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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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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 <H2><A NAME="encoding">2.4 Encoding with MEncoder</A></H2>
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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.</P>
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18 <H3><A NAME="2pass">2.4.1 Encoding 2 or 3-pass DivX4</A></H3>
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20 <P><U><B>2-pass encoding:</B></U> the name comes from the fact that this method
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21 encodes the file <I>twice</I>. The first encoding (dubbed <I>pass</I>)
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22 creates some temporary files (*.log) with a size of few megabytes, do not
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23 delete them yet (you can delete the AVI). In the second pass, the 2-pass
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24 output file is created, using the bitrate data from the temporary files. The
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25 resulting file will have much better image quality. If this is the first time
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26 you heard about this, you should consult some guides available on the
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27 Net.</P>
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29 <P>This example shows how to encode a DVD to a 2-pass DivX4 AVI. Just two
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30 commands are needed:<BR>
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31 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;rm frameno.avi</CODE> - remove this file, which
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32 can come from a previous 3-pass encoding (it interferes with current
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33 one)<BR>
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34 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mencoder -dvd 2 -ovc lavc -lavcopts
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35 vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1:more_options -oac copy -o movie.avi<BR>
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36 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mencoder -dvd 2 -ovc lavc -lavcopts
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37 vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=2:more_options -oac copy -o movie.avi</CODE></P>
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39 <P><U><B>3-pass encoding:</B></U> this is an extension of 2-pass encoding,
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40 where the audio encoding takes place in a separate pass. This method enables
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41 estimation of recommended video bitrate in order to fit on a CD. Also, the
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42 audio is encoded only once, unlike in 2-pass mode. The schematics:</P>
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44 <OL>
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45 <LI>Remove conflicting temporary file:
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46 <P><CODE>rm frameno.avi</CODE></P></LI>
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47 <LI>First pass:
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48 <P><CODE>mencoder &lt;file/DVD&gt; -ovc frameno -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3:more_options -o frameno.avi</CODE></P>
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49 <P>An audio-only avi file will be created, containing
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50 <B>only</B> the requested audio stream. Don't forget <CODE>-lameopts</CODE>,
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51 if you need to set it. If you were encoding a long movie, MEncoder
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52 prints the recommended bitrate values for 650Mb, 700Mb, and 800Mb
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53 destination sizes, after this pass finishes.</P></LI>
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56 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1:vbitrate=&lt;bitrate&gt;</CODE></P>
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57 <P>Alias the first pass of DivX4 video encoding.
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58 Optionally specify the video bitrate MEncoder printed at the end of
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59 the previous pass.</P></LI>
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60 <LI>Third pass:
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61 <P><CODE>mencoder &lt;file/DVD&gt; -oac copy
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62 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=2:vbitrate=&lt;bitrate&gt;</CODE></P>
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63 <P>Alias the second pass of DivX4 video encoding.
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64 Optionally specify the video bitrate MEncoder printed at the end of
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66 be inserted into the destination file.. and it's all ready!</P></LI>
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67 </OL>
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69 <H4>Example for 3-pass encoding:</H4>
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73 one)<BR>
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74 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mencoder -dvd 2 -ovc frameno
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76 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mencoder -dvd 2 -ovc lavc
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77 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1:more_options -oac copy -o movie.avi<BR>
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81 <P><U><B>2 or 3-pass encoding using internal libavcodec controller:</B></U>
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82 Optionally you can use libavcodec's internal 2 or 3-pass mode, it may give
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83 you better final rate accuracy than using the external, DivX4-inspired 2-pass
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84 rate controler with libavcodec.</P>
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86 <UL>
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87 <LI><B>2-pass encoding:</B><BR>
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88 <CODE>
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89 mencoder -dvd 2 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1 (audio-options) -o
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90 movie.avi<BR>
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92 movie.avi</CODE></LI>
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93 <LI><B>3-pass encoding:</B><BR>
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94 <CODE>rm -f frameno.avi<BR>
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95 mencoder -dvd 2 -ovc frameno (audio-options) -o frameno.avi<BR>
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99 movie.avi</CODE></LI>
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100 </UL>
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103 <H3><A NAME="rescaling">2.4.2 Rescaling movies</A></H3>
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105 <P>Often the need to resize movie images' size emerges. Its reasons can be
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106 many: decreasing file size, network bandwidth, etc. Most people
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107 even do rescaling when converting DVDs or SVCDs to DivX AVI. <B>This is bad.</B>
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108 Instead of even you doing so, read the <A HREF="#aspect">Preserving
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109 aspect ratio</A> section.</P>
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111 <P>The scaling process is handled by the <I>'scale'</I> video filter:
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112 <CODE>-vop scale=widht:height</CODE>. Its quality can be set with the
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113 <CODE>-sws</CODE> option. If it's not specified, MEncoder will use 0:
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114 fast bilinear.</P>
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116 <H5>Usage:</H5>
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118 <P><CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mencoder input.mpg -ovc lavc -lavcopts
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119 vcodec=mpeg4:more_options -vop scale=640:480 -oac copy -o
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120 output.avi</CODE></P>
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123 <H3><A NAME="copying">2.4.3 Stream copying</A></H3>
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125 <P>MEncoder can handle input streams in two ways: <B>encode</B> or
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126 <B>copy</B> them. This section is about <B>copying</B>.</P>
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127
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128 <UL>
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129 <LI><B>Video stream</B> (option <CODE>-ovc copy</CODE>): nice stuff can be
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130 done :)<BR>
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131 Like, putting (not converting) FLI or VIVO or MPEG1 video into
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132 an AVI file. Of course only MPlayer can play such files :) And it
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133 probably has no real life value at all. Rationally: video stream copying
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134 can be useful for example when only the audio stream has to be encoded
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135 (like, uncompressed PCM to MP3).</LI>
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137 <LI><B>Audio stream</B> (option <CODE>-oac copy</CODE>): straightforward.
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138 It is possible to take an external audio file (MP3, Vorbis) and mux it
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139 into the output stream. Use the <CODE>-audiofile &lt;filename&gt;</CODE>
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140 option for this.</LI>
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144 <H3><A NAME="fixing">2.4.4 Fixing AVIs with broken index or interleaving</A></H3>
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146 <P>Easiest thing. We simply copy the video and audio streams, and
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147 MEncoder generates the index. Of course this cannot fix possible bugs
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148 in the video and/or audio streams. It also fixes files with broken
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149 interleaving, thus the <CODE>-ni</CODE> option won't be needed for them
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155 <H3><A NAME="libavcodec">2.4.5 Encoding with the libavcodec codec family</A></H3>
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159 unsupported). You can encode to the following codecs:</P>
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160
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161 <UL>
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162 <LI>mjpeg - Motion JPEG</LI>
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163 <LI>h263 - H263</LI>
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164 <LI>h263p - H263 Plus</LI>
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165 <LI>mpeg4 - DivX4</LI>
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166 <LI>msmpeg4 - the old DivX</LI>
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167 <LI>msmpeg4v2 - Micro$oft MPEG4 V2 (DivX alias MP43 predecessor)</LI>
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168 <LI>rv10 - an old RealVideo codec</LI>
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169 <LI>mpeg1video - MPEG1 video :)</LI>
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170 </UL>
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171
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172 <P>The first column contains the codec names that should be passed after the
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173 <CODE>vcodec</CODE> config, like: <CODE>-lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4</CODE></P>
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174
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175 <P>An example, with MJPEG compression:<BR>
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176 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mencoder -dvd 2 -o title2.avi -ovc lavc
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177 -lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg -oac copy</CODE></P>
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179
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180 <H3><A NAME="image_files">2.4.6 Encoding from multiple input image files (JPEGs, PNGs or TGAs)</A></H3>
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181
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182 <P>MEncoder is capable of creating movies from one or more JPEG, PNG or TGA
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183 files. With simple framecopy it can create MJPEG (Motion JPEG), MPNG
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184 (Motion PNG) or MTGA (Motion TGA) files.</P>
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185
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186 Explanation of the process:
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187
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188 <OL>
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189 <LI>MEncoder <I>decodes</I> the input image(s) with
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190 <CODE>libjpeg</CODE> (when decoding PNGs, it will use <B>libpng</B>).</LI>
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191
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192 <LI>MEncoder then feeds the decoded image to the chosen video compressor
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193 (DivX4, Xvid, ffmpeg msmpeg4, etc...). Watch for the PNG decoder, as
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194 currently it can output only to RGB formats, thus can't be used with codecs
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195 that require YUV as input, like DivX4 or ffmpeg's msmpeg4.</LI>
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196 </OL>
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197
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198 <H4>Examples</H4>
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200 <P>The explanation of the <CODE>-mf</CODE> option can be found below in the
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201 global <A HREF="#options">Options</A> section and in the man page.</P>
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202
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203 <P><I>Creating a DivX4 file from all the JPEG files in the current dir:</I><BR>
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204 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder \*.jpg -mf on:w=800:h=600:fps=25 -ovc divx4
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205 -oac copy -o output.avi</CODE></P>
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206
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207 <P><I>Creating a DivX4 file from some JPEG files in the current dir:</I><BR>
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208 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder frame001.jpg,frame002.jpg -mf on:w=800:h=600:fps=25
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209 -ovc divx4 -oac copy -o output.avi</CODE></P>
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210
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211 <P><I>Creating a Motion JPEG (MJPEG) file from all the JPEG files in the current dir:</I><BR>
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212 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder \*.jpg -mf on:w=800:h=600:fps=25 -ovc copy
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213 -oac copy -o output.avi</CODE></P>
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214
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215 <P><I>Creating an uncompressed file from all the PNG files in the current dir:</I><BR>
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216 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder \*.png -mf on:w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=png -ovc raw
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217 -oac copy -o output.avi</CODE></P>
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218
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219 <P><I>Creating a Motion PNG (MPNG) file from all the PNG files in the current dir:</I><BR>
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220 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder \*.png -mf on:w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=png -ovc copy
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221 -oac copy -o output.avi</CODE></P>
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222
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223 <P><I>Creating a Motion TGA (MTGA) file from all the TGA files in the current dir:</I><BR>
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224 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder \*.tga -mf on:w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=tga -ovc copy
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225 -oac copy -o output.avi</CODE></P>
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226
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227
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228 <H3><A NAME="vobsub">2.4.7 Extracting DVD subtitles to a Vobsub file</A></H3>
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229
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230 <P>MEncoder is capable of extracting subtitles from a DVD into
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231 Vobsub fomat files. They consist of a pair of files ending in
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232 <CODE>.idx</CODE> and <CODE>.sub</CODE> and are usually packaged in a single
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233 <CODE>.rar</CODE> archive. MPlayer can play these with the
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234 <CODE>-vobsub</CODE> and <CODE>-vobsubid</CODE> options.</P>
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235
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236 <P>You specify the basename (i.e without the <CODE>.idx</CODE> or
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237 <CODE>.sub</CODE> extension) of the output files with <CODE>-vobsubout</CODE>
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238 and the index for this subtitle in the resulting files with
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239 <CODE>-vobsuboutindex</CODE>.</P>
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240
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241 <P>If the input is not from a DVD you should use <CODE>-ifo</CODE> to
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242 indicate the <CODE>.ifo</CODE> file needed to construct the resulting
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243 <CODE>.idx</CODE> file.</P>
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244
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245 <P>If the input is not from a DVD and you do not have the <CODE>.ifo</CODE>
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246 file you will need to use the <CODE>-vobsubid</CODE> option to let it know
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247 what language id to put in the <CODE>.idx</CODE> file.</P>
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248
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249 <P>Each run will append the running subtitle if the <CODE>.idx</CODE> and
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250 <CODE>.sub</CODE> files already exist. So you should remove any before
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251 starting.</P>
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252
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253 <H4>Examples</H4>
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254
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255 <P><I>Copying two subtitles from a DVD while doing 3-pass encoding</I><BR>
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256 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>rm subtitles.idx subtitles.sub</CODE><BR>
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257 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder -dvd 1 -vobsubout subtitles -vobsuboutindex 0
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258 -sid 2 -o frameno.avi -ovc frameno -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3</CODE><BR>
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259 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder -dvd 1 -oac copy -ovc divx4 -divx4opts pass=1</CODE><BR>
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260 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder -dvd 1 -oac copy -ovc divx4 -divx4opts pass=2 -vobsubout
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261 subtitles -vobsuboutindex 1 -sid 5</CODE></P>
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263 <P><I>Copying a french subtitle from an MPEG file</I><BR>
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264 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>rm subtitles.idx subtitles.sub</CODE><BR>
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265 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder movie.mpg -ifo movie.ifo -vobsubout subtitles
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266 -vobsuboutindex 0 -vobsuboutid fr -sid 1</CODE></P>
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269 <H3><A NAME="aspect">2.4.8 Preserving aspect ratio</A></H3>
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271 <P>DVDs and SVCDs (i.e. MPEG1/2) files contain an aspect ratio value,
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272 which describes how should the player scale the video stream, so humans
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273 won't have egg heads (ex.: 480x480 + 4:3 = 640x480). However when encoding
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274 to AVI (DivX) files, you have be aware that AVI headers don't store this
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275 value. Rescaling the movie is disgusting and time consuming, there
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276 must be a better feature!</P>
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277
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278 <P>There is.</P>
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280 <P>MPEG4 has an unique feature: the video stream can contain
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281 its needed aspect ratio. Yes, just like MPEG1/2 files (DVD, SVCD).
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282 Regretfully, there are <U>no</U> video players outside which support this
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283 attribute. Except MPlayer.</P>
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284
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285 <P>This feature can be used only with <B>libavcodec</B>'s <CODE>mpeg4</CODE>
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286 codec. Keep in mind: although MPlayer will correctly play the created file,
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287 other players will use the wrong aspect ratio.</P>
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288
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289 <P>You seriously should crop the black bands over and below the movie image.
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290 See TODO.</P>
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291
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292 <H5>Usage:</H5>
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293
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294 <P><CODE>$ mencoder sample-svcd.mpg -ovc lavc -lavcopts
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295 vcodec=mpeg4:aspect=16.0/9.0 -vop crop=714:548:0:14 -oac copy -o output.avi</CODE></P>
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297 </BODY>
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298 </HTML>