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Forced subtitles patch by Arne Driescher <driescher@mpi-magdeburg.mpg.de> For a given subtitle language you can now chose to display only the forced subtitles. Defaut is set to "show all subtitles" so that current mplayer behaviour is not changed. For DVD: Use -forced_subs_only additionally to e.g. -slang en if you are only interested in the forced subtitles. For VobSub: The idx file is now parsed for the "forced subs: ON/OFF" tag and used according to its settings. Key: You can toggle the display of forced subtitles by pressing "F" (upper case letter).
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1 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
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2 <HTML>
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4 <HEAD>
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5 <TITLE>Encoding - MEncoder - The Movie Encoder for Linux</TITLE>
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6 <LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="../default.css">
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7 <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
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13 <H1><A NAME="encoding">7. Encoding with MEncoder</A></H1>
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15 <P>For the complete list of available MEncoder options and examples, please see
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16 the man page. For a series of hands-on examples and detailed guides on using
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17 several encoding parameters, read the
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18 <A HREF="../tech/encoding-tips.txt">encoding-tips</A> that were collected from
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19 several mailing list threads on
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20 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users">mplayer-users</A>.
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21 Search the <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">archives</A>
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22 for a wealth of discussions about all aspects of and problems related to
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23 encoding with MEncoder.</P>
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26 <H2><A NAME="2pass">7.1 Encoding 2 or 3-pass MPEG-4 ("DivX")</A></H2>
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28 <P><U><B>2-pass encoding:</B></U> the name comes from the fact that this method
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29 encodes the file <I>twice</I>. The first encoding (dubbed <I>pass</I>)
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30 creates some temporary files (*.log) with a size of few megabytes, do not
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31 delete them yet (you can delete the AVI). In the second pass, the 2-pass
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32 output file is created, using the bitrate data from the temporary files. The
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33 resulting file will have much better image quality. If this is the first time
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34 you heard about this, you should consult some guides available on the
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35 Net.</P>
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37 <P>This example shows how to encode a DVD to a 2-pass MPEG-4 ("DIVX") AVI. Just
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38 two commands are needed:<BR>
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39 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;rm frameno.avi</CODE> - remove this file, which
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40 can come from a previous 3-pass encoding (it interferes with current
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41 one)<BR>
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42 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mencoder dvd://2 -ovc lavc -lavcopts
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43 vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1 -oac copy -o movie.avi<BR>
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45 vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=2 -oac copy -o movie.avi</CODE></P>
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47 <P><U><B>3-pass encoding:</B></U> this is an extension of 2-pass encoding,
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48 where the audio encoding takes place in a separate pass. This method enables
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49 estimation of recommended video bitrate in order to fit on a CD. Also, the
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50 audio is encoded only once, unlike in 2-pass mode. The schematics:</P>
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52 <OL>
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53 <LI>Remove conflicting temporary file:
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55 <LI>First pass:
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56 <P><CODE>mencoder &lt;file/DVD&gt; -ovc frameno -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3 -o frameno.avi</CODE></P>
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57 <P>An audio-only avi file will be created, containing
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58 <B>only</B> the requested audio stream. Don't forget <CODE>-lameopts</CODE>,
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59 if you need to set it. If you were encoding a long movie, MEncoder
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60 prints the recommended bitrate values for 650Mb, 700Mb, and 800Mb
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61 destination sizes, after this pass finishes.</P></LI>
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62 <LI>Second pass:
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63 <P><CODE>mencoder &lt;file/DVD&gt; -oac copy
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64 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1:vbitrate=&lt;bitrate&gt;</CODE></P>
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65 <P>This is the first pass of video encoding.
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66 Optionally specify the video bitrate MEncoder printed at the end of
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67 the previous pass.</P></LI>
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70 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=2:vbitrate=&lt;bitrate&gt;</CODE></P>
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71 <P>This is the second pass of video encoding.
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72 Specify the same bitrate as in the previous pass unless you really know
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73 what you are doing. In this pass, audio from <CODE>frameno.avi</CODE>
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74 will be inserted into the destination file.. and it's all ready!</P></LI>
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75 </OL>
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77 <H4>Example for 3-pass encoding:</H4>
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80 which can come from a previous 3-pass encoding (it interferes with current
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81 one)<BR>
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82 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mencoder dvd://2 -ovc frameno
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83 -o frameno.avi -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3<BR>
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84 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mencoder dvd://2 -ovc lavc
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85 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1 -oac copy -o movie.avi<BR>
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86 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mencoder dvd://2 -ovc lavc
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87 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=2 -oac copy -o movie.avi</CODE></P>
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90 <H2><A NAME="mpeg">7.2 Encoding to MPEG format</A></H2>
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92 <P>MEncoder can create MPEG (MPEG-PS) format output files. It's probably
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93 useful only with <A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">libavcodec</A>'s
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94 <I>mpeg1video</I> codec, because players - except MPlayer - expect MPEG1
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95 video, and MPEG1 layer 2 (MP2) audio streams in MPEG files.</P>
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97 <P>This feature is not very useful right now, aside that it probably has
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98 many bugs, but the more importantly because MEncoder currently cannot encode
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99 MPEG1 layer 2 (MP2) audio, which all other players expect in MPEG files.</P>
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101 <P>To change MEncoder's output file format, use the <CODE>-of mpeg</CODE>
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102 option.</P>
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104 <P>Example:<BR>
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105 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video
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106 -oac copy &lt;other options&gt; media.avi -o output.mpg</CODE></P>
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109 <H2><A NAME="rescaling">7.3 Rescaling movies</A></H2>
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111 <P>Often the need to resize movie images' size emerges. Its reasons can be
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112 many: decreasing file size, network bandwidth, etc. Most people
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113 even do rescaling when converting DVDs or SVCDs to DivX AVI. <B>This is bad.</B>
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114 Instead of even you doing so, read the <A HREF="#aspect">Preserving
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115 aspect ratio</A> section.</P>
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117 <P>The scaling process is handled by the <I>'scale'</I> video filter:
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118 <CODE>-vf scale=width:height</CODE>. Its quality can be set with the
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119 <CODE>-sws</CODE> option. If it's not specified, MEncoder will use 0:
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120 fast bilinear.</P>
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121
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122 <H4>Usage:</H4>
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123
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124 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mencoder input.mpg -ovc lavc -lavcopts
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125 vcodec=mpeg4 -vf scale=640:480 -oac copy -o
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126 output.avi</CODE></P>
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127
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129 <H2><A NAME="copying">7.4 Stream copying</A></H2>
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131 <P>MEncoder can handle input streams in two ways: <B>encode</B> or
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132 <B>copy</B> them. This section is about <B>copying</B>.</P>
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133
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134 <UL>
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135 <LI><B>Video stream</B> (option <CODE>-ovc copy</CODE>): nice stuff can be
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136 done :)<BR>
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137 Like, putting (not converting) FLI or VIVO or MPEG1 video into
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138 an AVI file. Of course only MPlayer can play such files :) And it
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139 probably has no real life value at all. Rationally: video stream copying
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140 can be useful for example when only the audio stream has to be encoded
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141 (like, uncompressed PCM to MP3).</LI>
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144 It is possible to take an external audio file (MP3, WAV) and mux it
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145 into the output stream. Use the <CODE>-audiofile &lt;filename&gt;</CODE>
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146 option for this.</LI>
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147 </UL>
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148
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150 <H2><A NAME="fixing">7.5 Fixing AVIs with broken index or interleaving</A></H2>
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152 <P>Easiest thing. We simply copy the video and audio streams, and
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153 MEncoder generates the index. Of course this cannot fix possible bugs
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154 in the video and/or audio streams. It also fixes files with broken
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155 interleaving, thus the <CODE>-ni</CODE> option won't be needed for them
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156 anymore.</P>
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158 <P>Command: <CODE>mencoder -idx input.avi -ovc copy -oac copy -o output.avi</CODE></P>
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160
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161 <H3><A NAME="appending">7.5.1 Appending multiple AVI files</A></H3>
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162
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163 <P>As a side-effect, the broken AVI fixer function enables MEncoder to append
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164 2 (or more) AVI files:</P>
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165
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166 <P>Command: <CODE>cat 1.avi 2.avi | mencoder -noidx -ovc copy -oac copy -o output.avi -</CODE></P>
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167
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169 stream rate etc, and at least 1.avi must not be broken. You may need to fix
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170 your input AVI files first, as described <A HREF="#fixing">above</A>.</P>
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171
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172
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173 <H2><A NAME="libavcodec">7.6 Encoding with the libavcodec codec family</A></H2>
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174
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175 <P><A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">libavcodec</A> provides simple encoding to a
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176 lot of interesting video and audio formats (currently its audio codecs are
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177 unsupported). You can encode to the following codecs (more or less up to date):</P>
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178
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179 <UL>
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180 <LI>mjpeg - Motion JPEG</LI>
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181 <LI>ljpeg - Lossless JPEG</LI>
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182 <LI>h263 - H263</LI>
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183 <LI>h263p - H263 Plus</LI>
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184 <LI>mpeg4 - ISO standard MPEG-4 (DivX 5, XVID compatible)</LI>
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185 <LI>msmpeg4 - pre-standard MPEG-4 variant by MS, v3 (aka DivX3)</LI>
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186 <LI>msmpeg4v2 - pre-standard MPEG-4 by MS, v2 (used in old asf files)</LI>
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187 <LI>wmv1 - Windows Media Video, version 1 (aka WMV7)</LI>
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188 <LI>wmv2 - Windows Media Video, version 2 (aka WMV8)</LI>
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189 <LI>rv10 - an old RealVideo codec</LI>
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190 <LI>mpeg1video - MPEG1 video</LI>
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191 <LI>mpeg2video - MPEG2 video</LI>
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192 <LI>huffyuv - lossless compression</LI>
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193 <LI>asv1 - ASUS Video v1</LI>
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194 <LI>asv2 - ASUS Video v2</LI>
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195 <LI>ffv1 - FFmpeg's lossless video codec</LI>
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196 </UL>
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197
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198 <P>The first column contains the codec names that should be passed after the
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199 <CODE>vcodec</CODE> config, like: <CODE>-lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4</CODE></P>
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200
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201 <P>An example, with MJPEG compression:<BR>
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202 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mencoder dvd://2 -o title2.avi -ovc lavc
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203 -lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg -oac copy</CODE></P>
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204
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205
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206 <H2><A NAME="image_files">7.7 Encoding from multiple input image files (JPEGs, PNGs or TGAs)</A></H2>
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207
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208 <P>MEncoder is capable of creating movies from one or more JPEG, PNG or TGA
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209 files. With simple framecopy it can create MJPEG (Motion JPEG), MPNG
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210 (Motion PNG) or MTGA (Motion TGA) files.</P>
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211
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212 Explanation of the process:
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213
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214 <OL>
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215 <LI>MEncoder <I>decodes</I> the input image(s) with
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216 <CODE>libjpeg</CODE> (when decoding PNGs, it will use <B>libpng</B>).</LI>
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217
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218 <LI>MEncoder then feeds the decoded image to the chosen video compressor
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219 (DivX4, XviD, ffmpeg msmpeg4, etc...).</LI>
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220 </OL>
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221
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222 <H4>Examples</H4>
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223
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224 <P>The explanation of the <CODE>-mf</CODE> option can be found below in the
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225 man page.</P>
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226
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227 <P><I>Creating a DivX4 file from all the JPEG files in the current dir:</I><BR>
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228 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder -mf on:w=800:h=600:fps=25 -ovc divx4
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229 -o output.avi \*.jpg</CODE></P>
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230
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231 <P><I>Creating a DivX4 file from some JPEG files in the current dir:</I><BR>
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232 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder -mf on:w=800:h=600:fps=25
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233 -ovc divx4 -o output.avi frame001.jpg,frame002.jpg</CODE></P>
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234
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235 <P><I>Creating a Motion JPEG (MJPEG) file from all the JPEG files in the current dir:</I><BR>
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236 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder -mf on:w=800:h=600:fps=25 -ovc copy
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237 -o output.avi \*.jpg</CODE></P>
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238
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239 <P><I>Creating an uncompressed file from all the PNG files in the current dir:</I><BR>
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240 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder -mf on:w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=png -ovc rawrgb
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241 -o output.avi \*.png</CODE></P>
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242
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243 <P><B>Note:</B> Width must be integer multiple of 4, it's a limitation of the
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244 RAW RGB AVI format.</P>
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245
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246 <P><I>Creating a Motion PNG (MPNG) file from all the PNG files in the current dir:</I><BR>
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247 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder -mf on:w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=png -ovc copy
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248 -o output.avi \*.png</CODE></P>
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249
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250 <P><I>Creating a Motion TGA (MTGA) file from all the TGA files in the current dir:</I><BR>
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251 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder -mf on:w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=tga -ovc copy
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252 -o output.avi \*.tga</CODE></P>
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253
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254
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255 <H2><A NAME="vobsub">7.8 Extracting DVD subtitles to a Vobsub file</A></H2>
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256
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257 <P>MEncoder is capable of extracting subtitles from a DVD into
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258 Vobsub fomat files. They consist of a pair of files ending in
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259 <CODE>.idx</CODE> and <CODE>.sub</CODE> and are usually packaged in a single
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260 <CODE>.rar</CODE> archive. MPlayer can play these with the
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261 <CODE>-vobsub</CODE> and <CODE>-vobsubid</CODE> options.</P>
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262
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263 <P>You specify the basename (i.e without the <CODE>.idx</CODE> or
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264 <CODE>.sub</CODE> extension) of the output files with <CODE>-vobsubout</CODE>
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265 and the index for this subtitle in the resulting files with
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266 <CODE>-vobsuboutindex</CODE>.</P>
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267
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268 <P>If the input is not from a DVD you should use <CODE>-ifo</CODE> to
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269 indicate the <CODE>.ifo</CODE> file needed to construct the resulting
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270 <CODE>.idx</CODE> file.</P>
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271
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272 <P>If the input is not from a DVD and you do not have the <CODE>.ifo</CODE>
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273 file you will need to use the <CODE>-vobsubid</CODE> option to let it know
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274 what language id to put in the <CODE>.idx</CODE> file.</P>
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275
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276 <P>Each run will append the running subtitle if the <CODE>.idx</CODE> and
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277 <CODE>.sub</CODE> files already exist. So you should remove any before
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278 starting.</P>
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279
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280 <H4>Examples</H4>
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282 <P><I>Copying two subtitles from a DVD while doing 3-pass encoding</I><BR>
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283 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>rm subtitles.idx subtitles.sub</CODE><BR>
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284 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder dvd://1 -vobsubout subtitles -vobsuboutindex 0
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285 -sid 2 -o frameno.avi -ovc frameno -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3</CODE><BR>
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286 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder dvd://1 -oac copy -ovc divx4 -divx4opts pass=1</CODE><BR>
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287 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder dvd://1 -oac copy -ovc divx4 -divx4opts pass=2 -vobsubout
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288 subtitles -vobsuboutindex 1 -sid 5</CODE></P>
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290 <P><I>Copying a french subtitle from an MPEG file</I><BR>
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291 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>rm subtitles.idx subtitles.sub</CODE><BR>
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292 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder movie.mpg -ifo movie.ifo -vobsubout subtitles
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293 -vobsuboutindex 0 -vobsuboutid fr -sid 1</CODE></P>
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296 <H2><A NAME="aspect">7.9 Preserving aspect ratio</A></H2>
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298 <P>DVDs and SVCDs (i.e. MPEG1/2) files contain an aspect ratio value,
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299 which describes how the player should scale the video stream, so humans
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300 won't have egg heads (ex.: 480x480 + 4:3 = 640x480). However when encoding
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301 to AVI (DivX) files, you have be aware that AVI headers don't store this
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302 value. Rescaling the movie is disgusting and time consuming, there
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303 has to be a better way!</P>
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304
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305 <P>There is.</P>
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306
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307 <P>MPEG4 has an unique feature: the video stream can contain
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308 its needed aspect ratio. Yes, just like MPEG1/2 (DVD, SVCD) and H263 files.
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309 Regretfully, there are <U>no</U> video players outside which support this
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310 attribute of MPEG4. Except MPlayer.</P>
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311
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312 <P>This feature can be used only with <A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">
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313 libavcodec</A>'s <CODE>mpeg4</CODE> codec. Keep in mind: although MPlayer
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314 will correctly play the created file, other players will use the wrong
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315 aspect ratio.</P>
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316
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317 <P>You seriously should crop the black bands over and below the movie image.
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318 See the man page for the usage of the <CODE>cropdetect</CODE> and
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319 <CODE>crop</CODE> filters.</P>
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320
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321 <H4>Usage:</H4>
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322
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323 <P><CODE>$ mencoder sample-svcd.mpg -ovc lavc -lavcopts
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324 vcodec=mpeg4:autoaspect -vf crop=714:548:0:14 -oac copy -o output.avi</CODE></P>
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325
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326 <H2><A NAME="custommatrices">7.10 Custom inter/intra matrices</A></H2>
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327
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328 <P>With this feature of <A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">libavcodec</A> you are
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329 able to set custom inter (I-frames/key frames) and intra (P-frames/predicted
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330 frames) matrices. It is supported by many of the codecs: <CODE>mpeg1video</CODE>
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331 and <CODE>mpeg2video</CODE> are reported as working.</P>
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332
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333 <P>A typical usage of this feature is to set the matrices preferred by the
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334 <A HREF="http://www.kvcd.net/">KVCD</A> specifications.<BR><BR>
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335 The <B>KVCD "Notch" Quantization Matrix</B>:<BR>
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336 <I>Intra:</I>
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337 <PRE>
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346 </PRE>
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347 <I>Inter:</I>
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348 <PRE>
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357 </PRE>
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358 </P>
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359
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360 <H4>Usage:</H4>
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361
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362 <P><CODE>$ mencoder input.avi -o output.avi -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts
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363 inter_matrix=...:intra_matrix=...</CODE></P>
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364
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365 <P><CODE>$ mencoder input.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts
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366 vcodec=mpeg2video:intra_matrix=8,9,12,22,26,27,29,34,9,10,14,26,27,29,34,37,<BR>
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367 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,<BR>
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369 :inter_matrix=16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30,18,20,22,24,26,28,30,32,20,22,24,26,<BR>
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370 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,<BR>
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371 36,38,40,28,30,32,34,36,38,42,42,30,32,34,36,38,40,42,44 -oac copy -o svcd.mpg</CODE></P>
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