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13 <H1><A NAME="encoding">7. Encoding with MEncoder</A></H1> |
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19 <H2><A NAME="2pass">7.1 Encoding 2 or 3-pass MPEG-4 ("DIVX")</A></H2> |
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6960 | 21 <P><U><B>2-pass encoding:</B></U> the name comes from the fact that this method |
22 encodes the file <I>twice</I>. The first encoding (dubbed <I>pass</I>) | |
23 creates some temporary files (*.log) with a size of few megabytes, do not | |
24 delete them yet (you can delete the AVI). In the second pass, the 2-pass | |
25 output file is created, using the bitrate data from the temporary files. The | |
26 resulting file will have much better image quality. If this is the first time | |
27 you heard about this, you should consult some guides available on the | |
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30 <P>This example shows how to encode a DVD to a 2-pass MPEG-4 ("DIVX") AVI. Just |
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31 two commands are needed:<BR> |
6960 | 32 <CODE> rm frameno.avi</CODE> - remove this file, which |
33 can come from a previous 3-pass encoding (it interferes with current | |
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40 <P><U><B>3-pass encoding:</B></U> this is an extension of 2-pass encoding, |
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43 audio is encoded only once, unlike in 2-pass mode. The schematics:</P> |
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50 <P>An audio-only avi file will be created, containing |
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51 <B>only</B> the requested audio stream. Don't forget <CODE>-lameopts</CODE>, |
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58 <P>This is the first pass of video encoding. |
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72 <P><CODE> rm frameno.avi</CODE> - remove this file, | |
73 which can come from a previous 3-pass encoding (it interferes with current | |
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8497 | 76 -o frameno.avi -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3<BR> |
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8497 | 78 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1 -oac copy -o movie.avi<BR> |
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8497 | 80 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=2 -oac copy -o movie.avi</CODE></P> |
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83 <H2><A NAME="rescaling">7.2 Rescaling movies</A></H2> |
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8260 | 85 <P>Often the need to resize movie images' size emerges. Its reasons can be |
86 many: decreasing file size, network bandwidth, etc. Most people | |
87 even do rescaling when converting DVDs or SVCDs to DivX AVI. <B>This is bad.</B> | |
88 Instead of even you doing so, read the <A HREF="#aspect">Preserving | |
89 aspect ratio</A> section.</P> | |
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5968 | 91 <P>The scaling process is handled by the <I>'scale'</I> video filter: |
8260 | 92 <CODE>-vop scale=widht:height</CODE>. Its quality can be set with the |
7814 | 93 <CODE>-sws</CODE> option. If it's not specified, MEncoder will use 0: |
5968 | 94 fast bilinear.</P> |
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8260 | 96 <H5>Usage:</H5> |
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98 <P><CODE> mencoder input.mpg -ovc lavc -lavcopts | |
8497 | 99 vcodec=mpeg4 -vop scale=640:480 -oac copy -o |
8260 | 100 output.avi</CODE></P> |
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3438 | 106 <B>copy</B> them. This section is about <B>copying</B>.</P> |
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6960 | 109 <LI><B>Video stream</B> (option <CODE>-ovc copy</CODE>): nice stuff can be |
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6960 | 113 probably has no real life value at all. Rationally: video stream copying |
114 can be useful for example when only the audio stream has to be encoded | |
115 (like, uncompressed PCM to MP3).</LI> | |
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117 <LI><B>Audio stream</B> (option <CODE>-oac copy</CODE>): straightforward. |
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119 into the output stream. Use the <CODE>-audiofile <filename></CODE> | |
120 option for this.</LI> | |
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124 <H2><A NAME="fixing">7.4 Fixing AVIs with broken index or interleaving</A></H2> |
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126 <P>Easiest thing. We simply copy the video and audio streams, and | |
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129 interleaving, thus the <CODE>-ni</CODE> option won't be needed for them | |
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132 <P>Command: <CODE>mencoder -idx input.avi -ovc copy -oac copy -o output.avi</CODE></P> |
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135 <H2><A NAME="libavcodec">7.5 Encoding with the libavcodec codec family</A></H2> |
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137 <P><A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">libavcodec</A> provides simple encoding to a |
6960 | 138 lot of interesting video and audio formats (currently its audio codecs are |
139 unsupported). You can encode to the following codecs:</P> | |
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142 <LI>mjpeg - Motion JPEG</LI> | |
3774 | 143 <LI>h263 - H263</LI> |
3721 | 144 <LI>h263p - H263 Plus</LI> |
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148 <LI>wmv1 - Windows Media Video, version 1 (aka WMV7)</LI> |
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150 <LI>mpeg1video - MPEG1 video :)</LI> | |
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154 <P>The first column contains the codec names that should be passed after the | |
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157 <P>An example, with MJPEG compression:<BR> |
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162 <H2><A NAME="image_files">7.6 Encoding from multiple input image files (JPEGs, PNGs or TGAs)</A></H2> |
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7366 | 165 files. With simple framecopy it can create MJPEG (Motion JPEG), MPNG |
166 (Motion PNG) or MTGA (Motion TGA) files.</P> | |
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181 global <A HREF="#options">Options</A> section and in the man page.</P> |
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183 <P><I>Creating a DivX4 file from all the JPEG files in the current dir:</I><BR> |
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187 <P><I>Creating a DivX4 file from some JPEG files in the current dir:</I><BR> |
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189 -ovc divx4 -o output.avi</CODE></P> |
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191 <P><I>Creating a Motion JPEG (MJPEG) file from all the JPEG files in the current dir:</I><BR> |
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195 <P><I>Creating an uncompressed file from all the PNG files in the current dir:</I><BR> |
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199 <P><I>Creating a Motion PNG (MPNG) file from all the PNG files in the current dir:</I><BR> |
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204 <CODE>mencoder \*.tga -mf on:w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=tga -ovc copy |
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205 -o output.avi</CODE></P> |
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208 <H2><A NAME="vobsub">7.7 Extracting DVD subtitles to a Vobsub file</A></H2> |
6711 | 209 |
7814 | 210 <P>MEncoder is capable of extracting subtitles from a DVD into |
6960 | 211 Vobsub fomat files. They consist of a pair of files ending in |
212 <CODE>.idx</CODE> and <CODE>.sub</CODE> and are usually packaged in a single | |
7814 | 213 <CODE>.rar</CODE> archive. MPlayer can play these with the |
6960 | 214 <CODE>-vobsub</CODE> and <CODE>-vobsubid</CODE> options.</P> |
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216 <P>You specify the basename (i.e without the <CODE>.idx</CODE> or |
6960 | 217 <CODE>.sub</CODE> extension) of the output files with <CODE>-vobsubout</CODE> |
218 and the index for this subtitle in the resulting files with | |
219 <CODE>-vobsuboutindex</CODE>.</P> | |
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221 <P>If the input is not from a DVD you should use <CODE>-ifo</CODE> to |
6960 | 222 indicate the <CODE>.ifo</CODE> file needed to construct the resulting |
223 <CODE>.idx</CODE> file.</P> | |
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6960 | 225 <P>If the input is not from a DVD and you do not have the <CODE>.ifo</CODE> |
226 file you will need to use the <CODE>-vobsubid</CODE> option to let it know | |
227 what language id to put in the <CODE>.idx</CODE> file.</P> | |
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229 <P>Each run will append the running subtitle if the <CODE>.idx</CODE> and |
6960 | 230 <CODE>.sub</CODE> files already exist. So you should remove any before |
231 starting.</P> | |
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7047 | 233 <H4>Examples</H4> |
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235 <P><I>Copying two subtitles from a DVD while doing 3-pass encoding</I><BR> | |
6960 | 236 <CODE>rm subtitles.idx subtitles.sub</CODE><BR> |
237 <CODE>mencoder -dvd 1 -vobsubout subtitles -vobsuboutindex 0 | |
7640 | 238 -sid 2 -o frameno.avi -ovc frameno -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3</CODE><BR> |
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239 <CODE>mencoder -dvd 1 -oac copy -ovc divx4 -divx4opts pass=1</CODE><BR> |
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240 <CODE>mencoder -dvd 1 -oac copy -ovc divx4 -divx4opts pass=2 -vobsubout |
6960 | 241 subtitles -vobsuboutindex 1 -sid 5</CODE></P> |
6711 | 242 |
243 <P><I>Copying a french subtitle from an MPEG file</I><BR> | |
6960 | 244 <CODE>rm subtitles.idx subtitles.sub</CODE><BR> |
245 <CODE>mencoder movie.mpg -ifo movie.ifo -vobsubout subtitles | |
246 -vobsuboutindex 0 -vobsuboutid fr -sid 1</CODE></P> | |
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249 <H2><A NAME="aspect">7.8 Preserving aspect ratio</A></H2> |
8260 | 250 |
251 <P>DVDs and SVCDs (i.e. MPEG1/2) files contain an aspect ratio value, | |
252 which describes how should the player scale the video stream, so humans | |
253 won't have egg heads (ex.: 480x480 + 4:3 = 640x480). However when encoding | |
254 to AVI (DivX) files, you have be aware that AVI headers don't store this | |
255 value. Rescaling the movie is disgusting and time consuming, there | |
256 must be a better feature!</P> | |
257 | |
258 <P>There is.</P> | |
259 | |
260 <P>MPEG4 has an unique feature: the video stream can contain | |
261 its needed aspect ratio. Yes, just like MPEG1/2 files (DVD, SVCD). | |
262 Regretfully, there are <U>no</U> video players outside which support this | |
263 attribute. Except MPlayer.</P> | |
264 | |
265 <P>This feature can be used only with <B>libavcodec</B>'s <CODE>mpeg4</CODE> | |
266 codec. Keep in mind: although MPlayer will correctly play the created file, | |
267 other players will use the wrong aspect ratio.</P> | |
268 | |
269 <P>You seriously should crop the black bands over and below the movie image. | |
8402 | 270 See the manpage about the usage of the <CODE>cropdetect</CODE> and |
271 <CODE>crop</CODE> filters.</P> | |
8260 | 272 |
273 <H5>Usage:</H5> | |
274 | |
275 <P><CODE>$ mencoder sample-svcd.mpg -ovc lavc -lavcopts | |
276 vcodec=mpeg4:aspect=16.0/9.0 -vop crop=714:548:0:14 -oac copy -o output.avi</CODE></P> | |
277 | |
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