since we did not fail 7th grade math, we know that the nearest
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2962 multiple of 16 lower than 362 is 352.
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2963 </para>
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2964
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2965 <para>
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2966 We could just use <option>crop=720:352:0:58</option>, but it would be nice
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2967 to take a little off the top and a little off the bottom so that we
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2968 retain the center. We have shrunk the height by 10 pixels, but we do not
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2969 want to increase the y-offset by 5-pixels since that is an odd number and
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2970 will adversely affect quality. Instead, we will increase the y-offset by
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2971 4 pixels:
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2972 <screen>mplayer dvd://1 -vf crop=720:352:0:62</screen>
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2973 Another reason to shave pixels from both the top and the bottom is that we
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2974 ensure we have eliminated any half-black pixels if they exist. Note that if
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2975 your video is telecined, make sure the <option>pullup</option> filter (or
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2976 whichever inverse telecine filter you decide to use) appears in the filter
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2977 chain before you crop. If it is interlaced, deinterlace before cropping.
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2978 (If you choose to preserve the interlaced video, then make sure your
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2979 vertical crop offset is a multiple of 4.)
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2980 </para>
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2981
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2982 <para>
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2983 If you are really concerned about losing those 10 pixels, you might
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2984 prefer instead to scale the dimensions down to the nearest multiple of 16.
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2985 The filter chain would look like:
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2986 <screen>-vf crop=720:362:0:58,scale=720:352</screen>
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2987 Scaling the video down like this will mean that some small amount of
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2988 detail is lost, though it probably will not be perceptible. Scaling up will
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2989 result in lower quality (unless you increase the bitrate). Cropping
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2990 discards those pixels altogether. It is a tradeoff that you will want to
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2991 consider for each circumstance. For example, if the DVD video was made
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2992 for television, you might want to avoid vertical scaling, since the line
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2993 sampling corresponds to the way the content was originally recorded.
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2994 </para>
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2995
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2996 <para>
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2997 On inspection, we see that our movie has a fair bit of action and high
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2998 amounts of detail, so we pick 2400Kbit for our bitrate.
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2999 </para>
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3000
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3001 <para>
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3002 We are now ready to do the two pass encode. Pass one:
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3003 <screen>
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3004 mencoder dvd://1 -ofps 24000/1001 -oac copy -o <replaceable>Harry_Potter_2.avi</replaceable> -ovc lavc \
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3005 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=2400:v4mv:mbd=2:trell:cmp=3:subcmp=3:autoaspect:vpass=1 \
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3006 -vf pullup,softskip,crop=720:352:0:62,hqdn3d=2:1:2
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3007 </screen>
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3008 And pass two is the same, except that we specify <option>vpass=2</option>:
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3009 <screen>
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3010 mencoder dvd://1 -ofps 24000/1001 -oac copy -o <replaceable>Harry_Potter_2.avi</replaceable> -ovc lavc \
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3011 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=2400:v4mv:mbd=2:trell:cmp=3:subcmp=3:autoaspect:vpass=2 \
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3012 -vf pullup,softskip,crop=720:352:0:62,hqdn3d=2:1:2
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3013 </screen>
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3014 </para>
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3015
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3016 <para>
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3017 The options <option>v4mv:mbd=2:trell</option> will greatly increase the
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3018 quality at the expense of encoding time. There is little reason to leave
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3019 these options out when the primary goal is quality. The options
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3020 <option>cmp=3:subcmp=3</option> select a comparison function that
21521
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3021 yields higher quality than the defaults. You might try experimenting with
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3022 this parameter (refer to the man page for the possible values) as
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3023 different functions can have a large impact on quality depending on the
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3024 source material. For example, if you find
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3025 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> produces too much
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3026 blocky artifacting, you could try selecting the experimental NSSE as
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3027 comparison function via <option>*cmp=10</option>.
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3028 </para>
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3029
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3030 <para>
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3031 For this movie, the resulting AVI will be 138 minutes long and nearly
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3032 3GB. And because you said that file size does not matter, this is a
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3033 perfectly acceptable size. However, if you had wanted it smaller, you
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3034 could try a lower bitrate. Increasing bitrates have diminishing
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3035 returns, so while we might clearly see an improvement from 1800Kbit to
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3036 2000Kbit, it might not be so noticeable above 2000Kbit. Feel
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3037 free to experiment until you are happy.
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3038 </para>
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3039
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3040 <para>
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3041 Because we passed the source video through a denoise filter, you may want
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3042 to add some of it back during playback. This, along with the
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3043 <option>spp</option> post-processing filter, drastically improves the
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3044 perception of quality and helps eliminate blocky artifacts in the video.
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3045 With <application>MPlayer</application>'s <option>autoq</option> option,
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3046 you can vary the amount of post-processing done by the spp filter
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3047 depending on available CPU. Also, at this point, you may want to apply
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3048 gamma and/or color correction to best suit your display. For example:
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3049 <screen>
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3050 mplayer <replaceable>Harry_Potter_2.avi</replaceable> -vf spp,noise=9ah:5ah,eq2=1.2 -autoq 3
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3051 </screen>
16080
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3052 </para>
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3053 </sect2>
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3054 </sect1>
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parents:
diff changeset
3055
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diff changeset
3056
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3057 <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
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3058
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3059
16080
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parents:
diff changeset
3060 <sect1 id="menc-feat-xvid">
20860
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parents: 20667
diff changeset
3061 <title>Encoding with the <systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem>
21521
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diff changeset
3062 codec</title>
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3063
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diff changeset
3064 <para>
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diff changeset
3065 <systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem> is a free library for
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3066 encoding MPEG-4 ASP video streams.
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diff changeset
3067 Before starting to encode, you need to <link linkend="xvid">
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3068 set up <application>MEncoder</application> to support it</link>.
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3069 </para>
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3070
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3071 <para>
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diff changeset
3072 This guide mainly aims at featuring the same kind of information
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diff changeset
3073 as x264's encoding guide.
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diff changeset
3074 Therefore, please begin by reading
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diff changeset
3075 <link linkend="menc-feat-x264-encoding-options-intro">the first part</link>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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3076 of that guide.
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3077 </para>
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diff changeset
3078
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diff changeset
3079 <!-- ********** -->
16080
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3080
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diff changeset
3081 <sect2 id="menc-feat-xvid-intro">
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3082 <title>What options should I use to get the best results?</title>
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3083
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parents:
diff changeset
3084 <para>
21521
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3085 Please begin by reviewing the
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diff changeset
3086 <systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem> section of
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diff changeset
3087 <application>MPlayer</application>'s man page.
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diff changeset
3088 This section is intended to be a supplement to the man page.
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diff changeset
3089 </para>
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diff changeset
3090
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diff changeset
3091 <para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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diff changeset
3092 The Xvid default settings are already a good tradeoff between
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3093 speed and quality, therefore you can safely stick to them if
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diff changeset
3094 the following section puzzles you.
16080
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parents:
diff changeset
3095 </para>
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3096 </sect2>
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3097
21521
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3098 <!-- ********** -->
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diff changeset
3099
16080
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3100 <sect2 id="menc-feat-xvid-encoding-options">
20860
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kraymer
parents: 20667
diff changeset
3101 <title>Encoding options of <systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem></title>
16080
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parents:
diff changeset
3102
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3103 <itemizedlist>
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3104 <listitem><para>
21521
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diff changeset
3105 <emphasis role="bold">vhq</emphasis>
16080
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3106 This setting affects the macroblock decision algorithm, where the
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3107 higher the setting, the wiser the decision.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3108 The default setting may be safely used for every encode, while
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3109 higher settings always help PSNR but are significantly slower.
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parents:
diff changeset
3110 Please note that a better PSNR does not necessarily mean
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3111 that the picture will look better, but tells you that it is
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parents:
diff changeset
3112 closer to the original.
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parents:
diff changeset
3113 Turning it off will noticeably speed up encoding; if speed is
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parents:
diff changeset
3114 critical for you, the tradeoff may be worth it.
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parents:
diff changeset
3115 </para></listitem>
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parents:
diff changeset
3116 <listitem><para>
21521
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diff changeset
3117 <emphasis role="bold">bvhq</emphasis>
16080
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parents:
diff changeset
3118 This does the same job as vhq, but does it on B-frames.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3119 It has a negligible impact on speed, and slightly improves quality
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3120 (around +0.1dB PSNR).
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parents:
diff changeset
3121 </para></listitem>
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parents:
diff changeset
3122 <listitem><para>
21521
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diff changeset
3123 <emphasis role="bold">max_bframes</emphasis>
16080
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3124 A higher number of consecutive allowed B-frames usually improves
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parents:
diff changeset
3125 compressibility, although it may also lead to more blocking artifacts.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3126 The default setting is a good tradeoff between compressibility and
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parents:
diff changeset
3127 quality, but you may increase it up to 3 if you are bitrate-starved.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3128 You may also decrease it to 1 or 0 if you are aiming at perfect
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3129 quality, though in that case you should make sure your
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parents:
diff changeset
3130 target bitrate is high enough to ensure that the encoder does not
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parents:
diff changeset
3131 have to increase quantizers to reach it.
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parents:
diff changeset
3132 </para></listitem>
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3133 <listitem><para>
21521
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diff changeset
3134 <emphasis role="bold">bf_threshold</emphasis>
16080
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3135 This controls the B-frame sensitivity of the encoder, where a higher
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3136 value leads to more B-frames being used (and vice versa).
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3137 This setting is to be used together with <option>max_bframes</option>;
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3138 if you are bitrate-starved, you should increase both
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3139 <option>max_bframes</option> and <option>bf_threshold</option>,
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3140 while you may increase <option>max_bframes</option> and reduce
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3141 <option>bf_threshold</option> so that the encoder may use more
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3142 B-frames in places that only <emphasis role="bold">really</emphasis>
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3143 need them.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3144 A low number of <option>max_bframes</option> and a high value of
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3145 <option>bf_threshold</option> is probably not a wise choice as it
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3146 will force the encoder to put B-frames in places that would not
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3147 benefit from them, therefore reducing visual quality.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3148 However, if you need to be compatible with standalone players that
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3149 only support old DivX profiles (which only supports up to 1
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3150 consecutive B-frame), this would be your only way to
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3151 increase compressibility through using B-frames.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3152 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3153 <listitem><para>
21521
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diff changeset
3154 <emphasis role="bold">trellis</emphasis>
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3155 Optimizes the quantization process to get an optimal tradeoff
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3156 between PSNR and bitrate, which allows significant bit saving.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3157 These bits will in return be spent elsewhere on the video,
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3158 raising overall visual quality.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3159 You should always leave it on as its impact on quality is huge.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3160 Even if you are looking for speed, do not disable it until you
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
3161 have turned down <option>vhq</option> and all other more
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3162 CPU-hungry options to the minimum.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3163 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3164 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3165 <emphasis role="bold">hq_ac</emphasis>
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3166 Activates a better coefficient cost estimation method, which slightly
16605
58adc79e3feb Random fixes and more coherency
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parents: 16599
diff changeset
3167 reduces filesize by around 0.15 to 0.19% (which corresponds to less
58adc79e3feb Random fixes and more coherency
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parents: 16599
diff changeset
3168 than 0.01dB PSNR increase), while having a negligible impact on speed.
16080
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parents:
diff changeset
3169 It is therefore recommended to always leave it on.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3170 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3171 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
3172 <emphasis role="bold">cartoon</emphasis>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
3173 Designed to better encode cartoon content, and has no impact on
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parents:
diff changeset
3174 speed as it just tunes the mode decision heuristics for this type
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3175 of content.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3176 </para></listitem>
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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diff changeset
3177 <listitem>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3178 <para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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diff changeset
3179 <emphasis role="bold">me_quality</emphasis>
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
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3180 This setting is to control the precision of the motion estimation.
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3181 The higher <option>me_quality</option>, the more
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3182 precise the estimation of the original motion will be, and the
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3183 better the resulting clip will capture the original motion.
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3184 </para>
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3185 <para>
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3186 The default setting is best in all cases;
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3187 thus it is not recommended to turn it down unless you are
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3188 really looking for speed, as all the bits saved by a good motion
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3189 estimation would be spent elsewhere, raising overall quality.
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3190 Therefore, do not go any lower than 5, and even that only as a last
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3191 resort.
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3192 </para>
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3193 </listitem>
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3194 <listitem><para>
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3195 <emphasis role="bold">chroma_me</emphasis>
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3196 Improves motion estimation by also taking the chroma (color)
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3197 information into account, whereas <option>me_quality</option>
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3198 alone only uses luma (grayscale).
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3199 This slows down encoding by 5-10% but improves visual quality
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3200 quite a bit by reducing blocking effects and reduces filesize by
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3201 around 1.3%.
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3202 If you are looking for speed, you should disable this option before
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3203 starting to consider reducing <option>me_quality</option>.
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3204 </para></listitem>
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3205 <listitem><para>
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3206 <emphasis role="bold">chroma_opt</emphasis>
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3207 Is intended to increase chroma image quality around pure
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3208 white/black edges, rather than improving compression.
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3209 This can help to reduce the "red stairs" effect.
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3210 </para></listitem>
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3211 <listitem><para>
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3212 <emphasis role="bold">lumi_mask</emphasis>
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3213 Tries to give less bitrate to part of the picture that the
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3214 human eye cannot see very well, which should allow the encoder
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3215 to spend the saved bits on more important parts of the picture.
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3216 The quality of the encode yielded by this option highly depends
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3217 on personal preferences and on the type and monitor settings
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3218 used to watch it (typically, it will not look as good if it is
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3219 bright or if it is a TFT monitor).
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3220 </para></listitem>
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3221 <listitem>
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3222 <para>
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3223 <emphasis role="bold">qpel</emphasis>
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3224 Raise the number of candidate motion vectors by increasing
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3225 the precision of the motion estimation from halfpel to
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3226 quarterpel.
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3227 The idea is to find better motion vectors which will in return
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3228 reduce bitrate (hence increasing quality).
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3229 However, motion vectors with quarterpel precision require a
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3230 few extra bits to code, but the candidate vectors do not always
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3231 give (much) better results.
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3232 Quite often, the codec still spends bits on the extra precision,
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3233 but little or no extra quality is gained in return.
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3234 Unfortunately, there is no way to foresee the possible gains of
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3235 <option>qpel</option>, so you need to actually encode with and
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3236 without it to know for sure.
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3237 </para>
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3238 <para>
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3239 <option>qpel</option> can be almost double encoding time, and
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3240 requires as much as 25% more processing power to decode.
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3241 It is not supported by all standalone players.
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3242 </para>
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3243 </listitem>
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3244 <listitem><para>
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3245 <emphasis role="bold">gmc</emphasis>
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3246 Tries to save bits on panning scenes by using a single motion
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3247 vector for the whole frame.
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3248 This almost always raises PSNR, but significantly slows down
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3249 encoding (as well as decoding).
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3250 Therefore, you should only use it when you have turned
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3251 <option>vhq</option> to the maximum.
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3252 <systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem>'s GMC is more
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3253 sophisticated than DivX's, but is only supported by few
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3254 standalone players.
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3255 </para></listitem>
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3256 </itemizedlist>
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3257 </sect2>
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3258
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3259 <!-- ********** -->
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3260
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3261 <sect2 id="menc-feat-xvid-encoding-profiles">
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3262 <title>Encoding profiles</title>
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3263
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3264 <para>
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3265 Xvid supports encoding profiles through the <option>profile</option> option,
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3266 which are used to impose restrictions on the properties of the Xvid video
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3267 stream such that it will be playable on anything which supports the
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3268 chosen profile.
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3269 The restrictions relate to resolutions, bitrates and certain MPEG-4
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3270 features.
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3271 The following table shows what each profile supports.
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3272 </para>
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3273
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3274 <informaltable>
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3275 <tgroup cols="16" align="center">
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3276 <colspec colnum="1" colname="col1"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
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3277 <colspec colnum="2" colname="col2"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
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3278 <colspec colnum="3" colname="col3"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
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3279 <colspec colnum="4" colname="col4"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
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3280 <colspec colnum="5" colname="col5"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
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3281 <colspec colnum="6" colname="col6"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
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3282 <colspec colnum="7" colname="col7"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
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3283 <colspec colnum="8" colname="col8"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
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3284 <colspec colnum="9" colname="col9"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
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3285 <colspec colnum="10" colname="col10"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
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3286 <colspec colnum="11" colname="col11"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
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3287 <colspec colnum="12" colname="col12"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
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3288 <colspec colnum="13" colname="col13"/>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
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3289 <colspec colnum="14" colname="col14"/>
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gpoirier
parents: 16420
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3290 <colspec colnum="15" colname="col15"/>
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gpoirier
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3291 <colspec colnum="16" colname="col16"/>
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gpoirier
parents: 16420
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3292 <colspec colnum="17" colname="col17"/>
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gpoirier
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3293 <spanspec spanname="spa2-5" namest="col2" nameend="col5"/>
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gpoirier
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3294 <spanspec spanname="spa6-11" namest="col6" nameend="col11"/>
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3295 <spanspec spanname="spa12-17" namest="col12" nameend="col17"/>
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3296 <tbody>
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3297 <row>
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3298 <entry></entry>
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3299 <entry spanname="spa2-5">Simple</entry>
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3300 <entry spanname="spa6-11">Advanced Simple</entry>
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3301 <entry spanname="spa12-17">DivX</entry>
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3302 </row>
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3303 <row>
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3304 <entry>Profile name</entry>
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3305 <entry>0</entry>
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3306 <entry>1</entry>
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3307 <entry>2</entry>
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3308 <entry>3</entry>
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3309 <entry>0</entry>
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3310 <entry>1</entry>
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3311 <entry>2</entry>
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3312 <entry>3</entry>
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3313 <entry>4</entry>
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3314 <entry>5</entry>
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3315 <entry>Handheld</entry>
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3316 <entry>Portable NTSC</entry>
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3317 <entry>Portable PAL</entry>
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3318 <entry>Home Theater NTSC</entry>
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3319 <entry>Home Theater PAL</entry>
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3320 <entry>HDTV</entry>
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3321 </row>
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3322 <row>
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3323 <entry>Width [pixels]</entry>
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3324 <entry>176</entry>
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3325 <entry>176</entry>
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3326 <entry>352</entry>
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3327 <entry>352</entry>
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3328 <entry>176</entry>
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3329 <entry>176</entry>
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3330 <entry>352</entry>
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3331 <entry>352</entry>
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3332 <entry>352</entry>
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3333 <entry>720</entry>
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3334 <entry>176</entry>
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3335 <entry>352</entry>
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3336 <entry>352</entry>
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3337 <entry>720</entry>
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3338 <entry>720</entry>
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3339 <entry>1280</entry>
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3340 </row>
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3341 <row>
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3342 <entry>Height [pixels]</entry>
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3343 <entry>144</entry>
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parents: 21492
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3344 <entry>144</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3345 <entry>288</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3346 <entry>288</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3347 <entry>144</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3348 <entry>144</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3349 <entry>288</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3350 <entry>288</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3351 <entry>576</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3352 <entry>576</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3353 <entry>144</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3354 <entry>240</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3355 <entry>288</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3356 <entry>480</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3357 <entry>576</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3358 <entry>720</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
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3359 </row>
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parents: 21492
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3360 <row>
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parents: 21492
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3361 <entry>Frame rate [fps]</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
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3362 <entry>15</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3363 <entry>15</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3364 <entry>15</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3365 <entry>15</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3366 <entry>30</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3367 <entry>30</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3368 <entry>15</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3369 <entry>30</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3370 <entry>30</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3371 <entry>30</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3372 <entry>15</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3373 <entry>30</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3374 <entry>25</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3375 <entry>30</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3376 <entry>25</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3377 <entry>30</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
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3378 </row>
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3379 <row>
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3380 <entry>Max average bitrate [kbps]</entry>
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3381 <entry>64</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3382 <entry>64</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3383 <entry>128</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3384 <entry>384</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3385 <entry>128</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3386 <entry>128</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3387 <entry>384</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3388 <entry>768</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3389 <entry>3000</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3390 <entry>8000</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3391 <entry>537.6</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3392 <entry>4854</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3393 <entry>4854</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3394 <entry>4854</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3395 <entry>4854</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3396 <entry>9708.4</entry>
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parents: 21492
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3397 </row>
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parents: 21492
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3398 <row>
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parents: 21492
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3399 <entry>Peak average bitrate over 3 secs [kbps]</entry>
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parents: 21492
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3400 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3401 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3402 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
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3403 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3404 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3405 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3406 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3407 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3408 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3409 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3410 <entry>800</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3411 <entry>8000</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3412 <entry>8000</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3413 <entry>8000</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3414 <entry>8000</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3415 <entry>16000</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
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3416 </row>
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parents: 21492
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3417 <row>
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3418 <entry>Max. B-frames</entry>
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parents: 21492
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3419 <entry>0</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3420 <entry>0</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3421 <entry>0</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3422 <entry>0</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3423 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3424 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3425 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3426 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3427 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3428 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3429 <entry>0</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3430 <entry>1</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3431 <entry>1</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3432 <entry>1</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3433 <entry>1</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3434 <entry>2</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
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3435 </row>
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torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3436 <row>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3437 <entry>MPEG quantization</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3438 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3439 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3440 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3441 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3442 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3443 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3444 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3445 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3446 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3447 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3448 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3449 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3450 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3451 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3452 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3453 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
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3454 </row>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
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3455 <row>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3456 <entry>Adaptive quantization</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3457 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3458 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3459 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3460 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3461 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3462 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3463 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3464 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3465 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3466 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3467 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3468 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3469 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3470 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3471 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3472 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
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3473 </row>
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torinthiel
parents: 21492
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3474 <row>
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torinthiel
parents: 21492
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3475 <entry>Interlaced encoding</entry>
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parents: 21492
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3476 <entry></entry>
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parents: 21492
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3477 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3478 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3479 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3480 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3481 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3482 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3483 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3484 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3485 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3486 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3487 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3488 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3489 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3490 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3491 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3492 </row>
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torinthiel
parents: 21492
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3493 <row>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
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3494 <entry>Quaterpixel</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
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3495 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
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3496 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3497 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3498 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3499 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3500 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3501 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3502 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3503 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3504 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3505 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
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3506 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
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3507 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
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3508 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3509 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3510 <entry></entry>
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parents: 21492
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3511 </row>
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parents: 21492
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3512 <row>
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3513 <entry>Global motion compensation</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3514 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3515 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3516 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3517 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3518 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3519 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3520 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3521 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3522 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3523 <entry>X</entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3524 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3525 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3526 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3527 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3528 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3529 <entry></entry>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
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3530 </row>
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3531 </tbody>
16486
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3532 </tgroup>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3533 </informaltable>
e017e67b8660 Illustrate by a nice table what each profiles supported by XviD features.
gpoirier
parents: 16420
diff changeset
3534 </sect2>
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
3535
21521
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parents: 21492
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3536 <!-- ********** -->
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3537
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
3538 <sect2 id="menc-feat-xvid-example-settings">
16599
ec3b4dcfc5f9 Nits noticed by Diego
gpoirier
parents: 16596
diff changeset
3539 <title>Encoding setting examples</title>
16596
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
3540
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
3541 <para>
21521
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3542 The following settings are examples of different encoding
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3543 option combinations that affect the speed vs quality tradeoff
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3544 at the same target bitrate.
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3545 </para>
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3546
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3547 <para>
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3548 All the encoding settings were tested on a 720x448 @30000/1001 fps
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3549 video sample, the target bitrate was 900kbps, and the machine was an
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3550 AMD-64 3400+ at 2400 MHz in 64 bits mode.
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3551 Each encoding setting features the measured encoding speed (in
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3552 frames per second) and the PSNR loss (in dB) compared to the "very
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3553 high quality" setting.
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3554 Please understand that depending on your source, your machine type
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3555 and development advancements, you may get very different results.
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3556 </para>
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3557
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3558 <informaltable frame="all">
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3559 <tgroup cols="4">
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3560 <thead>
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3561 <row><entry>Description</entry><entry>Encoding options</entry><entry>speed (in fps)</entry><entry>Relative PSNR loss (in dB)</entry></row>
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3562 </thead>
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3563 <tbody>
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3564 <row>
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3565 <entry>Very high quality</entry>
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3566 <entry><option>chroma_opt:vhq=4:bvhq=1:quant_type=mpeg</option></entry>
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3567 <entry>16fps</entry>
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3568 <entry>0dB</entry>
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3569 </row>
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3570 <row>
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3571 <entry>High quality</entry>
16606
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3572 <entry><option>vhq=2:bvhq=1:chroma_opt:quant_type=mpeg</option></entry>
16596
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3573 <entry>18fps</entry>
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3574 <entry>-0.1dB</entry>
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3575 </row>
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3576 <row>
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3577 <entry>Fast</entry>
16606
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3578 <entry><option>turbo:vhq=0</option></entry>
16596
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3579 <entry>28fps</entry>
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3580 <entry>-0.69dB</entry>
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3581 </row>
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3582 <row>
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3583 <entry>Realtime</entry>
16606
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3584 <entry><option>turbo:nochroma_me:notrellis:max_bframes=0:vhq=0</option></entry>
16596
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3585 <entry>38fps</entry>
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3586 <entry>-1.48dB</entry>
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3587 </row>
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3588 </tbody>
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3589 </tgroup>
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3590 </informaltable>
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3591 </sect2>
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3592 </sect1>
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3593
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3594
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3595 <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
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3596
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3597
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3598 <sect1 id="menc-feat-x264">
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3599 <title>Encoding with the
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3600 <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> codec</title>
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3601
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3602 <para>
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3603 <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> is a free library for
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3604 encoding H.264/AVC video streams.
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3605 Before starting to encode, you need to
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3606 <link linkend="codec-x264-encode">set up <application>MEncoder</application> to support it</link>.
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3607 </para>
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3608
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3609 <!-- ********** -->
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3610
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3611 <sect2 id="menc-feat-x264-encoding-options">
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3612 <title>Encoding options of x264</title>
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3613
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3614 <para>
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3615 Please begin by reviewing the
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3616 <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> section of
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3617 <application>MPlayer</application>'s man page.
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3618 This section is intended to be a supplement to the man page.
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3619 Here you will find quick hints about which options are most
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3620 likely to interest most people. The man page is more terse,
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3621 but also more exhaustive, and it sometimes offers much better
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3622 technical detail.
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3623 </para>
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3624
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3625
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3626 <sect3 id="menc-feat-x264-encoding-options-intro">
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3627 <title>Introduction</title>
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3628
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3629 <para>
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3630 This guide considers two major categories of encoding options:
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3631 </para>
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3632
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3633 <orderedlist>
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3634 <listitem><para>
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3635 Options which mainly trade off encoding time vs. quality
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3636 </para></listitem>
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3637 <listitem><para>
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3638 Options which may be useful for fulfilling various personal
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3639 preferences and special requirements
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3640 </para></listitem>
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3641 </orderedlist>
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3642
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3643 <para>
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3644 Ultimately, only you can decide which options are best for your
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3645 purposes. The decision for the first class of options is the simplest:
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3646 you only have to decide whether you think the quality differences
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3647 justify the speed differences. For the second class of options,
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3648 preferences may be far more subjective, and more factors may be
21596
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3649 involved. Note that some of the "personal preferences and special
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3650 requirements" options can still have large impacts on speed or quality,
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3651 but that is not what they are primarily useful for. A couple of the
21596
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3652 "personal preference" options may even cause changes that look better
21521
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3653 to some people, but look worse to others.
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3654 </para>
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3655
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3656 <para>
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3657 Before continuing, you need to understand that this guide uses only one
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3658 quality metric: global PSNR.
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3659 For a brief explanation of what PSNR is, see
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3660 <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSNR">the Wikipedia article on PSNR</ulink>.
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3661 Global PSNR is the last PSNR number reported when you include
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3662 the <option>psnr</option> option in <option>x264encopts</option>.
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3663 Any time you read a claim about PSNR, one of the assumptions
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3664 behind the claim is that equal bitrates are used.
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3665 </para>
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3666
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3667 <para>
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3668 Nearly all of this guide's comments assume you are using two pass.
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3669 When comparing options, there are two major reasons for using
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3670 two pass encoding.
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3671 First, using two pass often gains around 1dB PSNR, which is a
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3672 very big difference.
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3673 Secondly, testing options by doing direct quality comparisons
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3674 with one pass encodes introduces a major confounding
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3675 factor: bitrate often varies significantly with each encode.
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3676 It is not always easy to tell whether quality changes are due
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3677 mainly to changed options, or if they mostly reflect essentially
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3678 random differences in the achieved bitrate.
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3679 </para>
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3680 </sect3>
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3681
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3682
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3683 <sect3 id="menc-feat-x264-encoding-options-speedvquality">
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3684 <title>Options which primarily affect speed and quality</title>
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3685
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3686 <itemizedlist>
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3687 <listitem>
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3688 <para>
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3689 <emphasis role="bold">subq</emphasis>:
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3690 Of the options which allow you to trade off speed for quality,
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3691 <option>subq</option> and <option>frameref</option> (see below) are usually
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3692 by far the most important.
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3693 If you are interested in tweaking either speed or quality, these
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3694 are the first options you should consider.
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3695 On the speed dimension, the <option>frameref</option> and
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3696 <option>subq</option> options interact with each other fairly
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3697 strongly.
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3698 Experience shows that, with one reference frame,
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3699 <option>subq=5</option> (the default setting) takes about 35% more time than
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3700 <option>subq=1</option>.
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3701 With 6 reference frames, the penalty grows to over 60%.
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3702 <option>subq</option>'s effect on PSNR seems fairly constant
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
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3703 regardless of the number of reference frames.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
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3704 Typically, <option>subq=5</option> achieves 0.2-0.5 dB higher global
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3705 PSNR in comparison <option>subq=1</option>.
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parents:
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3706 This is usually enough to be visible.
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3707 </para>
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3708 <para>
21913
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gpoirier
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diff changeset
3709 <option>subq=6</option> is slower and yields better quality at a reasonable
94a6b690e595 update x264's subq otion description
gpoirier
parents: 21899
diff changeset
3710 cost.
16080
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parents:
diff changeset
3711 In comparison to <option>subq=5</option>, it usually gains 0.1-0.4 dB
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3712 global PSNR with speed costs varying from 25%-100%.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3713 Unlike other levels of <option>subq</option>, the behavior of
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parents:
diff changeset
3714 <option>subq=6</option> does not depend much on <option>frameref</option>
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3715 and <option>me</option>. Instead, the effectiveness of <option>subq=6
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
3716 </option> depends mostly upon the number of B-frames used. In normal
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3717 usage, this means <option>subq=6</option> has a large impact on both speed
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3718 and quality in complex, high motion scenes, but it may not have much effect
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parents:
diff changeset
3719 in low-motion scenes. Note that it is still recommended to always set
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parents:
diff changeset
3720 <option>bframes</option> to something other than zero (see below).
21521
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torinthiel
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diff changeset
3721 </para>
21913
94a6b690e595 update x264's subq otion description
gpoirier
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diff changeset
3722 <para>
94a6b690e595 update x264's subq otion description
gpoirier
parents: 21899
diff changeset
3723 <option>subq=7</option> is the slowest, highest quality mode.
94a6b690e595 update x264's subq otion description
gpoirier
parents: 21899
diff changeset
3724 In comparison to <option>subq=6</option>, it usually gains 0.01-0.05 dB
94a6b690e595 update x264's subq otion description
gpoirier
parents: 21899
diff changeset
3725 global PSNR with speed costs varying from 15%-33%.
94a6b690e595 update x264's subq otion description
gpoirier
parents: 21899
diff changeset
3726 Since the tradeoff encoding time vs. quality is quite low, you should
94a6b690e595 update x264's subq otion description
gpoirier
parents: 21899
diff changeset
3727 only use it if you are after every bit saving and if encoding time is
94a6b690e595 update x264's subq otion description
gpoirier
parents: 21899
diff changeset
3728 not an issue.
94a6b690e595 update x264's subq otion description
gpoirier
parents: 21899
diff changeset
3729 </para>
21521
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diff changeset
3730 </listitem>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3731 <listitem>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3732 <para>
16080
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parents:
diff changeset
3733 <emphasis role="bold">frameref</emphasis>:
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3734 <option>frameref</option> is set to 1 by default, but this
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3735 should not be taken to imply that it is reasonable to set it to 1.
16080
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3736 Merely raising <option>frameref</option> to 2 gains around
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3737 0.15dB PSNR with a 5-10% speed penalty; this seems like a good tradeoff.
16080
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3738 <option>frameref=3</option> gains around 0.25dB PSNR over
21521
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torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3739 <option>frameref=1</option>, which should be a visible difference.
16080
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3740 <option>frameref=3</option> is around 15% slower than
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3741 <option>frameref=1</option>.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3742 Unfortunately, diminishing returns set in rapidly.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3743 <option>frameref=6</option> can be expected to gain only
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3744 0.05-0.1 dB over <option>frameref=3</option> at an additional
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3745 15% speed penalty.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3746 Above <option>frameref=6</option>, the quality gains are
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3747 usually very small (although you should keep in mind throughout
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3748 this whole discussion that it can vary quite a lot depending on your source).
16080
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3749 In a fairly typical case, <option>frameref=12</option>
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3750 will improve global PSNR by a tiny 0.02dB over
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3751 <option>frameref=6</option>, at a speed cost of 15%-20%.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3752 At such high <option>frameref</option> values, the only really
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3753 good thing that can be said is that increasing it even further will
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3754 almost certainly never <emphasis role="bold">harm</emphasis>
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3755 PSNR, but the additional quality benefits are barely even
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3756 measurable, let alone perceptible.
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3757 </para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3758 <note><title>Note:</title>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3759 <para>
16080
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3760 Raising <option>frameref</option> to unnecessarily high values
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3761 <emphasis role="bold">can</emphasis> and
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3762 <emphasis role="bold">usually does</emphasis>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3763 hurt coding efficiency if you turn CABAC off.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3764 With CABAC on (the default behavior), the possibility of setting
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3765 <option>frameref</option> "too high" currently seems too remote
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3766 to even worry about, and in the future, optimizations may remove
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3767 the possibility altogether.
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3768 </para></note>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3769 <para>
16080
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3770 If you care about speed, a reasonable compromise is to use low
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3771 <option>subq</option> and <option>frameref</option> values on
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3772 the first pass, and then raise them on the second pass.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3773 Typically, this has a negligible negative effect on the final
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3774 quality: You will probably lose well under 0.1dB PSNR, which
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3775 should be much too small of a difference to see.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3776 However, different values of <option>frameref</option> can
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3777 occasionally affect frametype decision.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3778 Most likely, these are rare outlying cases, but if you want to
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3779 be pretty sure, consider whether your video has either
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3780 fullscreen repetitive flashing patterns or very large temporary
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3781 occlusions which might force an I-frame.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3782 Adjust the first-pass <option>frameref</option> so it is large
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3783 enough to contain the duration of the flashing cycle (or occlusion).
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3784 For example, if the scene flashes back and forth between two images
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3785 over a duration of three frames, set the first pass
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3786 <option>frameref</option> to 3 or higher.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3787 This issue is probably extremely rare in live action video material,
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3788 but it does sometimes come up in video game captures.
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3789 </para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3790 </listitem>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3791 <listitem>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3792 <para>
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3793 <emphasis role="bold">me</emphasis>:
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3794 This option is for choosing the motion estimation search method.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3795 Altering this option provides a straightforward quality-vs-speed
20254
beca75a03355 Update x264 option names that changed with r20060
gpoirier
parents: 20037
diff changeset
3796 tradeoff. <option>me=dia</option> is only a few percent faster than
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3797 the default search, at a cost of under 0.1dB global PSNR. The
20254
beca75a03355 Update x264 option names that changed with r20060
gpoirier
parents: 20037
diff changeset
3798 default setting (<option>me=hex</option>) is a reasonable tradeoff
beca75a03355 Update x264 option names that changed with r20060
gpoirier
parents: 20037
diff changeset
3799 between speed and quality. <option>me=umh</option> gains a little under
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3800 0.1dB global PSNR, with a speed penalty that varies depending on
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3801 <option>frameref</option>. At high values of
20254
beca75a03355 Update x264 option names that changed with r20060
gpoirier
parents: 20037
diff changeset
3802 <option>frameref</option> (e.g. 12 or so), <option>me=umh</option>
beca75a03355 Update x264 option names that changed with r20060
gpoirier
parents: 20037
diff changeset
3803 is about 40% slower than the default <option> me=hex</option>. With
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3804 <option>frameref=3</option>, the speed penalty incurred drops to
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3805 25%-30%.
21521
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torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3806 </para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3807 <para>
20254
beca75a03355 Update x264 option names that changed with r20060
gpoirier
parents: 20037
diff changeset
3808 <option>me=esa</option> uses an exhaustive search that is too slow for
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3809 practical use.
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3810 </para>
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3811 </listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3812 <listitem><para>
20271
bb1bddc32870 Update x264 option names that changed with r20060
lorenm
parents: 20254
diff changeset
3813 <emphasis role="bold">partitions=all</emphasis>:
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
3814 This option enables the use of 8x4, 4x8 and 4x4 subpartitions in
20271
bb1bddc32870 Update x264 option names that changed with r20060
lorenm
parents: 20254
diff changeset
3815 predicted macroblocks (in addition to the default partitions).
bb1bddc32870 Update x264 option names that changed with r20060
lorenm
parents: 20254
diff changeset
3816 Enabling it results in a fairly consistent
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3817 10%-15% loss of speed. This option is rather useless in source
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3818 containing only low motion, however in some high-motion source,
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3819 particularly source with lots of small moving objects, gains of
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3820 about 0.1dB can be expected.
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3821 </para></listitem>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3822 <listitem>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3823 <para>
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3824 <emphasis role="bold">bframes</emphasis>:
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3825 If you are used to encoding with other codecs, you may have found
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3826 that B-frames are not always useful.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3827 In H.264, this has changed: there are new techniques and block
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3828 types that are possible in B-frames.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3829 Usually, even a naive B-frame choice algorithm can have a
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3830 significant PSNR benefit.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3831 It is interesting to note that using B-frames usually speeds up
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3832 the second pass somewhat, and may also speed up a single
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3833 pass encode if adaptive B-frame decision is turned off.
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3834 </para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3835 <para>
16080
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3836 With adaptive B-frame decision turned off
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3837 (<option>x264encopts</option>'s <option>nob_adapt</option>),
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3838 the optimal value for this setting is usually no more than
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3839 <option>bframes=1</option>, or else high-motion scenes can suffer.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3840 With adaptive B-frame decision on (the default behavior), it is
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3841 safe to use higher values; the encoder will reduce the use of
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3842 B-frames in scenes where they would hurt compression.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3843 The encoder rarely chooses to use more than 3 or 4 B-frames;
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3844 setting this option any higher will have little effect.
21521
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diff changeset
3845 </para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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diff changeset
3846 </listitem>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3847 <listitem>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3848 <para>
16080
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3849 <emphasis role="bold">b_adapt</emphasis>:
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3850 Note: This is on by default.
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3851 </para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3852 <para>
16080
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3853 With this option enabled, the encoder will use a reasonably fast
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3854 decision process to reduce the number of B-frames used in scenes that
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3855 might not benefit from them as much.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3856 You can use <option>b_bias</option> to tweak how B-frame-happy
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3857 the encoder is.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3858 The speed penalty of adaptive B-frames is currently rather modest,
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3859 but so is the potential quality gain.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3860 It usually does not hurt, however.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3861 Note that this only affects speed and frametype decision on the
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3862 first pass.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3863 <option>b_adapt</option> and <option>b_bias</option> have no
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3864 effect on subsequent passes.
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3865 </para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3866 </listitem>
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3867 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3868 <emphasis role="bold">b_pyramid</emphasis>:
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3869 You might as well enable this option if you are using >=2 B-frames;
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3870 as the man page says, you get a little quality improvement at no
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3871 speed cost.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3872 Note that these videos cannot be read by libavcodec-based decoders
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3873 older than about March 5, 2005.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3874 </para></listitem>
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3875 <listitem>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3876 <para>
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3877 <emphasis role="bold">weight_b</emphasis>:
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3878 In typical cases, there is not much gain with this option.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3879 However, in crossfades or fade-to-black scenes, weighted
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3880 prediction gives rather large bitrate savings.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3881 In MPEG-4 ASP, a fade-to-black is usually best coded as a series
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3882 of expensive I-frames; using weighted prediction in B-frames
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3883 makes it possible to turn at least some of these into much smaller
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3884 B-frames.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3885 Encoding time cost is minimal, as no extra decisions need to be made.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3886 Also, contrary to what some people seem to guess, the decoder
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3887 CPU requirements are not much affected by weighted prediction,
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3888 all else being equal.
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3889 </para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3890 <para>
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3891 Unfortunately, the current adaptive B-frame decision algorithm
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3892 has a strong tendency to avoid B-frames during fades.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3893 Until this changes, it may be a good idea to add
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3894 <option>nob_adapt</option> to your x264encopts, if you expect
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3895 fades to have a large effect in your particular video
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3896 clip.
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3897 </para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3898 </listitem>
21914
88ab6170fb69 update and factorize information about x264's multi-threading mode
gpoirier
parents: 21913
diff changeset
3899 <listitem id="menc-feat-x264-encoding-options-speedvquality-threads">
88ab6170fb69 update and factorize information about x264's multi-threading mode
gpoirier
parents: 21913
diff changeset
3900 <para>
88ab6170fb69 update and factorize information about x264's multi-threading mode
gpoirier
parents: 21913
diff changeset
3901 <emphasis role="bold">threads</emphasis>:
88ab6170fb69 update and factorize information about x264's multi-threading mode
gpoirier
parents: 21913
diff changeset
3902 This option allows to spawn threads to encode in parallel on multiple CPUs.
88ab6170fb69 update and factorize information about x264's multi-threading mode
gpoirier
parents: 21913
diff changeset
3903 You can manually select the number of threads to be created or, better, set
88ab6170fb69 update and factorize information about x264's multi-threading mode
gpoirier
parents: 21913
diff changeset
3904 <option>threads=auto</option> and let
88ab6170fb69 update and factorize information about x264's multi-threading mode
gpoirier
parents: 21913
diff changeset
3905 <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> detect how many CPUs are
88ab6170fb69 update and factorize information about x264's multi-threading mode
gpoirier
parents: 21913
diff changeset
3906 available and pick an appropriate number of threads.
88ab6170fb69 update and factorize information about x264's multi-threading mode
gpoirier
parents: 21913
diff changeset
3907 If you have a multi-processor machine, you should really consider using it
88ab6170fb69 update and factorize information about x264's multi-threading mode
gpoirier
parents: 21913
diff changeset
3908 as it can to increase encoding speed linearly with the number of CPU cores
88ab6170fb69 update and factorize information about x264's multi-threading mode
gpoirier
parents: 21913
diff changeset
3909 (about 94% per CPU core), with very little quality reduction (about 0.005dB
88ab6170fb69 update and factorize information about x264's multi-threading mode
gpoirier
parents: 21913
diff changeset
3910 for dual processor, about 0.01dB for a quad processor machine).
88ab6170fb69 update and factorize information about x264's multi-threading mode
gpoirier
parents: 21913
diff changeset
3911 </para>
88ab6170fb69 update and factorize information about x264's multi-threading mode
gpoirier
parents: 21913
diff changeset
3912 </listitem>
16080
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3913 </itemizedlist>
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3914 </sect3>
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3915
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3916
16080
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3917 <sect3 id="menc-feat-x264-encoding-options-misc-preferences">
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3918 <title>Options pertaining to miscellaneous preferences</title>
21521
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
3919
16080
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3920 <itemizedlist>
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3921 <listitem>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3922 <para>
16080
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3923 <emphasis role="bold">Two pass encoding</emphasis>:
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3924 Above, it was suggested to always use two pass encoding, but there
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3925 are still reasons for not using it. For instance, if you are capturing
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3926 live TV and encoding in realtime, you are forced to use single-pass.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3927 Also, one pass is obviously faster than two passes; if you use the
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3928 exact same set of options on both passes, two pass encoding is almost
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3929 twice as slow.
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3930 </para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3931 <para>
16080
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3932 Still, there are very good reasons for using two pass encoding. For
16340
5ceeeb85804c Avoid short forms.
diego
parents: 16339
diff changeset
3933 one thing, single pass ratecontrol is not psychic, and it often makes
5ceeeb85804c Avoid short forms.
diego
parents: 16339
diff changeset
3934 unreasonable choices because it cannot see the big picture. For example,
16080
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3935 suppose you have a two minute long video consisting of two distinct
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3936 halves. The first half is a very high-motion scene lasting 60 seconds
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3937 which, in isolation, requires about 2500kbps in order to look decent.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3938 Immediately following it is a much less demanding 60-second scene
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3939 that looks good at 300kbps. Suppose you ask for 1400kbps on the theory
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3940 that this is enough to accomodate both scenes. Single pass ratecontrol
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3941 will make a couple of "mistakes" in such a case. First of all, it
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3942 will target 1400kbps in both segments. The first segment may end up
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3943 heavily overquantized, causing it to look unacceptably and unreasonably
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3944 blocky. The second segment will be heavily underquantized; it may look
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3945 perfect, but the bitrate cost of that perfection will be completely
16340
5ceeeb85804c Avoid short forms.
diego
parents: 16339
diff changeset
3946 unreasonable. What is even harder to avoid is the problem at the
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3947 transition between the two scenes. The first seconds of the low motion
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3948 half will be hugely over-quantized, because the ratecontrol is still
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3949 expecting the kind of bitrate requirements it met in the first half
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3950 of the video. This "error period" of heavily over-quantized low motion
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3951 will look jarringly bad, and will actually use less than the 300kbps
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3952 it would have taken to make it look decent. There are ways to
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3953 mitigate the pitfalls of single-pass encoding, but they may tend to
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3954 increase bitrate misprediction.
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3955 </para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
3956 <para>
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3957 Multipass ratecontrol can offer huge advantages over a single pass.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3958 Using the statistics gathered from the first pass encode, the encoder
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3959 can estimate, with reasonable accuracy, the "cost" (in bits) of
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3960 encoding any given frame, at any given quantizer. This allows for
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3961 a much more rational, better planned allocation of bits between the
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
3962 expensive (high-motion) and cheap (low-motion) scenes. See
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
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3963 <option>qcomp</option> below for some ideas on how to tweak this
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parents:
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3964 allocation to your liking.
21521
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diff changeset
3965 </para>
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diff changeset
3966 <para>
16080
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diff changeset
3967 Moreover, two passes need not take twice as long as one pass. You can
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3968 tweak the options in the first pass for higher speed and lower quality.
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diff changeset
3969 If you choose your options well, you can get a very fast first pass.
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3970 The resulting quality in the second pass will be slightly lower because size
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3971 prediction is less accurate, but the quality difference is normally much
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3972 too small to be visible. Try, for example, adding
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3973 <option>subq=1:frameref=1</option> to the first pass
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3974 <option>x264encopts</option>. Then, on the second pass, use slower,
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3975 higher-quality options:
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parents: 20254
diff changeset
3976 <option>subq=6:frameref=15:partitions=all:me=umh</option>
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3977 </para>
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3978 </listitem>
16080
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parents:
diff changeset
3979 <listitem><para>
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diff changeset
3980 <emphasis role="bold">Three pass encoding</emphasis>?
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3981 x264 offers the ability to make an arbitrary number of consecutive
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3982 passes. If you specify <option>pass=1</option> on the first pass,
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3983 then use <option>pass=3</option> on a subsequent pass, the subsequent
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3984 pass will both read the statistics from the previous pass, and write
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parents:
diff changeset
3985 its own statistics. An additional pass following this one will have
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parents:
diff changeset
3986 a very good base from which to make highly accurate predictions of
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diff changeset
3987 framesizes at a chosen quantizer. In practice, the overall quality
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diff changeset
3988 gain from this is usually close to zero, and quite possibly a third
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diff changeset
3989 pass will result in slightly worse global PSNR than the pass before
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diff changeset
3990 it. In typical usage, three passes help if you get either bad bitrate
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diff changeset
3991 prediction or bad looking scene transitions when using only two passes.
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diff changeset
3992 This is somewhat likely to happen on extremely short clips. There are
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diff changeset
3993 also a few special cases in which three (or more) passes are handy
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diff changeset
3994 for advanced users, but for brevity, this guide omits discussing those
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parents:
diff changeset
3995 special cases.
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parents:
diff changeset
3996 </para></listitem>
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parents:
diff changeset
3997 <listitem><para>
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diff changeset
3998 <emphasis role="bold">qcomp</emphasis>:
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3999 <option>qcomp</option> trades off the number of bits allocated
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diff changeset
4000 to "expensive" high-motion versus "cheap" low-motion frames. At
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4001 one extreme, <option>qcomp=0</option> aims for true constant
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diff changeset
4002 bitrate. Typically this would make high-motion scenes look completely
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diff changeset
4003 awful, while low-motion scenes would probably look absolutely
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diff changeset
4004 perfect, but would also use many times more bitrate than they
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diff changeset
4005 would need in order to look merely excellent. At the other extreme,
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diff changeset
4006 <option>qcomp=1</option> achieves nearly constant quantization parameter
16340
5ceeeb85804c Avoid short forms.
diego
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diff changeset
4007 (QP). Constant QP does not look bad, but most people think it is more
16080
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diff changeset
4008 reasonable to shave some bitrate off of the extremely expensive scenes
16340
5ceeeb85804c Avoid short forms.
diego
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diff changeset
4009 (where the loss of quality is not as noticeable) and reallocate it to
16080
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diff changeset
4010 the scenes that are easier to encode at excellent quality.
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diff changeset
4011 <option>qcomp</option> is set to 0.6 by default, which may be slightly
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diff changeset
4012 low for many peoples' taste (0.7-0.8 are also commonly used).
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diff changeset
4013 </para></listitem>
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diff changeset
4014 <listitem><para>
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diff changeset
4015 <emphasis role="bold">keyint</emphasis>:
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diff changeset
4016 <option>keyint</option> is solely for trading off file seekability against
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diff changeset
4017 coding efficiency. By default, <option>keyint</option> is set to 250. In
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4018 25fps material, this guarantees the ability to seek to within 10 seconds
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diff changeset
4019 precision. If you think it would be important and useful to be able to
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diff changeset
4020 seek within 5 seconds of precision, set <option>keyint=125</option>;
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4021 this will hurt quality/bitrate slightly. If you care only about quality
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diff changeset
4022 and not about seekability, you can set it to much higher values
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4023 (understanding that there are diminishing returns which may become
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diff changeset
4024 vanishingly low, or even zero). The video stream will still have seekable
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diff changeset
4025 points as long as there are some scene changes.
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diff changeset
4026 </para></listitem>
21521
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4027 <listitem>
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diff changeset
4028 <para>
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beca75a03355 Update x264 option names that changed with r20060
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diff changeset
4029 <emphasis role="bold">deblock</emphasis>:
16080
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diff changeset
4030 This topic is going to be a bit controversial.
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diff changeset
4031 </para>
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diff changeset
4032 <para>
16080
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diff changeset
4033 H.264 defines a simple deblocking procedure on I-blocks that uses
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diff changeset
4034 pre-set strengths and thresholds depending on the QP of the block
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diff changeset
4035 in question.
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diff changeset
4036 By default, high QP blocks are filtered heavily, and low QP blocks
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diff changeset
4037 are not deblocked at all.
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diff changeset
4038 The pre-set strengths defined by the standard are well-chosen and
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diff changeset
4039 the odds are very good that they are PSNR-optimal for whatever
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diff changeset
4040 video you are trying to encode.
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4041 The <option>deblock</option> allow you to specify offsets to the preset
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4042 deblocking thresholds.
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4043 </para>
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diff changeset
4044 <para>
16080
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diff changeset
4045 Many people seem to think it is a good idea to lower the deblocking
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diff changeset
4046 filter strength by large amounts (say, -3).
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diff changeset
4047 This is however almost never a good idea, and in most cases,
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diff changeset
4048 people who are doing this do not understand very well how
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diff changeset
4049 deblocking works by default.
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4050 </para>
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diff changeset
4051 <para>
16080
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diff changeset
4052 The first and most important thing to know about the in-loop
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diff changeset
4053 deblocking filter is that the default thresholds are almost always
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parents:
diff changeset
4054 PSNR-optimal.
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parents:
diff changeset
4055 In the rare cases that they are not optimal, the ideal offset is
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parents:
diff changeset
4056 plus or minus 1.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
4057 Adjusting deblocking parameters by a larger amount is almost
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diff changeset
4058 guaranteed to hurt PSNR.
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diff changeset
4059 Strengthening the filter will smear more details; weakening the
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parents:
diff changeset
4060 filter will increase the appearance of blockiness.
21521
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diff changeset
4061 </para>
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
4062 <para>
16080
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diff changeset
4063 It is definitely a bad idea to lower the deblocking thresholds if
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
4064 your source is mainly low in spacial complexity (i.e., not a lot
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parents:
diff changeset
4065 of detail or noise).
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diff changeset
4066 The in-loop filter does a rather excellent job of concealing
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parents:
diff changeset
4067 the artifacts that occur.
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diff changeset
4068 If the source is high in spacial complexity, however, artifacts
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diff changeset
4069 are less noticeable.
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diff changeset
4070 This is because the ringing tends to look like detail or noise.
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diff changeset
4071 Human visual perception easily notices when detail is removed,
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diff changeset
4072 but it does not so easily notice when the noise is wrongly
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diff changeset
4073 represented.
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gpoirier
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diff changeset
4074 When it comes to subjective quality, noise and detail are somewhat
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parents:
diff changeset
4075 interchangeable.
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parents:
diff changeset
4076 By lowering the deblocking filter strength, you are most likely
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diff changeset
4077 increasing error by adding ringing artifacts, but the eye does
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diff changeset
4078 not notice because it confuses the artifacts with detail.
21521
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diff changeset
4079 </para>
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diff changeset
4080 <para>
16080
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diff changeset
4081 This <emphasis role="bold">still</emphasis> does not justify
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parents:
diff changeset
4082 lowering the deblocking filter strength, however.
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parents:
diff changeset
4083 You can generally get better quality noise from postprocessing.
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diff changeset
4084 If your H.264 encodes look too blurry or smeared, try playing with
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diff changeset
4085 <option>-vf noise</option> when you play your encoded movie.
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parents:
diff changeset
4086 <option>-vf noise=8a:4a</option> should conceal most mild
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parents:
diff changeset
4087 artifacting.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
4088 It will almost certainly look better than the results you
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4089 would have gotten just by fiddling with the deblocking filter.
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4090 </para>
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4091 </listitem>
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4092 </itemizedlist>
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4093 </sect3>
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4094 </sect2>
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4095
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4096 <!-- ********** -->
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4097
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4098 <sect2 id="menc-feat-x264-example-settings">
16599
ec3b4dcfc5f9 Nits noticed by Diego
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4099 <title>Encoding setting examples</title>
16277
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4100
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4101 <para>
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4102 The following settings are examples of different encoding
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4103 option combinations that affect the speed vs quality tradeoff
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4104 at the same target bitrate.
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4105 </para>
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4106
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4107 <para>
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4108 All the encoding settings were tested on a 720x448 @30000/1001 fps
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4109 video sample, the target bitrate was 900kbps, and the machine was an
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4110 AMD-64 3400+ at 2400 MHz in 64 bits mode.
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4111 Each encoding setting features the measured encoding speed (in
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4112 frames per second) and the PSNR loss (in dB) compared to the "very
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4113 high quality" setting.
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4114 Please understand that depending on your source, your machine type
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4115 and development advancements, you may get very different results.
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4116 </para>
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4117
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4118 <informaltable frame="all">
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gpoirier
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4119 <tgroup cols="4">
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4120 <thead>
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4121 <row>
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4122 <entry>Description</entry>
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4123 <entry>Encoding options</entry>
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4124 <entry>speed (in fps)</entry>
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4125 <entry>Relative PSNR loss (in dB)</entry>
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4126 </row>
16596
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4127 </thead>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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4128 <tbody>
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gpoirier
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4129 <row>
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gpoirier
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4130 <entry>Very high quality</entry>
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4131 <entry><option>subq=6:partitions=all:8x8dct:me=umh:frameref=5:bframes=3:b_pyramid:weight_b</option></entry>
16596
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gpoirier
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4132 <entry>6fps</entry>
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gpoirier
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4133 <entry>0dB</entry>
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gpoirier
parents: 16558
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4134 </row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
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4135 <row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
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4136 <entry>High quality</entry>
20271
bb1bddc32870 Update x264 option names that changed with r20060
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4137 <entry><option>subq=5:8x8dct:frameref=2:bframes=3:b_pyramid:weight_b</option></entry>
16596
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gpoirier
parents: 16558
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4138 <entry>13fps</entry>
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gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
4139 <entry>-0.89dB</entry>
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gpoirier
parents: 16558
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4140 </row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
4141 <row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
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4142 <entry>Fast</entry>
16606
7a06ad5c5b2c the "psnr" option doesn't really need to be in the encoding setting examples.
gpoirier
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4143 <entry><option>subq=4:bframes=2:b_pyramid:weight_b</option></entry>
16596
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gpoirier
parents: 16558
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4144 <entry>17fps</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
4145 <entry>-1.48dB</entry>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
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4146 </row>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
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4147 </tbody>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
diff changeset
4148 </tgroup>
0e73f31bfc6a Adds encoding setting examples for lavc and XviD.
gpoirier
parents: 16558
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4149 </informaltable>
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4150 </sect2>
16080
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4151 </sect1>
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4152
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4153
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4154 <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
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4155
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4156
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4157 <sect1 id="menc-feat-video-for-windows">
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diego
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4158 <title>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4159 Encoding with the <systemitem class="library">Video For Windows</systemitem>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4160 codec family
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diego
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4161 </title>
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4162
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diego
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4163 <para>
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diego
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diff changeset
4164 Video for Windows provides simple encoding by means of binary video codecs.
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diego
parents: 22122
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4165 You can encode with the following codecs (if you have more, please tell us!)
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diego
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4166 </para>
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diego
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4167
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4168 <para>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4169 Note that support for this is very experimental and some codecs may not work
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4170 correctly. Some codecs will only work in certain colorspaces, try
90467315bde4 Move all "Encoding with the XXX codec family" sections together.
diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4171 <option>-vf format=bgr24</option> and <option>-vf format=yuy2</option>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4172 if a codec fails or gives wrong output.
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diego
parents: 22122
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4173 </para>
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diego
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4174
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diego
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4175 <!-- ********** -->
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diego
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4176
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4177 <sect2 id="menc-feat-enc-vfw-video-codecs">
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diego
parents: 22122
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4178 <title>Video for Windows supported codecs</title>
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diego
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4179
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4180 <para>
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diego
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4181 <informaltable frame="all">
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diego
parents: 22122
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4182 <tgroup cols="4">
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diego
parents: 22122
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4183 <thead>
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diego
parents: 22122
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4184 <row>
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parents: 22122
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4185 <entry>Video codec file name</entry>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4186 <entry>Description (FourCC)</entry>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4187 <entry>md5sum</entry>
90467315bde4 Move all "Encoding with the XXX codec family" sections together.
diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4188 <entry>Comment</entry>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4189 </row>
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diego
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4190 </thead>
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diego
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4191 <tbody>
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diego
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4192 <row>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4193 <entry>aslcodec_vfw.dll</entry>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4194 <entry>Alparysoft lossless codec vfw (ASLC)</entry>
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diego
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4195 <entry>608af234a6ea4d90cdc7246af5f3f29a</entry>
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diego
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4196 <entry></entry>
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diego
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4197 </row>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4198 <row>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4199 <entry>avimszh.dll</entry>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4200 <entry>AVImszh (MSZH)</entry>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4201 <entry>253118fe1eedea04a95ed6e5f4c28878</entry>
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diego
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4202 <entry>needs <option>-vf format</option></entry>
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diego
parents: 22122
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4203 </row>
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diego
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diff changeset
4204 <row>
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diego
parents: 22122
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4205 <entry>avizlib.dll</entry>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4206 <entry>AVIzlib (ZLIB)</entry>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4207 <entry>2f1cc76bbcf6d77d40d0e23392fa8eda</entry>
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diego
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4208 <entry></entry>
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diego
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4209 </row>
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diego
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diff changeset
4210 <row>
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diego
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4211 <entry>divx.dll</entry>
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diego
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4212 <entry>DivX4Windows-VFW</entry>
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diego
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diff changeset
4213 <entry>acf35b2fc004a89c829531555d73f1e6</entry>
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diego
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4214 <entry></entry>
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4215 </row>
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diego
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4216 <row>
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diego
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diff changeset
4217 <entry>huffyuv.dll</entry>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4218 <entry>HuffYUV (lossless) (HFYU)</entry>
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diego
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4219 <entry>b74695b50230be4a6ef2c4293a58ac3b</entry>
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diego
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diff changeset
4220 <entry></entry>
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diego
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4221 </row>
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diego
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diff changeset
4222 <row>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4223 <entry>iccvid.dll</entry>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4224 <entry>Cinepak Video (cvid)</entry>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4225 <entry>cb3b7ee47ba7dbb3d23d34e274895133</entry>
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diego
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diff changeset
4226 <entry></entry>
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4227 </row>
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diego
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diff changeset
4228 <row>
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diego
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diff changeset
4229 <entry>icmw_32.dll</entry>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4230 <entry>Motion Wavelets (MWV1)</entry>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4231 <entry>c9618a8fc73ce219ba918e3e09e227f2</entry>
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diego
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diff changeset
4232 <entry></entry>
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diego
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4233 </row>
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diego
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4234 <row>
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diego
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diff changeset
4235 <entry>jp2avi.dll</entry>
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diego
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diff changeset
4236 <entry>ImagePower MJPEG2000 (IPJ2)</entry>
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diego
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diff changeset
4237 <entry>d860a11766da0d0ea064672c6833768b</entry>
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diego
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diff changeset
4238 <entry><option>-vf flip</option></entry>
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diego
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4239 </row>
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diego
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4240 <row>
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diego
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diff changeset
4241 <entry>m3jp2k32.dll</entry>
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4242 <entry>Morgan MJPEG2000 (MJ2C)</entry>
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diego
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diff changeset
4243 <entry>f3c174edcbaef7cb947d6357cdfde7ff</entry>
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diego
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4244 <entry></entry>
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4245 </row>
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diego
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4246 <row>
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diego
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4247 <entry>m3jpeg32.dll</entry>
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diego
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diff changeset
4248 <entry>Morgan Motion JPEG Codec (MJPG)</entry>
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diego
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diff changeset
4249 <entry>1cd13fff5960aa2aae43790242c323b1</entry>
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diego
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4250 <entry></entry>
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4251 </row>
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4252 <row>
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4253 <entry>mpg4c32.dll</entry>
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4254 <entry>Microsoft MPEG-4 v1/v2</entry>
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4255 <entry>b5791ea23f33010d37ab8314681f1256</entry>
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4256 <entry></entry>
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4257 </row>
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4258 <row>
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4259 <entry>tsccvid.dll</entry>
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4260 <entry>TechSmith Camtasia Screen Codec (TSCC)</entry>
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4261 <entry>8230d8560c41d444f249802a2700d1d5</entry>
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4262 <entry>shareware error on windows</entry>
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4263 </row>
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4264 <row>
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4265 <entry>vp31vfw.dll</entry>
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4266 <entry>On2 Open Source VP3 Codec (VP31)</entry>
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4267 <entry>845f3590ea489e2e45e876ab107ee7d2</entry>
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4268 <entry></entry>
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4269 </row>
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4270 <row>
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4271 <entry>vp4vfw.dll</entry>
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diego
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4272 <entry>On2 VP4 Personal Codec (VP40)</entry>
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diego
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4273 <entry>fc5480a482ccc594c2898dcc4188b58f</entry>
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4274 <entry></entry>
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4275 </row>
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4276 <row>
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4277 <entry>vp6vfw.dll</entry>
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diego
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4278 <entry>On2 VP6 Personal Codec (VP60)</entry>
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diego
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4279 <entry>04d635a364243013898fd09484f913fb</entry>
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4280 <entry></entry>
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4281 </row>
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4282 <row>
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4283 <entry>vp7vfw.dll</entry>
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diego
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4284 <entry>On2 VP7 Personal Codec (VP70)</entry>
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4285 <entry>cb4cc3d4ea7c94a35f1d81c3d750bc8d</entry>
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diego
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4286 <entry>wrong FourCC?</entry>
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diego
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4287 </row>
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4288 <row>
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4289 <entry>ViVD2.dll</entry>
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diego
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4290 <entry>SoftMedia ViVD V2 codec VfW (GXVE)</entry>
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4291 <entry>a7b4bf5cac630bb9262c3f80d8a773a1</entry>
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4292 <entry></entry>
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4293 </row>
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4294 <row>
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4295 <entry>msulvc06.DLL</entry>
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diego
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4296 <entry>MSU Lossless codec (MSUD)</entry>
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4297 <entry>294bf9288f2f127bb86f00bfcc9ccdda</entry>
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4298 <entry>
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4299 Decodable by <application>Window Media Player</application>,
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diego
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4300 not <application>MPlayer</application> (yet).
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4301 </entry>
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4302 </row>
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4303 <row>
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4304 <entry>camcodec.dll</entry>
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diego
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4305 <entry>CamStudio lossless video codec (CSCD)</entry>
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diego
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4306 <entry>0efe97ce08bb0e40162ab15ef3b45615</entry>
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diego
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4307 <entry>sf.net/projects/camstudio</entry>
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diego
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4308 </row>
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diego
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4309 </tbody>
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4310 </tgroup>
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4311 </informaltable>
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4312
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4313 The first column contains the codec names that should be passed after the
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diego
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4314 <literal>codec</literal> parameter,
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diego
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4315 like: <option>-xvfwopts codec=divx.dll</option>
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4316 The FourCC code used by each codec is given in the parentheses.
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4317 </para>
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4318
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4319 <informalexample>
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diego
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4320 <para>
22395
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diff changeset
4321 An example to convert an ISO DVD trailer to a VP6 flash video file
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4322 using compdata bitrate settings:
22123
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diego
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4323 <screen>
22395
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compn
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diff changeset
4324 mencoder -dvd-device <replaceable>zeiram.iso</replaceable> dvd://7 -o <replaceable>trailer.flv</replaceable> \
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4325 -ovc vfw -xvfwopts codec=vp6vfw.dll:compdata=onepass.mcf -oac mp3lame \
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compn
parents: 22123
diff changeset
4326 -lameopts cbr:br=64 -af lavcresample=22050 -vf yadif,scale=320:240,flip \
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compn
parents: 22123
diff changeset
4327 -of lavf -lavfopts i_certify_that_my_video_stream_does_not_use_b_frames
22123
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diego
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4328 </screen>
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diego
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4329 </para>
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4330 </informalexample>
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4331 </sect2>
22395
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compn
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4332
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diff changeset
4333 <sect2 id="menc-feat-video-for-windows-bitrate-settings">
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compn
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4334 <title>Using vfw2menc to create a codec settings file.</title>
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compn
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4335
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compn
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4336 <para>
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compn
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diff changeset
4337 To encode with the Video for Windows codecs, you will need to set bitrate
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compn
parents: 22123
diff changeset
4338 and other options. This is known to work on x86 on both *NIX and Windows.
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compn
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4339 </para>
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compn
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4340 <para>
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compn
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diff changeset
4341 First you must build the <application>vfw2menc</application> program.
22552
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compn
parents: 22529
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4342 It is located in the <filename class="directory">TOOLS</filename> subdirectory
fca4fb6bba35 dont start newline with a space and readd subdirectory
compn
parents: 22529
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4343 of the MPlayer source tree.
22395
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compn
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diff changeset
4344 To build on Linux, this can be done using <application>Wine</application>:
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compn
parents: 22123
diff changeset
4345 <screen>winegcc vfw2menc.c -o vfw2menc -lwinmm -lole32</screen>
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compn
parents: 22123
diff changeset
4346
22529
1f6b48b2abcd fix up some longer than 80 char lines , and use suggestion from Diego.
compn
parents: 22395
diff changeset
4347 To build on Windows in <application>MinGW</application> or
1f6b48b2abcd fix up some longer than 80 char lines , and use suggestion from Diego.
compn
parents: 22395
diff changeset
4348 <application>Cygwin</application> use:
22395
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compn
parents: 22123
diff changeset
4349 <screen>gcc vfw2menc.c -o vfw2menc.exe -lwinmm -lole32</screen>
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compn
parents: 22123
diff changeset
4350
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compn
parents: 22123
diff changeset
4351 To build on <application>MSVC</application> you will need getopt.
22552
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compn
parents: 22529
diff changeset
4352 Getopt can be found in the original <application>vfw2menc</application>
fca4fb6bba35 dont start newline with a space and readd subdirectory
compn
parents: 22529
diff changeset
4353 archive available at:
22395
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compn
parents: 22123
diff changeset
4354 The <ulink url="http://oss.netfarm.it/mplayer-win32.php">MPlayer on win32</ulink> project.
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compn
parents: 22123
diff changeset
4355 </para>
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compn
parents: 22123
diff changeset
4356 <informalexample>
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compn
parents: 22123
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4357 <para>
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compn
parents: 22123
diff changeset
4358 Below is an example with the VP6 codec.
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compn
parents: 22123
diff changeset
4359 <screen>
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compn
parents: 22123
diff changeset
4360 vfw2menc -f VP62 -d vp6vfw.dll -s firstpass.mcf
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compn
parents: 22123
diff changeset
4361 </screen>
22552
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compn
parents: 22529
diff changeset
4362 This will open the VP6 codec dialog window.
fca4fb6bba35 dont start newline with a space and readd subdirectory
compn
parents: 22529
diff changeset
4363 Repeat this step for the second pass
22395
797bb7683eb0 add xvfwopts compdata and vfw2menc documentation and change to better mencoder example
compn
parents: 22123
diff changeset
4364 and use <option>-s <replaceable>secondpass.mcf</replaceable></option>.
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compn
parents: 22123
diff changeset
4365 </para>
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compn
parents: 22123
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4366 </informalexample>
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compn
parents: 22123
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4367 <para>
22552
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compn
parents: 22529
diff changeset
4368 Windows users can use
fca4fb6bba35 dont start newline with a space and readd subdirectory
compn
parents: 22529
diff changeset
4369 <option>-xvfwopts codec=vp6vfw.dll:compdata=dialog</option> to have
22395
797bb7683eb0 add xvfwopts compdata and vfw2menc documentation and change to better mencoder example
compn
parents: 22123
diff changeset
4370 the codec dialog display before encoding starts.
797bb7683eb0 add xvfwopts compdata and vfw2menc documentation and change to better mencoder example
compn
parents: 22123
diff changeset
4371 </para>
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compn
parents: 22123
diff changeset
4372 </sect2>
22123
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4373 </sect1>
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diego
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4374
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diego
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4375
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diego
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diff changeset
4376 <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
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4377
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diego
parents: 22122
diff changeset
4378
21843
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gpoirier
parents: 21831
diff changeset
4379 <sect1 id="menc-feat-quicktime-7">
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gpoirier
parents: 21831
diff changeset
4380 <title>Using <application>MEncoder</application> to create
7e5c4075fcdf explain how to use MEncoder to create QuickTime-compatible files
gpoirier
parents: 21831
diff changeset
4381 <application>QuickTime</application>-compatible files</title>
7e5c4075fcdf explain how to use MEncoder to create QuickTime-compatible files
gpoirier
parents: 21831
diff changeset
4382
7e5c4075fcdf explain how to use MEncoder to create QuickTime-compatible files
gpoirier
parents: 21831
diff changeset
4383
7e5c4075fcdf explain how to use MEncoder to create QuickTime-compatible files
gpoirier
parents: 21831
diff changeset
4384 <sect2 id="menc-feat-quicktime-7-why-use-it">
7e5c4075fcdf explain how to use MEncoder to create QuickTime-compatible files
gpoirier
parents: 21831
diff changeset
4385 <title>Why would one want to produce <application>QuickTime</application>-compatible Files?</title>
7e5c4075fcdf explain how to use MEncoder to create QuickTime-compatible files
gpoirier
parents: 21831
diff changeset
4386
7e5c4075fcdf explain how to use MEncoder to create QuickTime-compatible files
gpoirier
parents: 21831
diff changeset
4387 <para>
7e5c4075fcdf explain how to use MEncoder to create QuickTime-compatible files
gpoirier
parents: 21831
diff changeset
4388 There are several reasons why producing
7e5c4075fcdf explain how to use MEncoder to create QuickTime-compatible files
gpoirier
parents: 21831
diff changeset
4389 <application>QuickTime</application>-compatible files can be desirable.
7e5c4075fcdf explain how to use MEncoder to create QuickTime-compatible files
gpoirier
parents: 21831
diff changeset
4390 </para>
7e5c4075fcdf explain how to use MEncoder to create QuickTime-compatible files
gpoirier
parents: 21831
diff changeset
4391 <itemizedlist>
7e5c4075fcdf explain how to use MEncoder to create QuickTime-compatible files
gpoirier
parents: 21831
diff changeset
4392 <listitem><para>
7e5c4075fcdf explain how to use MEncoder to create QuickTime-compatible files
gpoirier
parents: 21831
diff changeset
4393 You want any computer illiterate to be able to watch your encode on
21915
17e8429c3a57 fixes suggested by Diego
gpoirier
parents: 21914
diff changeset
4394 any major platform (Windows, Mac OS X, Unices &hellip;).
21843
7e5c4075fcdf explain how to use MEncoder to create QuickTime-compatible files
gpoirier
parents: 21831
diff changeset
4395 </para></listitem>
7e5c4075fcdf explain how to use MEncoder to create QuickTime-compatible files
gpoirier
parents: 21831
diff changeset
4396 <listitem><para>
7e5c4075fcdf explain how to use MEncoder to create QuickTime-compatible files
gpoirier
parents: 21831
diff changeset
4397 <application>QuickTime</application> is able to take advantage of more
21915
17e8429c3a57 fixes suggested by Diego
gpoirier
parents: 21914
diff changeset
4398 hardware and software acceleration features of Mac OS X than
21843
7e5c4075fcdf explain how to use MEncoder to create QuickTime-compatible files
gpoirier
parents: 21831
diff changeset
4399 platform-independent players like <application>MPlayer</application>
7e5c4075fcdf explain how to use MEncoder to create QuickTime-compatible files
gpoirier
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4400 or <application>VLC</application>.
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4401 That means that your encodes have a chance to be played smoothly by older
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4402 G4-powered machines.
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4403 </para></listitem>
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4404 <listitem><para>
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4405 <application>QuickTime</application> 7 supports the next-generation codec H.264,
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4406 which yields significantly better picture quality than previous codec
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4407 generations (MPEG-2, MPEG-4 &hellip;).
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4408 </para></listitem>
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4409 </itemizedlist>
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4410 </sect2>
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4411
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4412 <sect2 id="menc-feat-quicktime-7-constraints">
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4413 <title><application>QuickTime</application> 7 limitations</title>
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4414
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4415 <para>
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4416 <application>QuickTime</application> 7 supports H.264 video and AAC audio,
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4417 but it does not support them muxed in the AVI container format.
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4418 However, you can use <application>MEncoder</application> to encode
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4419 the video and audio, and then use an external program such as
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4420 <application>mp4creator</application> (part of the
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4421 <ulink url="http://mpeg4ip.sourceforge.net/">MPEG4IP suite</ulink>)
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4422 to remux the video and audio tracks into an MP4 container.
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4423 </para>
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4424
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4425 <para>
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4426 <application>QuickTime</application>'s support for H.264 is limited,
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4427 so you will need to drop some advanced features.
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4428 If you encode your video with features that
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4429 <application>QuickTime</application> 7 does not support,
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4430 <application>QuickTime</application>-based players will show you a pretty
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4431 white screen instead of your expected video.
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4432 </para>
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4433
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4434 <itemizedlist>
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4435 <listitem><para>
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4436 <emphasis role="bold">B-frames</emphasis>:
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4437 <application>QuickTime</application> 7 supports a maximum of 1 B-frame, i.e.
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4438 <option>-x264encopts bframes=1</option>. This means that
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4439 <option>b_pyramid</option> and <option>weight_b</option> will have no
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4440 effect, since they require <option>bframes</option> to be greater than 1.
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4441 </para></listitem>
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4442 <listitem><para>
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4443 <emphasis role="bold">Macroblocks</emphasis>:
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4444 <application>QuickTime</application> 7 does not support 8x8 DCT macroblocks.
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4445 This option (<option>8x8dct</option>) is off by default, so just be sure
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4446 not to explicitly enable it. This also means that the <option>i8x8</option>
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4447 option will have no effect, since it requires <option>8x8dct</option>.
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4448 </para></listitem>
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4449 <listitem><para>
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4450 <emphasis role="bold">Aspect ratio</emphasis>:
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4451 <application>QuickTime</application> 7 does not support SAR (sample
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4452 aspect ratio) information in MPEG-4 files; it assumes that SAR=1. Read
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4453 <link linkend="menc-feat-quicktime-7-scale">the section on scaling</link>
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4454 for a workaround.
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4455 </para></listitem>
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4456 </itemizedlist>
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4457
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4458 </sect2>
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4459
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4460 <sect2 id="menc-feat-quicktime-7-crop">
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4461 <title>Cropping</title>
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4462 <para>
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4463 Suppose you want to rip your freshly bought copy of "The Chronicles of
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4464 Narnia". Your DVD is region 1,
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4465 which means it is NTSC. The example below would still apply to PAL,
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4466 except you would omit <option>-ofps 24000/1001</option> and use slightly
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4467 different <option>crop</option> and <option>scale</option> dimensions.
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4468 </para>
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4469
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4470 <para>
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4471 After running <option>mplayer dvd://1</option>, you follow the process
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4472 detailed in the section <link linkend="menc-feat-telecine">How to deal
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4473 with telecine and interlacing in NTSC DVDs</link> and discover that it is
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4474 24000/1001 fps progressive video. This simplifies the process somewhat,
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4475 since you do not need to use an inverse telecine filter such as
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4476 <option>pullup</option> or a deinterlacing filter such as
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4477 <option>yadif</option>.
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4478 </para>
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4479
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4480 <para>
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4481 Next, you need to crop out the black bars from the top and bottom of the
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4482 video, as detailed in <link linkend="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-example-crop">this</link>
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4483 previous section.
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4484 </para>
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4485
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4486 </sect2>
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4487
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4488 <sect2 id="menc-feat-quicktime-7-scale">
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4489 <title>Scaling</title>
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4490
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4491 <para>
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4492 The next step is truly heartbreaking.
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4493 <application>QuickTime</application> 7 does not support MPEG-4 videos
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4494 with a sample aspect ratio other than 1, so you will need to upscale
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4495 (which wastes a lot of disk space) or downscale (which loses some
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4496 details of the source) the video to square pixels.
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4497 Either way you do it, this is highly inefficient, but simply cannot
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4498 be avoided if you want your video to be playable by
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4499 <application>QuickTime</application> 7.
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4500 <application>MEncoder</application> can apply the appropriate upscaling
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4501 or downscaling by specifying respectively <option>-vf scale=-10:-1</option>
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4502 or <option>-vf scale=-1:-10</option>.
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4503 This will scale your video to the correct width for the cropped height,
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4504 rounded to the closest multiple of 16 for optimal compression.
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4505 Remember that if you are cropping, you should crop first, then scale:
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4506
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4507 <screen>-vf crop=720:352:0:62,scale=-10:-1</screen>
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4508 </para>
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4509
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4510 </sect2>
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4511
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4512 <sect2 id="menc-feat-quicktime-7-avsync">
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4513 <title>A/V sync</title>
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4514
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4515 <para>
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4516 Because you will be remuxing into a different container, you should
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4517 always use the <option>harddup</option> option to ensure that duplicated
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4518 frames are actually duplicated in the video output. Without this option,
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4519 <application>MEncoder</application> will simply put a marker in the video
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4520 stream that a frame was duplicated, and rely on the client software to
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4521 show the same frame twice. Unfortunately, this "soft duplication" does
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4522 not survive remuxing, so the audio would slowly lose sync with the video.
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4523 </para>
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4524
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4525 <para>
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4526 The final filter chain looks like this:
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4527 <screen>-vf crop=720:352:0:62,scale=-10:-1,harddup</screen>
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4528 </para>
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4529
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4530 </sect2>
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4531
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4532 <sect2 id="menc-feat-quicktime-7-bitrate">
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4533 <title>Bitrate</title>
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4534
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4535 <para>
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4536 As always, the selection of bitrate is a matter of the technical properties
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4537 of the source, as explained
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4538 <link linkend="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-resolution-bitrate">here</link>, as
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4539 well as a matter of taste.
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4540 This movie has a fair bit of action and lots of detail, but H.264 video
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4541 looks good at much lower bitrates than XviD or other MPEG-4 codecs.
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4542 After much experimentation, the author of this guide chose to encode
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4543 this movie at 900kbps, and thought that it looked very good.
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4544 You may decrease bitrate if you need to save more space, or increase
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4545 it if you need to improve quality.
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4546 </para>
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4547
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4548 </sect2>
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4549
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4550 <sect2 id="menc-feat-quicktime-7-example">
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4551 <title>Encoding example</title>
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4552
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4553 <para>
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4554 You are now ready to encode the video. Since you care about
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4555 quality, of course you will be doing a two-pass encode. To shave off
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4556 some encoding time, you can specify the <option>turbo</option> option
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4557 on the first pass; this reduces <option>subq</option> and
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4558 <option>frameref</option> to 1. To save some disk space, you can
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4559 use the <option>ss</option> option to strip off the first few seconds
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4560 of the video. (I found that this particular movie has 32 seconds of
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4561 credits and logos.) <option>bframes</option> can be 0 or 1.
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4562 The other options are documented in <link
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4563 linkend="menc-feat-x264-encoding-options-speedvquality">Encoding with
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4564 the <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> codec</link> and
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4565 the man page.
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4566
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4567 <screen>mencoder dvd://1 -o /dev/null -ss 32 -ovc x264 \
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4568 -x264encopts pass=1:turbo:bitrate=900:bframes=1:\
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4569 me=umh:partitions=all:trellis=1:qp_step=4:qcomp=0.7:direct_pred=auto:keyint=300 \
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4570 -vf crop=720:352:0:62,scale=-10:-1,harddup \
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4571 -oac faac -faacopts br=192:mpeg=4:object=1 -channels 2 -srate 48000 \
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4572 -ofps 24000/1001</screen>
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4573
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4574 If you have a multi-processor machine, don't miss the opportunity to
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4575 dramatically speed-up encoding by enabling
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4576 <link linkend="menc-feat-x264-encoding-options-speedvquality-threads">
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4577 <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem>'s multi-threading mode</link>
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4578 by adding <option>threads=auto</option> to your <option>x264encopts</option>
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4579 command-line.
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4580 </para>
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4581
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4582 <para>
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4583 The second pass is the same, except that you specify the output file
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4584 and set <option>pass=2</option>.
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4585
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4586 <screen>mencoder dvd://1 <emphasis role="bold">-o narnia.avi</emphasis> -ss 32 -ovc x264 \
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4587 -x264encopts <emphasis role="bold">pass=2</emphasis>:turbo:bitrate=900:frameref=5:bframes=1:\
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4588 me=umh:partitions=all:trellis=1:qp_step=4:qcomp=0.7:direct_pred=auto:keyint=300 \
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4589 -vf crop=720:352:0:62,scale=-10:-1,harddup \
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4590 -oac faac -faacopts br=192:mpeg=4:object=1 -channels 2 -srate 48000 \
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4591 -ofps 24000/1001</screen>
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4592 </para>
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4593
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4594 <para>
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4595 The resulting AVI should play perfectly in
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4596 <application>MPlayer</application>, but of course
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4597 <application>QuickTime</application> can not play it because it does
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4598 not support H.264 muxed in AVI.
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4599 So the next step is to remux the video into an MP4 container.
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4600 </para>
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4601 </sect2>
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4602
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4603 <sect2 id="menc-feat-quicktime-7-remux">
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4604 <title>Remuxing as MP4</title>
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4605
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4606 <para>
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4607 There are several ways to remux AVI files to MP4. You can use
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4608 <application>mp4creator</application>, which is part of the
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4609 <ulink url="http://mpeg4ip.sourceforge.net/">MPEG4IP suite</ulink>.
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4610 </para>
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4611
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4612 <para>
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4613 First, demux the AVI into separate audio and video streams using
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4614 <application>MPlayer</application>.
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4615
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4616 <screen>mplayer narnia.avi -dumpaudio -dumpfile narnia.aac
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4617 mplayer narnia.avi -dumpvideo -dumpfile narnia.h264</screen>
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4618
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4619 The filenames are important; <application>mp4creator</application>
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4620 requires that AAC audio streams be named <systemitem>.aac</systemitem>
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4621 and H.264 video streams be named <systemitem>.h264</systemitem>.
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4622 </para>
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4623
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4624 <para>
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4625 Now use <application>mp4creator</application> to create a new
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4626 MP4 file out of the audio and video streams.
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4627
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4628 <screen>mp4creator -create=narnia.aac narnia.mp4
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4629 mp4creator -create=narnia.h264 -rate=23.976 narnia.mp4</screen>
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4630
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4631 Unlike the encoding step, you must specify the framerate as a
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4632 decimal (such as 23.976), not a fraction (such as 24000/1001).
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4633 </para>
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4634
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4635 <para>
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4636 This <systemitem>narnia.mp4</systemitem> file should now be playable
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4637 with any <application>QuickTime</application> 7 application, such as
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4638 <application>QuickTime Player</application> or
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4639 <application>iTunes</application>. If you are planning to view the
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4640 video in a web browser with the <application>QuickTime</application>
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4641 plugin, you should also hint the movie so that the
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4642 <application>QuickTime</application> plugin can start playing it
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4643 while it is still downloading. <application>mp4creator</application>
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4644 can create these hint tracks:
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4645
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4646 <screen>mp4creator -hint=1 narnia.mp4
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4647 mp4creator -hint=2 narnia.mp4
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4648 mp4creator -optimize narnia.mp4</screen>
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4649
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4650 You can check the final result to ensure that the hint tracks were
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4651 created successfully:
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4652
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4653 <screen>mp4creator -list narnia.mp4</screen>
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4654
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4655 You should see a list of tracks: 1 audio, 1 video, and 2 hint tracks.
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4656
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4657 <screen>Track Type Info
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4658 1 audio MPEG-4 AAC LC, 8548.714 secs, 190 kbps, 48000 Hz
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4659 2 video H264 Main@5.1, 8549.132 secs, 899 kbps, 848x352 @ 23.976001 fps
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4660 3 hint Payload mpeg4-generic for track 1
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4661 4 hint Payload H264 for track 2
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4662 </screen>
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4663 </para>
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4664
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4665 </sect2>
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4666
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4667 <sect2 id="menc-feat-quicktime-7-metadata">
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4668 <title>Adding metadata tags</title>
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4669
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4670 <para>
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4671 If you want to add tags to your video that show up in iTunes, you can use
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4672 <ulink url="http://atomicparsley.sourceforge.net/">AtomicParsley</ulink>.
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4673
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4674 <screen>AtomicParsley narnia.mp4 --metaEnema --title "The Chronicles of Narnia" --year 2005 --stik Movie --freefree --overWrite</screen>
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4675
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4676 The <option>--metaEnema</option> option removes any existing metadata
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4677 (<application>mp4creator</application> inserts its name in the
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4678 "encoding tool" tag), and <option>--freefree</option> reclaims the
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4679 space from the deleted metadata.
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4680 The <option>--stik</option> option sets the type of video (such as Movie
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4681 or TV Show), which iTunes uses to group related video files.
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4682 The <option>--overWrite</option> option overwrites the original file;
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4683 without it, <application>AtomicParsley</application> creates a new
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4684 auto-named file in the same directory and leaves the original file
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4685 untouched.
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4686 </para>
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4687
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4688 </sect2>
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4689
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4690 </sect1>
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4691
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4692
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4693 <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
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4694
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4695
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4696 <sect1 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd">
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4697 <title>Using <application>MEncoder</application>
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4698 to create VCD/SVCD/DVD-compliant files</title>
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4699
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4700 <sect2 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-constraints">
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4701 <title>Format Constraints</title>
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4702
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4703 <para>
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4704 <application>MEncoder</application> is capable of creating VCD, SCVD
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4705 and DVD format MPEG files using the
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4706 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> library.
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4707 These files can then be used in conjunction with
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4708 <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/vcdimager.html">vcdimager</ulink>
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4709 or
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4710 <ulink url="http://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net/">dvdauthor</ulink>
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4711 to create discs that will play on a standard set-top player.
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4712 </para>
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4713
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4714 <para>
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4715 The DVD, SVCD, and VCD formats are subject to heavy constraints.
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4716 Only a small selection of encoded picture sizes and aspect ratios are
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4717 available.
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4718 If your movie does not already meet these requirements, you may have
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4719 to scale, crop or add black borders to the picture to make it
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4720 compliant.
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4721 </para>
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4722
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4723
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4724 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-constraints-resolution">
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4725 <title>Format Constraints</title>
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4726
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4727 <informaltable frame="all">
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4728 <tgroup cols="9">
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4729 <thead>
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4730 <row>
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4731 <entry>Format</entry>
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4732 <entry>Resolution</entry>
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4733 <entry>V. Codec</entry>
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4734 <entry>V. Bitrate</entry>
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4735 <entry>Sample Rate</entry>
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4736 <entry>A. Codec</entry>
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4737 <entry>A. Bitrate</entry>
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4738 <entry>FPS</entry>
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4739 <entry>Aspect</entry>
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4740 </row>
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4741 </thead>
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4742 <tbody>
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4743 <row>
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4744 <entry>NTSC DVD</entry>
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4745 <entry>720x480, 704x480, 352x480, 352x240</entry>
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4746 <entry>MPEG-2</entry>
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4747 <entry>9800 kbps</entry>
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4748 <entry>48000 Hz</entry>
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4749 <entry>AC3,PCM</entry>
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4750 <entry>1536 kbps (max)</entry>
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4751 <entry>30000/1001, 24000/1001</entry>
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4752 <entry>4:3, 16:9 (only for 720x480)</entry>
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4753 </row>
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4754 <row>
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4755 <entry>NTSC DVD</entry>
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4756 <entry>352x240<footnote id='fn-rare-resolutions'><para>
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4757 These resolutions are rarely used for DVDs because
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4758 they are fairly low quality.</para></footnote></entry>
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4759 <entry>MPEG-1</entry>
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4760 <entry>1856 kbps</entry>
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4761 <entry>48000 Hz</entry>
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4762 <entry>AC3,PCM</entry>
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4763 <entry>1536 kbps (max)</entry>
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4764 <entry>30000/1001, 24000/1001</entry>
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4765 <entry>4:3, 16:9</entry>
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4766 </row>
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4767 <row>
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4768 <entry>NTSC SVCD</entry>
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4769 <entry>480x480</entry>
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4770 <entry>MPEG-2</entry>
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4771 <entry>2600 kbps</entry>
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4772 <entry>44100 Hz</entry>
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4773 <entry>MP2</entry>
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4774 <entry>384 kbps (max)</entry>
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4775 <entry>30000/1001</entry>
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4776 <entry>4:3</entry>
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4777 </row>
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4778 <row>
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4779 <entry>NTSC VCD</entry>
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4780 <entry>352x240</entry>
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4781 <entry>MPEG-1</entry>
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4782 <entry>1150 kbps</entry>
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4783 <entry>44100 Hz</entry>
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4784 <entry>MP2</entry>
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4785 <entry>224 kbps</entry>
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4786 <entry>24000/1001, 30000/1001</entry>
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4787 <entry>4:3</entry>
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4788 </row>
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4789 <row>
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4790 <entry>PAL DVD</entry>
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4791 <entry>720x576, 704x576, 352x576, 352x288</entry>
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4792 <entry>MPEG-2</entry>
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4793 <entry>9800 kbps</entry>
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4794 <entry>48000 Hz</entry>
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4795 <entry>MP2,AC3,PCM</entry>
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4796 <entry>1536 kbps (max)</entry>
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4797 <entry>25</entry>
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4798 <entry>4:3, 16:9 (only for 720x576)</entry>
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4799 </row>
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4800 <row>
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4801 <entry>PAL DVD</entry>
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4802 <entry>352x288<footnoteref linkend='fn-rare-resolutions'/></entry>
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4803 <entry>MPEG-1</entry>
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4804 <entry>1856 kbps</entry>
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4805 <entry>48000 Hz</entry>
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4806 <entry>MP2,AC3,PCM</entry>
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4807 <entry>1536 kbps (max)</entry>
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4808 <entry>25</entry>
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4809 <entry>4:3, 16:9</entry>
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4810 </row>
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4811 <row>
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4812 <entry>PAL SVCD</entry>
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4813 <entry>480x576</entry>
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4814 <entry>MPEG-2</entry>
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4815 <entry>2600 kbps</entry>
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4816 <entry>44100 Hz</entry>
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4817 <entry>MP2</entry>
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4818 <entry>384 kbps (max)</entry>
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4819 <entry>25</entry>
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4820 <entry>4:3</entry>
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4821 </row>
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4822 <row>
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4823 <entry>PAL VCD</entry>
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4824 <entry>352x288</entry>
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4825 <entry>MPEG-1</entry>
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4826 <entry>1152 kbps</entry>
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4827 <entry>44100 Hz</entry>
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4828 <entry>MP2</entry>
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4829 <entry>224 kbps</entry>
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4830 <entry>25</entry>
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4831 <entry>4:3</entry>
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4832 </row>
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4834 </tgroup>
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4835 </informaltable>
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4836
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4837 <para>
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4838 If your movie has 2.35:1 aspect (most recent action movies), you will
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4839 have to add black borders or crop the movie down to 16:9 to make a DVD or VCD.
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4840 If you add black borders, try to align them at 16-pixel boundaries in
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4841 order to minimize the impact on encoding performance.
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4842 Thankfully DVD has sufficiently excessive bitrate that you do not have
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4843 to worry too much about encoding efficiency, but SVCD and VCD are
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4844 highly bitrate-starved and require effort to obtain acceptable quality.
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4845 </para>
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4846 </sect3>
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4848
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4849 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-constraints-gop">
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4850 <title>GOP Size Constraints</title>
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4851
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4852 <para>
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4853 DVD, VCD, and SVCD also constrain you to relatively low
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4854 GOP (Group of Pictures) sizes.
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4855 For 30 fps material the largest allowed GOP size is 18.
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4856 For 25 or 24 fps, the maximum is 15.
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4857 The GOP size is set using the <option>keyint</option> option.
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4858 </para>
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4859 </sect3>
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4860
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4861
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4862 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-constraints-bitrate">
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4863 <title>Bitrate Constraints</title>
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4864
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4865 <para>
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4866 VCD video is required to be CBR at 1152 kbps.
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4867 This highly limiting constraint also comes along with an extremly low vbv
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4868 buffer size of 327 kilobits.
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4869 SVCD allows varying video bitrates up to 2500 kbps, and a somewhat less
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4870 restrictive vbv buffer size of 917 kilobits is allowed.
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4871 DVD video bitrates may range anywhere up to 9800 kbps (though typical
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4872 bitrates are about half that), and the vbv buffer size is 1835 kilobits.
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4873 </para>
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4874 </sect3>
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4875 </sect2>
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4876
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4877 <!-- ********** -->
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4878
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4879 <sect2 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-output">
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4880 <title>Output Options</title>
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4881
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4882 <para>
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4883 <application>MEncoder</application> has options to control the output
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4884 format.
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4885 Using these options we can instruct it to create the correct type of
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4886 file.
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4887 </para>
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4888
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4889 <para>
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4890 The options for VCD and SVCD are called xvcd and xsvcd, because they
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4891 are extended formats.
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4892 They are not strictly compliant, mainly because the output does not
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4893 contain scan offsets.
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4894 If you need to generate an SVCD image, you should pass the output file to
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4895 <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/vcdimager.html">vcdimager</ulink>.
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4896 </para>
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4897
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4898 <para>
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4899 VCD:
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4900 <screen>-of mpeg -mpegopts format=xvcd</screen>
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4901 </para>
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4902
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4903 <para>
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4904 SVCD:
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4905 <screen>-of mpeg -mpegopts format=xsvcd</screen>
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4906 </para>
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4907
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4908 <para>
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4909 DVD (with timestamps on every frame, if possible):
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4910 <screen>-of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd:tsaf</screen>
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4911 </para>
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4912
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4913 <para>
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4914 DVD with NTSC Pullup:
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4915 <screen>-of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd:tsaf:telecine -ofps 24000/1001</screen>
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4916 This allows 24000/1001 fps progressive content to be encoded at 30000/1001
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4917 fps whilst maintaing DVD-compliance.
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4918 </para>
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4919
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4920
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4921 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-output-aspect">
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4922 <title>Aspect Ratio</title>
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4923
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4924 <para>
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4925 The aspect argument of <option>-lavcopts</option> is used to encode
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4926 the aspect ratio of the file.
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4927 During playback the aspect ratio is used to restore the video to the
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4928 correct size.
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4929 </para>
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4930
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4931 <para>
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4932 16:9 or "Widescreen"
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4933 <screen>-lavcopts aspect=16/9</screen>
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4934 </para>
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4935
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4936 <para>
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4937 4:3 or "Fullscreen"
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4938 <screen>-lavcopts aspect=4/3</screen>
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4939 </para>
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4940
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4941 <para>
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4942 2.35:1 or "Cinemascope" NTSC
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4943 <screen>-vf scale=720:368,expand=720:480 -lavcopts aspect=16/9</screen>
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4944 To calculate the correct scaling size, use the expanded NTSC width of
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4945 854/2.35 = 368
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4946 </para>
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4947
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4948 <para>
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4949 2.35:1 or "Cinemascope" PAL
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4950 <screen>-vf scale=720:432,expand=720:576 -lavcopts aspect=16/9</screen>
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4951 To calculate the correct scaling size, use the expanded PAL width of
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4952 1024/2.35 = 432
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4953 </para>
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4954 </sect3>
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4955
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4956
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4957 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-a-v-sync">
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4958 <title>Maintaining A/V sync</title>
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4959
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4960 <para>
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4961 In order to maintain audio/video synchronization throughout the encode,
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4962 <application>MEncoder</application> has to drop or duplicate frames.
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4963 This works rather well when muxing into an AVI file, but is almost
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4964 guaranteed to fail to maintain A/V sync with other muxers such as MPEG.
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4965 This is why it is necessary to append the
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4966 <option>harddup</option> video filter at the end of the filter chain
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4967 to avoid this kind of problem.
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4968 You can find more technical information about <option>harddup</option>
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4969 in the section
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4970 <link linkend="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-muxing-filter-issues">Improving muxing and A/V sync reliability</link>
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4971 or in the manual page.
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4972 </para>
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4973 </sect3>
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4974
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4975
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4976 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-output-srate">
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4977 <title>Sample Rate Conversion</title>
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4978
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4979 <para>
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4980 If the audio sample rate in the original file is not the same as
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4981 required by the target format, sample rate conversion is required.
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4982 This is achieved using the <option>-srate</option> option and
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4983 the <option>-af lavcresample</option> audio filter together.
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4984 </para>
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4985
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4986 <para>
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4987 DVD:
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4988 <screen>-srate 48000 -af lavcresample=48000</screen>
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4989 </para>
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4990
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4991 <para>
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4992 VCD and SVCD:
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4993 <screen>-srate 44100 -af lavcresample=44100</screen>
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4994 </para>
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4995 </sect3>
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4996 </sect2>
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4997
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4998 <!-- ********** -->
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4999
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5000 <sect2 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-lavc">
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5001 <title>Using libavcodec for VCD/SVCD/DVD Encoding</title>
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5002
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5003 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-lavc-intro">
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5004 <title>Introduction</title>
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5005
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5006 <para>
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5007 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> can be used to
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5008 create VCD/SVCD/DVD compliant video by using the appropriate options.
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5009 </para>
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5010 </sect3>
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5011
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5012
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5013 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-lavc-options">
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5014 <title>lavcopts</title>
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5015
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5016 <para>
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5017 This is a list of fields in <option>-lavcopts</option> that you may
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5018 be required to change in order to make a complaint movie for VCD, SVCD,
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5019 or DVD:
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5020 </para>
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5021
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5022 <itemizedlist>
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5023 <listitem><para>
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5024 <emphasis role="bold">acodec</emphasis>:
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5025 <option>mp2</option> for VCD, SVCD, or PAL DVD;
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5026 <option>ac3</option> is most commonly used for DVD.
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5027 PCM audio may also be used for DVD, but this is mostly a big waste of
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5028 space.
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5029 Note that MP3 audio is not compliant for any of these formats, but
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5030 players often have no problem playing it anyway.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5031 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5032 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5033 <emphasis role="bold">abitrate</emphasis>:
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5034 224 for VCD; up to 384 for SVCD; up to 1536 for DVD, but commonly
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5035 used values range from 192 kbps for stereo to 384 kbps for 5.1 channel
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5036 sound.
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5037 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5038 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5039 <emphasis role="bold">vcodec</emphasis>:
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5040 <option>mpeg1video</option> for VCD;
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5041 <option>mpeg2video</option> for SVCD;
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5042 <option>mpeg2video</option> is usually used for DVD but you may also use
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5043 <option>mpeg1video</option> for CIF resolutions.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5044 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5045 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5046 <emphasis role="bold">keyint</emphasis>:
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5047 Used to set the GOP size.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5048 18 for 30fps material, or 15 for 25/24 fps material.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5049 Commercial producers seem to prefer keyframe intervals of 12.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5050 It is possible to make this much larger and still retain compatibility
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5051 with most players.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5052 A <option>keyint</option> of 25 should never cause any problems.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5053 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5054 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5055 <emphasis role="bold">vrc_buf_size</emphasis>:
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5056 327 for VCD, 917 for SVCD, and 1835 for DVD.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5057 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5058 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5059 <emphasis role="bold">vrc_minrate</emphasis>:
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5060 1152, for VCD. May be left alone for SVCD and DVD.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5061 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5062 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5063 <emphasis role="bold">vrc_maxrate</emphasis>:
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5064 1152 for VCD; 2500 for SVCD; 9800 for DVD.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5065 For SVCD and DVD, you might wish to use lower values depending on your
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5066 own personal preferences and requirements.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5067 </para></listitem>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5068 <listitem><para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5069 <emphasis role="bold">vbitrate</emphasis>:
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5070 1152 for VCD;
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5071 up to 2500 for SVCD;
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5072 up to 9800 for DVD.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5073 For the latter two formats, vbitrate should be set based on personal
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5074 preference.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5075 For instance, if you insist on fitting 20 or so hours on a DVD, you
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5076 could use vbitrate=400.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5077 The resulting video quality would probably be quite bad.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5078 If you are trying to squeeze out the maximum possible quality on a DVD,
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5079 use vbitrate=9800, but be warned that this could constrain you to less
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5080 than an hour of video on a single-layer DVD.
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5081 </para></listitem>
21583
f746c28a324c vstrict=0 is required to create DVDs decodable by standalone dvd players
gpoirier
parents: 21521
diff changeset
5082 <listitem><para>
21899
a19e7a8d3978 typo fixes:
gpoirier
parents: 21861
diff changeset
5083 <emphasis role="bold">vstrict</emphasis>:
21583
f746c28a324c vstrict=0 is required to create DVDs decodable by standalone dvd players
gpoirier
parents: 21521
diff changeset
5084 <option>vstrict</option>=0 should be used to create DVDs.
f746c28a324c vstrict=0 is required to create DVDs decodable by standalone dvd players
gpoirier
parents: 21521
diff changeset
5085 Without this option, <application>MEncoder</application> creates a
f746c28a324c vstrict=0 is required to create DVDs decodable by standalone dvd players
gpoirier
parents: 21521
diff changeset
5086 stream that cannot be correctly decoded by some standalone DVD
f746c28a324c vstrict=0 is required to create DVDs decodable by standalone dvd players
gpoirier
parents: 21521
diff changeset
5087 players.
f746c28a324c vstrict=0 is required to create DVDs decodable by standalone dvd players
gpoirier
parents: 21521
diff changeset
5088 </para></listitem>
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5089 </itemizedlist>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5090 </sect3>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5091
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5092
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5093 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-lavc-examples">
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5094 <title>Examples</title>
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
5095
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5096 <para>
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torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5097 This is a typical minimum set of <option>-lavcopts</option> for
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5098 encoding video:
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
5099 </para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
5100 <para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
5101 VCD:
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
5102 <screen>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
5103 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video:vrc_buf_size=327:vrc_minrate=1152:\
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
5104 vrc_maxrate=1152:vbitrate=1152:keyint=15:acodec=mp2
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
5105 </screen>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
5106 </para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
5107
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
5108 <para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
5109 SVCD:
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5110 <screen>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5111 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=917:vrc_maxrate=2500:vbitrate=1800:\
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5112 keyint=15:acodec=mp2
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5113 </screen>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5114 </para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5115
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5116 <para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
5117 DVD:
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5118 <screen>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5119 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:vbitrate=5000:\
21583
f746c28a324c vstrict=0 is required to create DVDs decodable by standalone dvd players
gpoirier
parents: 21521
diff changeset
5120 keyint=15:vstrict=0:acodec=ac3
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5121 </screen>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5122 </para>
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5123 </sect3>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5124
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5125
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5126 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-lavc-advanced">
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5127 <title>Advanced Options</title>
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5128
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
5129 <para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5130 For higher quality encoding, you may also wish to add quality-enhancing
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
5131 options to lavcopts, such as <option>trell</option>,
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5132 <option>mbd=2</option>, and others.
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5133 Note that <option>qpel</option> and <option>v4mv</option>, while often
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5134 useful with MPEG-4, are not usable with MPEG-1 or MPEG-2.
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5135 Also, if you are trying to make a very high quality DVD encode, it may
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5136 be useful to add <option>dc=10</option> to lavcopts.
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5137 Doing so may help reduce the appearance of blocks in flat-colored areas.
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5138 Putting it all together, this is an example of a set of lavcopts for a
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5139 higher quality DVD:
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5140 </para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5141
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5142 <para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5143 <screen>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5144 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:vbitrate=8000:\
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5145 keyint=15:trell:mbd=2:precmp=2:subcmp=2:cmp=2:dia=-10:predia=-10:cbp:mv0:\
21583
f746c28a324c vstrict=0 is required to create DVDs decodable by standalone dvd players
gpoirier
parents: 21521
diff changeset
5146 vqmin=1:lmin=1:dc=10:vstrict=0
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5147 </screen>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5148 </para>
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5149 </sect3>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5150 </sect2>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5151
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
5152 <!-- ********** -->
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5153
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5154 <sect2 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-audio">
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5155 <title>Encoding Audio</title>
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5156
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5157 <para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5158 VCD and SVCD support MPEG-1 layer II audio, using one of
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5159 <systemitem class="library">toolame</systemitem>,
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5160 <systemitem class="library">twolame</systemitem>,
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5161 or <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>'s MP2 encoder.
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5162 The libavcodec MP2 is far from being as good as the other two libraries,
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5163 however it should always be available to use.
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5164 VCD only supports constant bitrate audio (CBR) whereas SVCD supports
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5165 variable bitrate (VBR), too.
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5166 Be careful when using VBR because some bad standalone players might not
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5167 support it too well.
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5168 </para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5169
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5170 <para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5171 For DVD audio, <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>'s
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5172 AC3 codec is used.
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5173 </para>
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
torinthiel
parents: 21492
diff changeset
5174
16080
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5175
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5176 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-audio-toolame">
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
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5177 <title>toolame</title>
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5178
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5179 <para>
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5180 For VCD and SVCD:
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5181 <screen>-oac toolame -toolameopts br=224</screen>
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5182 </para>
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5183 </sect3>
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5184
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5185
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5186 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-audio-twolame">
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5187 <title>twolame</title>
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5188
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5189 <para>
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5190 For VCD and SVCD:
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5191 <screen>-oac twolame -twolameopts br=224</screen>
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5192 </para>
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5193 </sect3>
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5194
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5195
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5196 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-audio-lavc">
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5197 <title>libavcodec</title>
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5198
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5199 <para>
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5200 For DVD with 2 channel sound:
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5201 <screen>-oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=ac3:abitrate=192</screen>
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5202 </para>
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5203
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5204 <para>
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5205 For DVD with 5.1 channel sound:
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5206 <screen>-channels 6 -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=ac3:abitrate=384</screen>
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5207 </para>
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5208
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5209 <para>
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5210 For VCD and SVCD:
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5211 <screen>-oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp2:abitrate=224</screen>
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5212 </para>
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5213 </sect3>
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5214 </sect2>
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5215
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5216 <!-- ********** -->
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5217
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5218 <sect2 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-all">
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5219 <title>Putting it all Together</title>
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5220
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5221 <para>
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5222 This section shows some complete commands for creating VCD/SVCD/DVD
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5223 compliant videos.
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5224 </para>
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5225
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5226
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5227 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-all-pal-dvd">
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5228 <title>PAL DVD</title>
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5229
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5230 <para>
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5231 <screen>
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5232 mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd:tsaf \
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5233 -vf scale=720:576,harddup -srate 48000 -af lavcresample=48000 \
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5234 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:vbitrate=5000:\
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5235 keyint=15:vstrict=0:acodec=ac3:abitrate=192:aspect=16/9 -ofps 25 \
21521
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5236 -o <replaceable>movie.mpg</replaceable> <replaceable>movie.avi</replaceable>
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5237 </screen>
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5238 </para>
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5239 </sect3>
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5240
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5241
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5242 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-all-ntsc-dvd">
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5243 <title>NTSC DVD</title>
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5244
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5245 <para>
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5246 <screen>
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5247 mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd:tsaf \
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5248 -vf scale=720:480,harddup -srate 48000 -af lavcresample=48000 \
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5249 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:vbitrate=5000:\
21583
f746c28a324c vstrict=0 is required to create DVDs decodable by standalone dvd players
gpoirier
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5250 keyint=18:vstrict=0:acodec=ac3:abitrate=192:aspect=16/9 -ofps 30000/1001 \
21521
b210a229fbcb General reformatting round:
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5251 -o <replaceable>movie.mpg</replaceable> <replaceable>movie.avi</replaceable>
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5252 </screen>
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5253 </para>
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5254 </sect3>
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5255
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5256
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5257 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-all-pal-ac3-copy">
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5258 <title>PAL AVI Containing AC3 Audio to DVD</title>
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5259
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5260 <para>
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5261 If the source already has AC3 audio, use -oac copy instead of re-encoding it.
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5262 <screen>
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5263 mencoder -oac copy -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd:tsaf \
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5264 -vf scale=720:576,harddup -ofps 25 \
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5265 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:vbitrate=5000:\
21583
f746c28a324c vstrict=0 is required to create DVDs decodable by standalone dvd players
gpoirier
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5266 keyint=15:vstrict=0:aspect=16/9 -o <replaceable>movie.mpg</replaceable> <replaceable>movie.avi</replaceable>
21521
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5267 </screen>
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5268 </para>
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5269 </sect3>
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5270
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5271
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5272 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-all-ntsc-ac3-copy">
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5273 <title>NTSC AVI Containing AC3 Audio to DVD</title>
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5274
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5275 <para>
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5276 If the source already has AC3 audio, and is NTSC @ 24000/1001 fps:
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5277 <screen>
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5278 mencoder -oac copy -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd:tsaf:telecine \
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parents: 21492
diff changeset
5279 -vf scale=720:480,harddup -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:\
21583
f746c28a324c vstrict=0 is required to create DVDs decodable by standalone dvd players
gpoirier
parents: 21521
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5280 vrc_maxrate=9800:vbitrate=5000:keyint=15:vstrict=0:aspect=16/9 -ofps 24000/1001 \
21521
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5281 -o <replaceable>movie.mpg</replaceable> <replaceable>movie.avi</replaceable>
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5282 </screen>
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5283 </para>
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5284 </sect3>
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5285
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5286
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5287 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-all-pal-svcd">
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5288 <title>PAL SVCD</title>
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5289
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5290 <para>
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5291 <screen>
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5292 mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=xsvcd -vf \
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diff changeset
5293 scale=480:576,harddup -srate 44100 -af lavcresample=44100 -lavcopts \
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5294 vcodec=mpeg2video:mbd=2:keyint=15:vrc_buf_size=917:vrc_minrate=600:\
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diff changeset
5295 vbitrate=2500:vrc_maxrate=2500:acodec=mp2:abitrate=224 -ofps 25 \
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diff changeset
5296 -o <replaceable>movie.mpg</replaceable> <replaceable>movie.avi</replaceable>
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parents:
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5297 </screen>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5298 </para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
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5299 </sect3>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
5300
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
5301
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5302 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-all-ntsc-svcd">
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5303 <title>NTSC SVCD</title>
21521
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5304
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5305 <para>
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5306 <screen>
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diff changeset
5307 mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=xsvcd -vf \
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diff changeset
5308 scale=480:480,harddup -srate 44100 -af lavcresample=44100 -lavcopts \
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diff changeset
5309 vcodec=mpeg2video:mbd=2:keyint=18:vrc_buf_size=917:vrc_minrate=600:\
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diff changeset
5310 vbitrate=2500:vrc_maxrate=2500:acodec=mp2:abitrate=224 -ofps 30000/1001 \
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diff changeset
5311 -o <replaceable>movie.mpg</replaceable> <replaceable>movie.avi</replaceable>
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diff changeset
5312 </screen>
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5313 </para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5314 </sect3>
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5315
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5316
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parents:
diff changeset
5317 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-all-pal-vcd">
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gpoirier
parents:
diff changeset
5318 <title>PAL VCD</title>
21521
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diff changeset
5319
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5320 <para>
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diff changeset
5321 <screen>
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diff changeset
5322 mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=xvcd -vf \
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diff changeset
5323 scale=352:288,harddup -srate 44100 -af lavcresample=44100 -lavcopts \
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5324 vcodec=mpeg1video:keyint=15:vrc_buf_size=327:vrc_minrate=1152:\
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diff changeset
5325 vbitrate=1152:vrc_maxrate=1152:acodec=mp2:abitrate=224 -ofps 25 \
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diff changeset
5326 -o <replaceable>movie.mpg</replaceable> <replaceable>movie.avi</replaceable>
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diff changeset
5327 </screen>
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parents:
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5328 </para>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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parents:
diff changeset
5329 </sect3>
baae7cdb0726 re-organize MEncoder doc in a more sensible way: splitting "basic mencoder usage" and "encoding with mencoder".
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diff changeset
5330
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5331
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parents:
diff changeset
5332 <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-all-ntsc-vcd">
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parents:
diff changeset
5333 <title>NTSC VCD</title>
21521
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diff changeset
5334
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5335 <para>
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diff changeset
5336 <screen>
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diff changeset
5337 mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=xvcd -vf \
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diff changeset
5338 scale=352:240,harddup -srate 44100 -af lavcresample=44100 -lavcopts \
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5339 vcodec=mpeg1video:keyint=18:vrc_buf_size=327:vrc_minrate=1152:\
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5340 vbitrate=1152:vrc_maxrate=1152:acodec=mp2:abitrate=224 -ofps 30000/1001 \
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5341 -o <replaceable>movie.mpg</replaceable> <replaceable>movie.avi</replaceable>
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5342 </screen>
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5343 </para>
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5344 </sect3>
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5345 </sect2>
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5346 </sect1>
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5347 </chapter>