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1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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2 <!-- $Revision$ -->
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3 <chapter id="mencoder">
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4 <title>Basic usage of <application>MEncoder</application></title>
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5
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6 <para>
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7 For the complete list of available <application>MEncoder</application> options
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8 and examples, please see the man page. For a series of hands-on examples and
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9 detailed guides on using several encoding parameters, read the
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10 <ulink url="../../tech/encoding-tips.txt">encoding-tips</ulink> that were
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11 collected from several mailing list threads on MPlayer-users. Search the
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12 <ulink url="http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">archives</ulink>
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13 for a wealth of discussions about all aspects of and problems related to
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14 encoding with <application>MEncoder</application>.
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15 </para>
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16
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17 <sect1 id="menc-feat-selecting-codec">
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18 <title>Selecting codecs and container formats</title>
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19
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20 <para>
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21 Audio and video codecs for encoding are selected with the
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22 <option>-oac</option> and <option>-ovc</option> options, respectively.
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23 Type for instance:
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24 <screen>mencoder -ovc help</screen>
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25 to list all video codecs supported by the version of
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26 <application>MEncoder</application> on your machine.
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27 The following choices are available:
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28 </para>
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29 <para>
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30 Audio Codecs:
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31
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32 <informaltable frame="all">
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33 <tgroup cols="2">
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34 <thead>
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35 <row><entry>Audio codec name</entry><entry>Description</entry></row>
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36 </thead>
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37 <tbody>
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38 <row>
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39 <entry>mp3lame</entry>
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40 <entry>Encode to VBR, ABR or CBR MP3 with LAME</entry>
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41 </row>
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42 <row>
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43 <entry>lavc</entry>
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44 <entry>Use one of <link linkend="menc-feat-enc-libavcodec-audio-codecs"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>'s audio codecs</link>
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45 </entry>
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46 </row>
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47 <row>
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48 <entry>faac</entry>
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49 <entry>FAAC AAC audio encoder</entry>
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50 </row>
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51 <row>
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52 <entry>toolame</entry>
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53 <entry>MPEG Audio Layer 2 encoder</entry>
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54 </row>
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55 <row>
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56 <entry>twolame</entry>
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57 <entry>MPEG Audio Layer 2 encoder based on tooLAME</entry>
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58 </row>
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59 <row>
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60 <entry>pcm</entry>
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61 <entry>Uncompressed PCM audio</entry>
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62 </row>
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63 <row>
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64 <entry>copy</entry>
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65 <entry>Do not reencode, just copy compressed frames</entry>
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66 </row>
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67 </tbody>
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68 </tgroup>
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69 </informaltable>
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70 </para>
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71
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72 <para>
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73 Video codecs:
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74 <informaltable frame="all">
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75 <tgroup cols="2">
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76 <thead>
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77 <row><entry>Video codec name</entry><entry>Description</entry></row>
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78 </thead>
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79 <tbody>
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80 <row>
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81 <entry>lavc</entry>
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82 <entry>Use one of <link linkend="menc-feat-enc-libavcodec-video-codecs"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>'s video codecs</link>
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83 </entry>
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84 </row>
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85 <row>
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86 <entry>xvid</entry>
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87 <entry>XviD, MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile (ASP) codec</entry>
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88 </row>
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89 <row>
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90 <entry>x264</entry>
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91 <entry>x264, MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC), AKA H.264 codec</entry>
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92 </row>
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93 <row>
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94 <entry>nuv</entry>
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95 <entry>nuppel video, used by some realtime applications</entry>
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96 </row>
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97 <row>
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98 <entry>raw</entry>
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99 <entry>Uncompressed video frames</entry>
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100 </row>
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101 <row>
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102 <entry>copy</entry>
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103 <entry>Do not reencode, just copy compressed frames</entry>
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104 </row>
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105 <row>
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106 <entry>frameno</entry>
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107 <entry>Used for 3-pass encoding (not recommended)</entry>
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108 </row>
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109 </tbody>
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110 </tgroup>
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111 </informaltable>
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112 </para>
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113 <para>
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114 Output container formats are selected with the <option>-of</option>
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115 option.
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116 Type:
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117 <screen>mencoder -of help</screen>
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118 to list all containers supported by the version of
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119 <application>MEncoder</application> on your machine.
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120 The following choices are available:
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121 </para>
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122 <para>
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123 Container formats:
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124 <informaltable frame="all">
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125 <tgroup cols="2">
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126 <thead>
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127 <row><entry>Container format name</entry><entry>Description</entry></row>
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128 </thead>
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129 <tbody>
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130 <row>
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131 <entry>lavf</entry>
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132 <entry>One of the containers supported by
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133 <systemitem class="library">libavformat</systemitem></entry>
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134 </row>
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135 <row>
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136 <entry>avi</entry>
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137 <entry>Audio-Video Interleaved</entry>
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138 </row>
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139 <row>
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140 <entry>mpeg</entry>
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141 <entry>MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 PS</entry>
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142 </row>
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143 <row>
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144 <entry>rawvideo</entry>
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145 <entry>raw video stream (no muxing - one video stream only)</entry>
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146 </row>
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147 <row>
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148 <entry>rawaudio</entry>
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149 <entry>raw audio stream (no muxing - one audio stream only)</entry>
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150 </row>
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151 </tbody>
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152 </tgroup>
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153 </informaltable>
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154 The AVI container is the native container format for
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155 <application>MEncoder</application>, which means that it's the one that
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156 is best handled, and the one for which <application>MEncoder</application>
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157 was designed.
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158 As noted above, other container formats are usable, but you may
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159 experience problems when using them.
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160 </para>
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161
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162 <para>
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163 <systemitem class="library">libavformat</systemitem> containers:
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164 </para>
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165 <para>
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166 If you selected <systemitem class="library">libavformat</systemitem>
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168 the appropriate container format will be determined by the file extension
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169 of the output file.
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170 You may force a particular container format with
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171 <systemitem class="library">libavformat</systemitem>'s
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172 <option>format</option> option.
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173
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174 <informaltable frame="all">
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175 <tgroup cols="2">
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176 <thead>
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177 <row><entry><systemitem class="library">libavformat</systemitem> container name</entry><entry>Description</entry></row>
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178 </thead>
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179 <tbody>
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180 <row>
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181 <entry>mpg</entry>
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182 <entry>MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 PS</entry>
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183 </row>
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184 <row>
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185 <entry>asf</entry>
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186 <entry>Advanced Streaming Format</entry>
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187 </row>
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188 <row>
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189 <entry>avi</entry>
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190 <entry>Audio-Video Interleaved</entry>
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191 </row>
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192 <row>
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193 <entry>wav</entry>
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194 <entry>Waveform Audio</entry>
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195 </row>
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196 <row>
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197 <entry>swf</entry>
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198 <entry>Macromedia Flash</entry>
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199 </row>
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200 <row>
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201 <entry>flv</entry>
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202 <entry>Macromedia Flash video</entry>
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203 </row>
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204 <row>
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205 <entry>rm</entry>
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206 <entry>RealMedia</entry>
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207 </row>
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208 <row>
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209 <entry>au</entry>
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210 <entry>SUN AU</entry>
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211 </row>
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212 <row>
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213 <entry>nut</entry>
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214 <entry>NUT open container (experimental and not yet spec-compliant)</entry>
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215 </row>
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216 <row>
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217 <entry>mov</entry>
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218 <entry>QuickTime</entry>
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219 </row>
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220 <row>
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221 <entry>mp4</entry>
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222 <entry>MPEG-4 format</entry>
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223 </row>
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224 <row>
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225 <entry>dv</entry>
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226 <entry>Sony Digital Video container</entry>
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227 </row>
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228 </tbody>
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229 </tgroup>
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230 </informaltable>
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231 As you can see, <systemitem class="library">libavformat</systemitem>
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232 allows <application>MEncoder</application> to mux into a considerable
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233 variety of containers.
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234 Unfortunately, as <application>MEncoder</application> was not designed
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235 from the beginning to support container formats other than AVI,
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236 your should really be paranoid about the resulting file.
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237 Please check to be sure that the audio/video synchronization is OK
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238 and that the file can be played correctly by players other than
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239 <application>MPlayer</application>.
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240 </para>
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241
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242 <informalexample>
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243 <para>Example:</para>
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244 <para>
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245 Creating a Macromedia Flash video suitable for playback in a web browser
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246 with the Macromedia Flash plugin:
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247 <screen>
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248 mencoder <replaceable>input.avi</replaceable> -o <replaceable>output.flv</replaceable> -of lavf -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=56 -ovc lavc \
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249 -lavcopts vcodec=flv:vbitrate=500:mbd=2:mv0:trell:v4mv:cbp:last_pred=3 \
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250 -srate 22050
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251 </screen>
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252 </para>
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253 </informalexample>
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254
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255 </sect1>
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256
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258 <sect1 id="menc-feat-selecting-input">
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259 <title>Selecting input file or device</title>
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261 <para>
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262 <application>MEncoder</application> can encode from files or directly
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263 from a DVD or VCD disc.
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264 Simply include the filename on the command line to encode from a file,
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265 or <option>dvd://</option><replaceable>titlenumber</replaceable> or
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266 <option>vcd://</option><replaceable>tracknumber</replaceable> to encode
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267 from a DVD title or VCD track.
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268 If you have already copied a DVD to your hard drive (you can use a tool
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269 such as <application>dvdbackup</application>, available on most systems),
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270 and wish to encode from the copy, you should still use the
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271 <option>dvd://</option> syntax, along with <option>-dvd-device</option>
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272 followed by the path to the copied DVD root.
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273
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274 The <option>-dvd-device</option> and <option>-cdrom-device</option>
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275 options can also be used to override the paths to the device nodes
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276 for reading directly from disc, if the defaults of
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277 <filename>/dev/dvd</filename> and <filename>/dev/cdrom</filename> do
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278 not work on your system.
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279 </para>
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280 <para>
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281 When encoding from DVD, it is often desirable to select a chapter or
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282 range of chapters to encode.
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283 You can use the <option>-chapter</option> option for this purpose.
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284 For example, <option>-chapter</option> <replaceable>1-4</replaceable>
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285 will only encode chapters 1 through 4 from the DVD.
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286 This is especially useful if you will be making a 1400 MB encode
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287 targetted for two CDs, since you can ensure the split occurs exactly
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288 at a chapter boundary rather than in the middle of a scene.
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289 </para>
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290 <para>
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291 If you have a supported TV capture card, you can also encode from the
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292 TV-in device.
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293 Use <option>tv://</option><replaceable>channelnumber</replaceable> as
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294 the filename, and <option>-tv</option> to configure various capture
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295 settings.
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296 DVB input works similarly.
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297 </para>
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298 </sect1>
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300
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301 <sect1 id="menc-feat-mpeg4">
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302 <title>Encoding two pass MPEG-4 (&quot;DivX&quot;)</title>
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304 <para>
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305 The name comes from the fact that this method encodes the file <emphasis>twice</emphasis>.
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306 The first encoding (dubbed pass) creates some temporary files
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307 (<filename>*.log</filename>) with a size of few megabytes, do not delete
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308 them yet (you can delete the AVI or rather just not create any video by
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309 redirecting it into <filename>/dev/null</filename>).
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310 In the second pass, the two pass output
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312 resulting file will have much better image quality. If this is the first
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313 time you heard about this, you should consult some guides available on the
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314 net.
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315 </para>
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317 <example id="copy_audio_track">
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318 <title>copy audio track</title>
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319 <para>
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320 Two pass encode of the second track a DVD to an MPEG-4 (&quot;DivX&quot;)
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321 AVI while copying the audio track.
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322 <screen>
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323 mencoder dvd://2 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1 -oac copy -o /dev/null
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324 mencoder dvd://2 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell:vpass=2 -oac copy -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable>
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325 </screen>
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326 </para>
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327 </example>
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329 <example id="encode_audio_track">
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330 <title>encode audio track</title>
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331 <para>
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332 Two pass encode of a DVD to an MPEG-4 (&quot;DivX&quot;) AVI while encoding
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333 the audio track to MP3.
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334 Be careful using this method as it may lead to audio/video desync in
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335 some cases.
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336 <screen>
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337 mencoder dvd://2 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1 -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3 -o /dev/null
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338 mencoder dvd://2 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell:vpass=2 -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3 -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable>
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339 </screen>
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340 </para>
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341 </example>
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342 </sect1>
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345 <sect1 id="menc-feat-handheld-psp">
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346 <title>Encoding to Sony PSP video format</title>
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347
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348 <para>
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349 <application>MEncoder</application> supports encoding to Sony PSP's video
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350 format, but, depending on the revision of the PSP software, the constraints
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351 may differ.
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352 You should be safe if you respect the following constraints:
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353 <itemizedlist>
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354 <listitem><para>
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355 <emphasis role="bold">Bitrate</emphasis>: it should not exceed 1500kbps,
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356 however, past versions supported pretty much any bitrate as long as the
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357 header claimed it was not too high.
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358 </para></listitem>
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359 <listitem><para>
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360 <emphasis role="bold">Dimensions</emphasis>: the width and height of the
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361 PSP video should be multiples of 16, and the product width * height must
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362 be &lt;= 64000.
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363 Under some circumstances, it may be possible for the PSP to play higher
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364 resolutions.
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365 </para></listitem>
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366 <listitem><para>
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367 <emphasis role="bold">Audio</emphasis>: its samplerate should be 24kHz
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368 for MPEG-4 videos, and 48kHz for H.264.
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369 </para></listitem>
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370 </itemizedlist>
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371 </para>
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372
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373 <example id="encode_for_psp">
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374 <title>encode for PSP</title>
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375 <para>
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376 <screen>
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377 mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of lavf -lavcopts aglobal=1:vglobal=1:vcodec=mpeg4:acodec=aac \
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378 -af lavcresample=24000 -vf harddup -lavfopts format=psp:i_certify_that_my_video_stream_does_not_use_b_frames \
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379 -ofps 30000/1001 input.video -o output.psp
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380 </screen>
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381 Note that you can set the title of the video with
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382 <option>-info name=<replaceable>MovieTitle</replaceable></option>.
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383 </para>
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384 </example>
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385 </sect1>
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387
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388 <sect1 id="menc-feat-mpeg">
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389 <title>Encoding to MPEG format</title>
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390 <para>
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391 <application>MEncoder</application> can create MPEG (MPEG-PS) format output
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392 files.
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393 Usually, when you are using MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video, it is because you are
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394 encoding for a constrained format such as SVCD, VCD, or DVD.
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395 The specific requirements for these formats are explained in the
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396 <link linkend="menc-feat-vcd-dvd"> VCD and DVD creation guide</link>
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397 section.
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398 </para>
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400 <para>
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401 To change <application>MEncoder</application>'s output file format,
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402 use the <option>-of mpeg</option> option.
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405 <informalexample>
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406 <para>
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407 Example:
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408 <screen>
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409 mencoder <replaceable>input.avi</replaceable> -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video -oac copy <replaceable>other_options</replaceable> -o <replaceable>output.mpg</replaceable>
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410 </screen>
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411 Creating an MPEG-1 file suitable to be played on systems with minimal
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412 multimedia support, such as default Windows installs:
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413 <screen>
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414 mencoder <replaceable>input.avi</replaceable> -of mpeg -mpegopts format=mpeg1:tsaf:muxrate=2000 -o <replaceable>output.mpg</replaceable> -oac lavc -ovc lavc \
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415 -lavcopts acodec=mp2:abitrate=224:vcodec=mpeg1video:vbitrate=1152:keyint=15:mbd=2:aspect=4/3
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416 </screen>
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418 </informalexample>
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419
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420 <note><title>Hint:</title>
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421 <para>
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422 If for some reason the video quality of the second pass did not
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423 satisfy you, you may re-run your video encode with a different target
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424 bitrate, provided that you saved the statistics file of the previous
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425 pass.
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426 This is possible because the statistics file's primary goal is to
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427 record the complexity of each frame, which doesn't depend heavily on
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428 bitrate. You should note, though, that you'll get the best results if
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429 all passes are run with target bitrates that do not differ very much.
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430 </para>
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431 </note>
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436 <title>Rescaling movies</title>
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438 <para>
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439 Often the need to resize movie images' size emerges. Its reasons can be
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440 many: decreasing file size, network bandwidth, etc. Most people even do
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441 rescaling when converting DVDs or SVCDs to DivX AVI. If you wish to rescale,
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442 read the <link linkend="aspect">Preserving aspect ratio</link> section.
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443 </para>
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445 <para>
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446 The scaling process is handled by the <literal>scale</literal> video filter:
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447 <option>-vf scale=<replaceable>width</replaceable>:<replaceable>height</replaceable></option>.
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448 Its quality can be set with the <option>-sws</option> option.
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449 If it is not specified, <application>MEncoder</application> will use 2: bicubic.
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450 </para>
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452 <para>
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453 Usage:
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454 <screen>
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455 mencoder <replaceable>input.mpg</replaceable> -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell -vf scale=640:480 -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable>
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457 </para>
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458 </sect1>
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462 <title>Stream copying</title>
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464 <para>
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465 <application>MEncoder</application> can handle input streams in two ways:
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466 <emphasis role="bold">encode</emphasis> or <emphasis role="bold">copy</emphasis>
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467 them. This section is about <emphasis role="bold">copying</emphasis>.
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468 </para>
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470 <itemizedlist>
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471 <listitem><para>
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472 <emphasis role="bold">Video stream</emphasis> (option <option>-ovc copy</option>):
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473 nice stuff can be done :) Like, putting (not converting!) FLI or VIVO or
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474 MPEG-1 video into an AVI file! Of course only
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475 <application>MPlayer</application> can play such files :) And it probably
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476 has no real life value at all. Rationally: video stream copying can be
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477 useful for example when only the audio stream has to be encoded (like,
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478 uncompressed PCM to MP3).
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479 </para></listitem>
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480 <listitem><para>
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481 <emphasis role="bold">Audio stream</emphasis> (option <option>-oac copy</option>):
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482 straightforward. It is possible to take an external audio file (MP3,
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483 WAV) and mux it into the output stream. Use the
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484 <option>-audiofile <replaceable>filename</replaceable></option> option
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485 for this.
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486 </para></listitem>
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487 </itemizedlist>
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488
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489 <para>
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490 Using <option>-oac copy</option> to copy from one container format to
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491 another may require the use of <option>-fafmttag</option> to keep the
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492 audio format tag of the original file.
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493 For example, if you are converting an NSV file with AAC audio to an AVI
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494 container, the audio format tag will be incorrect and it will have to
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495 be changed. For a list of audio format tags, check
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496 <filename>codecs.conf</filename>.
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497 </para>
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498
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499 <para>
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500 Example:
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501 <screen>
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502 mencoder <replaceable>input.nsv</replaceable> -oac copy -fafmttag 0x706D -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable>
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503 </screen>
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504 </para>
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505
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506 </sect1>
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509 <sect1 id="menc-feat-enc-images">
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510 <title>Encoding from multiple input image files (JPEG, PNG, TGA, SGI)</title>
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512 <para>
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513 <application>MEncoder</application> is capable of creating movies from one
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514 or more JPEG, PNG or TGA files. With simple framecopy it can create MJPEG
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515 (Motion JPEG), MPNG (Motion PNG) or MTGA (Motion TGA) files.
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516 </para>
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518 <orderedlist>
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519 <title>Explanation of the process:</title>
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520 <listitem><para>
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521 <application>MEncoder</application> <emphasis>decodes</emphasis> the input image(s) with
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522 <systemitem class="library">libjpeg</systemitem> (when decoding PNGs, it
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523 will use <systemitem class="library">libpng</systemitem>).
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524 </para></listitem>
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526 <application>MEncoder</application> then feeds the decoded image to the
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527 chosen video compressor (DivX4, XviD, FFmpeg msmpeg4, etc.).
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529 </orderedlist>
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531 <formalpara>
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532 <title>Examples</title>
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533 <para>
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536 <informalexample>
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537 <para>
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538 Creating an MPEG-4 file from all the JPEG files in the current directory:
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539 <screen>
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540 mencoder mf://*.jpg -mf w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=jpg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell -oac copy -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable>
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541 </screen>
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542 </para>
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546 <para>
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547 Creating an MPEG-4 file from some JPEG files in the current directory:
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548 <screen>
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549 mencoder mf://<replaceable>frame001.jpg,frame002.jpg</replaceable> -mf w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=jpg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell -oac copy -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable>
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550 </screen>
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556 Creating an MPEG-4 file from explicit list of JPEG files (list.txt in current directory
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558 <screen>
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559 mencoder mf://<replaceable>@list.txt</replaceable> -mf w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=jpg \
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560 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell -oac copy -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable>
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561 </screen>
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562 </para>
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565 <informalexample>
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566 <para>
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569 <screen>
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570 mencoder mf://*.jpg -mf w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=jpg -ovc copy -oac copy -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable>
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571 </screen>
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573 </informalexample>
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575 <informalexample>
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576 <para>
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577 Creating an uncompressed file from all the PNG files in the current directory:
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578 <screen>
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579 mencoder mf://*.png -mf w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=png -ovc raw -oac copy -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable>
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580 </screen>
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581 </para>
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582 </informalexample>
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583
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584 <note><para>
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585 Width must be integer multiple of 4, it is a limitation of the RAW RGB AVI format.
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586 </para></note>
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587
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588 <informalexample>
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589 <para>
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590 Creating a Motion PNG (MPNG) file from all the PNG files in the current
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591 directory:
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592 <screen>
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593 mencoder mf://*.png -mf w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=png -ovc copy -oac copy -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable> <!--
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594 --></screen>
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595 </para>
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596 </informalexample>
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597
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598 <informalexample>
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599 <para>
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600 Creating a Motion TGA (MTGA) file from all the TGA files in the current
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602 <screen>
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603 mencoder mf://*.tga -mf w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=tga -ovc copy -oac copy -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable><!--
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604 --></screen>
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605 </para>
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606 </informalexample>
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607
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608 </para>
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609 </formalpara>
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610 </sect1>
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611
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612
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613 <sect1 id="menc-feat-extractsub">
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614 <title>Extracting DVD subtitles to VOBsub file</title>
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616 <para>
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617 <application>MEncoder</application> is capable of extracting subtitles from
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618 a DVD into VOBsub formatted files. They consist of a pair of files ending in
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619 <filename>.idx</filename> and <filename>.sub</filename> and are usually
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620 packaged in a single <filename>.rar</filename> archive.
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621 <application>MPlayer</application> can play these with the
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622 <option>-vobsub</option> and <option>-vobsubid</option> options.
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623 </para>
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624
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625 <para>
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626 You specify the basename (i.e without the <filename>.idx</filename> or
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627 <filename>.sub</filename> extension) of the output files with
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628 <option>-vobsubout</option> and the index for this subtitle in the
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629 resulting files with <option>-vobsuboutindex</option>.
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630 </para>
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631
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632 <para>
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633 If the input is not from a DVD you should use <option>-ifo</option> to
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634 indicate the <filename>.ifo</filename> file needed to construct the
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635 resulting <filename>.idx</filename> file.
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636 </para>
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637
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638 <para>
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639 If the input is not from a DVD and you do not have the
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640 <filename>.ifo</filename> file you will need to use the
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641 <option>-vobsubid</option> option to let it know what language id to put in
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642 the <filename>.idx</filename> file.
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643 </para>
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644
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645 <para>
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646 Each run will append the running subtitle if the <filename>.idx</filename>
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647 and <filename>.sub</filename> files already exist. So you should remove any
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648 before starting.
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649 </para>
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650
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651 <example id="copying_two_subtitles_from_a_dvd_while_doing_two_pass_encoding">
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652 <title>Copying two subtitles from a DVD while doing two pass encoding</title>
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653 <screen>
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654 rm subtitles.idx subtitles.sub
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655 mencoder dvd://1 -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1 -vobsubout subtitles -vobsuboutindex 0 -sid 2
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656 mencoder dvd://1 -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell:vpass=2 -vobsubout subtitles -vobsuboutindex 1 -sid 5<!--
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657 --></screen>
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658 </example>
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660 <example id="copying_a_french_subtitle_from_an_mpeg_file">
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661 <title>Copying a french subtitle from an MPEG file</title>
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662 <screen>
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663 rm subtitles.idx subtitles.sub
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664 mencoder <replaceable>movie.mpg</replaceable> -ifo <replaceable>movie.ifo</replaceable> -vobsubout subtitles -vobsuboutindex 0 -vobsuboutid fr -sid 1 -nosound -ovc copy
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665 </screen>
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666 </example>
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668 </sect1>
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669
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670 <sect1 id="aspect">
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671 <title>Preserving aspect ratio</title>
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672 <para>
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673 DVDs and SVCDs (i.e. MPEG-1/2) files contain an aspect ratio value, which
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674 describes how the player should scale the video stream, so humans will not
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675 have egg heads (ex.: 480x480 + 4:3 = 640x480). However when encoding to AVI
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676 (DivX) files, you have to be aware that AVI headers do not store this value.
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677 Rescaling the movie is disgusting and time consuming, there has to be a better
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678 way!
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679 </para>
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680
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681 <para>There is</para>
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683 <para>
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684 MPEG-4 has a unique feature: the video stream can contain its needed aspect
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685 ratio. Yes, just like MPEG-1/2 (DVD, SVCD) and H.263 files. Regretfully, there are
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686 few video players apart from <application>MPlayer</application> that support this
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687 MPEG-4 attribute.
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690 <para>
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691 This feature can be used only with
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692 <link linkend="ffmpeg"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>'s
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693 <systemitem>mpeg4</systemitem> codec. Keep in mind: although
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694 <application>MPlayer</application> will correctly play the created file,
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695 other players may use the wrong aspect ratio.
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696 </para>
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698 <para>
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699 You seriously should crop the black bands over and below the movie image.
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700 See the man page for the usage of the <systemitem>cropdetect</systemitem> and
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701 <systemitem>crop</systemitem> filters.
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702 </para>
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704 <para>
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705 Usage
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706 <screen>mencoder <replaceable>sample-svcd.mpg</replaceable> -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell:autoaspect -vf crop=714:548:0:14 -oac copy -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable></screen>
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707 </para>
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708 </sect1>
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710 </chapter>