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4 <title>Basic usage of <application>MEncoder</application></title> |
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6 <para> | |
7 For the complete list of available <application>MEncoder</application> options | |
8 and examples, please see the man page. For a series of hands-on examples and | |
9 detailed guides on using several encoding parameters, read the | |
10 <ulink url="../../tech/encoding-tips.txt">encoding-tips</ulink> that were | |
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12 <ulink url="http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mencoder-users/">here</ulink> |
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14 <ulink url="http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">here</ulink> |
9675 | 15 for a wealth of discussions about all aspects of and problems related to |
16 encoding with <application>MEncoder</application>. | |
17 </para> | |
18 | |
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20 <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --> | |
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21449 | 27 Audio and video codecs for encoding are selected with the |
28 <option>-oac</option> and <option>-ovc</option> options, respectively. | |
29 Type for instance: | |
30 <screen>mencoder -ovc help</screen> | |
31 to list all video codecs supported by the version of | |
32 <application>MEncoder</application> on your machine. | |
33 The following choices are available: | |
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41 <row><entry>Audio codec name</entry><entry>Description</entry></row> |
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45 <entry>mp3lame</entry> | |
46 <entry>encode to VBR, ABR or CBR MP3 with LAME</entry> | |
47 </row> | |
48 <row> | |
49 <entry>lavc</entry> | |
21732 | 50 <entry>use one of <link linkend="menc-feat-enc-libavcodec-audio-codecs"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>'s audio codecs</link></entry> |
21521 | 51 </row> |
52 <row> | |
53 <entry>faac</entry> | |
54 <entry>FAAC AAC audio encoder</entry> | |
55 </row> | |
56 <row> | |
57 <entry>toolame</entry> | |
58 <entry>MPEG Audio Layer 2 encoder</entry> | |
59 </row> | |
60 <row> | |
61 <entry>twolame</entry> | |
62 <entry>MPEG Audio Layer 2 encoder based on tooLAME</entry> | |
63 </row> | |
64 <row> | |
65 <entry>pcm</entry> | |
66 <entry>uncompressed PCM audio</entry> | |
67 </row> | |
68 <row> | |
69 <entry>copy</entry> | |
70 <entry>do not reencode, just copy compressed frames</entry> | |
71 </row> | |
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82 <row><entry>Video codec name</entry><entry>Description</entry></row> |
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21521 | 85 <row> |
86 <entry>lavc</entry> | |
21732 | 87 <entry>use one of <link linkend="menc-feat-enc-libavcodec-video-codecs"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>'s video codecs</link></entry> |
21521 | 88 </row> |
89 <row> | |
90 <entry>xvid</entry> | |
91 <entry>Xvid, MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile (ASP) codec</entry> | |
92 </row> | |
93 <row> | |
94 <entry>x264</entry> | |
95 <entry>x264, MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC), AKA H.264 codec</entry> | |
96 </row> | |
97 <row> | |
98 <entry>nuv</entry> | |
99 <entry>nuppel video, used by some realtime applications</entry> | |
100 </row> | |
101 <row> | |
102 <entry>raw</entry> | |
103 <entry>uncompressed video frames</entry> | |
104 </row> | |
105 <row> | |
106 <entry>copy</entry> | |
107 <entry>do not reencode, just copy compressed frames</entry> | |
108 </row> | |
109 <row> | |
110 <entry>frameno</entry> | |
111 <entry>used for 3-pass encoding (not recommended)</entry> | |
112 </row> | |
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21449 | 119 Output container formats are selected with the <option>-of</option> |
120 option. | |
121 Type: | |
122 <screen>mencoder -of help</screen> | |
123 to list all containers supported by the version of | |
124 <application>MEncoder</application> on your machine. | |
125 The following choices are available: | |
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137 <entry>lavf</entry> | |
138 <entry>one of the containers supported by | |
139 <systemitem class="library">libavformat</systemitem></entry> | |
140 </row> | |
141 <row> | |
142 <entry>avi</entry> | |
143 <entry>Audio-Video Interleaved</entry> | |
144 </row> | |
145 <row> | |
146 <entry>mpeg</entry> | |
147 <entry>MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 PS</entry> | |
148 </row> | |
149 <row> | |
150 <entry>rawvideo</entry> | |
151 <entry>raw video stream (no muxing - one video stream only)</entry> | |
152 </row> | |
153 <row> | |
154 <entry>rawaudio</entry> | |
155 <entry>raw audio stream (no muxing - one audio stream only)</entry> | |
156 </row> | |
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21449 | 160 The AVI container is the native container format for |
161 <application>MEncoder</application>, which means that it's the one that | |
162 is best handled, and the one for which <application>MEncoder</application> | |
163 was designed. | |
164 As noted above, other container formats are usable, but you may | |
165 experience problems when using them. | |
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21449 | 173 If you selected <systemitem class="library">libavformat</systemitem> |
174 to do the muxing of the output file (by using the <option>-of lavf</option>), | |
175 the appropriate container format will be determined by the file extension | |
176 of the output file. | |
177 You may force a particular container format with | |
178 <systemitem class="library">libavformat</systemitem>'s | |
179 <option>format</option> option. | |
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184 <entry><systemitem class="library">libavformat</systemitem> container name</entry> | |
185 <entry>Description</entry> | |
186 </row></thead> | |
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189 <entry>mpg</entry> | |
190 <entry>MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 PS</entry> | |
191 </row> | |
192 <row> | |
193 <entry>asf</entry> | |
194 <entry>Advanced Streaming Format</entry> | |
195 </row> | |
196 <row> | |
197 <entry>avi</entry> | |
198 <entry>Audio-Video Interleaved</entry> | |
199 </row> | |
200 <row> | |
201 <entry>wav</entry> | |
202 <entry>Waveform Audio</entry> | |
203 </row> | |
204 <row> | |
205 <entry>swf</entry> | |
206 <entry>Macromedia Flash</entry> | |
207 </row> | |
208 <row> | |
209 <entry>flv</entry> | |
210 <entry>Macromedia Flash video</entry> | |
211 </row> | |
212 <row> | |
213 <entry>rm</entry> | |
214 <entry>RealMedia</entry> | |
215 </row> | |
216 <row> | |
217 <entry>au</entry> | |
218 <entry>SUN AU</entry> | |
219 </row> | |
220 <row> | |
221 <entry>nut</entry> | |
222 <entry>NUT open container (experimental and not yet spec-compliant)</entry> | |
223 </row> | |
224 <row> | |
225 <entry>mov</entry> | |
226 <entry>QuickTime</entry> | |
227 </row> | |
228 <row> | |
229 <entry>mp4</entry> | |
230 <entry>MPEG-4 format</entry> | |
231 </row> | |
232 <row> | |
233 <entry>dv</entry> | |
234 <entry>Sony Digital Video container</entry> | |
235 </row> | |
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237 <entry>mkv</entry> | |
238 <entry>Matroska open audio/video container</entry> | |
239 </row> | |
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21449 | 243 As you can see, <systemitem class="library">libavformat</systemitem> |
244 allows <application>MEncoder</application> to mux into a considerable | |
245 variety of containers. | |
246 Unfortunately, as <application>MEncoder</application> was not designed | |
247 from the beginning to support container formats other than AVI, | |
248 your should really be paranoid about the resulting file. | |
249 Please check to be sure that the audio/video synchronization is OK | |
250 and that the file can be played correctly by players other than | |
251 <application>MPlayer</application>. | |
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23324 | 254 <example id="encode_to_macromedia_flash_format"> |
21521 | 255 <title>encode to Macromedia Flash format</title> |
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21449 | 257 Creating a Macromedia Flash video suitable for playback in a web browser |
258 with the Macromedia Flash plugin: | |
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21408 | 260 mencoder <replaceable>input.avi</replaceable> -o <replaceable>output.flv</replaceable> -of lavf \ |
261 -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=56 -srate 22050 -ovc lavc \ | |
262 -lavcopts vcodec=flv:vbitrate=500:mbd=2:mv0:trell:v4mv:cbp:last_pred=3 | |
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21449 | 277 <application>MEncoder</application> can encode from files or directly |
278 from a DVD or VCD disc. | |
279 Simply include the filename on the command line to encode from a file, | |
280 or <option>dvd://</option><replaceable>titlenumber</replaceable> or | |
281 <option>vcd://</option><replaceable>tracknumber</replaceable> to encode | |
282 from a DVD title or VCD track. | |
283 If you have already copied a DVD to your hard drive (you can use a tool | |
284 such as <application>dvdbackup</application>, available on most systems), | |
285 and wish to encode from the copy, you should still use the | |
286 <option>dvd://</option> syntax, along with <option>-dvd-device</option> | |
287 followed by the path to the copied DVD root. | |
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21449 | 289 The <option>-dvd-device</option> and <option>-cdrom-device</option> |
290 options can also be used to override the paths to the device nodes | |
291 for reading directly from disc, if the defaults of | |
292 <filename>/dev/dvd</filename> and <filename>/dev/cdrom</filename> do | |
293 not work on your system. | |
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21449 | 297 When encoding from DVD, it is often desirable to select a chapter or |
298 range of chapters to encode. | |
299 You can use the <option>-chapter</option> option for this purpose. | |
300 For example, <option>-chapter</option> <replaceable>1-4</replaceable> | |
301 will only encode chapters 1 through 4 from the DVD. | |
302 This is especially useful if you will be making a 1400 MB encode | |
26958 | 303 targeted for two CDs, since you can ensure the split occurs exactly |
21449 | 304 at a chapter boundary rather than in the middle of a scene. |
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21449 | 308 If you have a supported TV capture card, you can also encode from the |
309 TV-in device. | |
310 Use <option>tv://</option><replaceable>channelnumber</replaceable> as | |
311 the filename, and <option>-tv</option> to configure various capture | |
312 settings. | |
313 DVB input works similarly. | |
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21596 | 322 <title>Encoding two pass MPEG-4 ("DivX")</title> |
9675 | 323 |
324 <para> | |
21521 | 325 The name comes from the fact that this method encodes the file |
326 <emphasis>twice</emphasis>. The first encoding (dubbed pass) creates some | |
327 temporary files (<filename>*.log</filename>) with a size of few megabytes, do | |
328 not delete them yet (you can delete the AVI or rather just not create any video | |
27608 | 329 by redirecting it into <filename>/dev/null</filename> |
330 or on Windows into <filename>NUL</filename>). | |
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9675 | 332 file is created, using the bitrate data from the temporary files. The |
333 resulting file will have much better image quality. If this is the first | |
334 time you heard about this, you should consult some guides available on the | |
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9675 | 336 </para> |
337 | |
20035 | 338 <example id="copy_audio_track"> |
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9675 | 340 <para> |
21596 | 341 Two pass encode of the second track a DVD to an MPEG-4 ("DivX") |
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9675 | 343 <screen> |
17039 | 344 mencoder dvd://2 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1 -oac copy -o /dev/null |
21408 | 345 mencoder dvd://2 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell:vpass=2 \ |
346 -oac copy -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable> | |
9675 | 347 </screen> |
348 </para> | |
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20035 | 351 <example id="encode_audio_track"> |
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9675 | 353 <para> |
21596 | 354 Two pass encode of a DVD to an MPEG-4 ("DivX") AVI while encoding |
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9675 | 358 <screen> |
21408 | 359 mencoder dvd://2 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1 \ |
360 -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3 -o /dev/null | |
361 mencoder dvd://2 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell:vpass=2 \ | |
362 -oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=3 -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable> | |
9675 | 363 </screen> |
364 </para> | |
365 </example> | |
366 </sect1> | |
367 | |
19260 | 368 |
21450 | 369 <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --> |
370 | |
371 | |
19260 | 372 <sect1 id="menc-feat-handheld-psp"> |
373 <title>Encoding to Sony PSP video format</title> | |
374 | |
375 <para> | |
21449 | 376 <application>MEncoder</application> supports encoding to Sony PSP's video |
377 format, but, depending on the revision of the PSP software, the constraints | |
378 may differ. | |
379 You should be safe if you respect the following constraints: | |
19260 | 380 <itemizedlist> |
381 <listitem><para> | |
382 <emphasis role="bold">Bitrate</emphasis>: it should not exceed 1500kbps, | |
383 however, past versions supported pretty much any bitrate as long as the | |
384 header claimed it was not too high. | |
385 </para></listitem> | |
386 <listitem><para> | |
387 <emphasis role="bold">Dimensions</emphasis>: the width and height of the | |
388 PSP video should be multiples of 16, and the product width * height must | |
389 be <= 64000. | |
390 Under some circumstances, it may be possible for the PSP to play higher | |
391 resolutions. | |
392 </para></listitem> | |
393 <listitem><para> | |
20037 | 394 <emphasis role="bold">Audio</emphasis>: its samplerate should be 24kHz |
395 for MPEG-4 videos, and 48kHz for H.264. | |
19260 | 396 </para></listitem> |
397 </itemizedlist> | |
398 </para> | |
399 | |
20035 | 400 <example id="encode_for_psp"> |
401 <title>encode for PSP</title> | |
19260 | 402 <para> |
403 <screen> | |
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21449 | 407 <replaceable>input.video</replaceable> -o <replaceable>output.psp</replaceable> |
19260 | 408 </screen> |
21449 | 409 Note that you can set the title of the video with |
410 <option>-info name=<replaceable>MovieTitle</replaceable></option>. | |
19260 | 411 </para> |
412 </example> | |
413 </sect1> | |
414 | |
415 | |
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417 | |
418 | |
9675 | 419 <sect1 id="menc-feat-mpeg"> |
420 <title>Encoding to MPEG format</title> | |
21732 | 421 |
9675 | 422 <para> |
423 <application>MEncoder</application> can create MPEG (MPEG-PS) format output | |
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9675 | 430 </para> |
431 | |
432 <para> | |
12578 | 433 To change <application>MEncoder</application>'s output file format, |
11540 | 434 use the <option>-of mpeg</option> option. |
9675 | 435 </para> |
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9675 | 438 <para> |
439 Example: | |
440 <screen> | |
21408 | 441 mencoder <replaceable>input.avi</replaceable> -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video \ |
442 -oac copy <replaceable>other_options</replaceable> -o <replaceable>output.mpg</replaceable> | |
9675 | 443 </screen> |
16560 | 444 Creating an MPEG-1 file suitable to be played on systems with minimal |
445 multimedia support, such as default Windows installs: | |
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26226 | 448 -o <replaceable>output.mpg</replaceable> -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp2:abitrate=224 -ovc lavc \ |
21408 | 449 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video:vbitrate=1152:keyint=15:mbd=2:aspect=4/3 |
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21063 | 451 Same, but using <systemitem class="library">libavformat</systemitem> MPEG muxer: |
452 <screen> | |
21408 | 453 mencoder <replaceable>input.avi</replaceable> -o <replaceable>VCD.mpg</replaceable> -ofps 25 -vf scale=352:288,harddup -of lavf \ |
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21409 | 455 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video:vrc_buf_size=327:keyint=15:vrc_maxrate=1152:vbitrate=1152:vmax_b_frames=0 |
21063 | 456 </screen> |
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21449 | 462 If for some reason the video quality of the second pass did not |
463 satisfy you, you may re-run your video encode with a different target | |
464 bitrate, provided that you saved the statistics file of the previous | |
465 pass. | |
466 This is possible because the statistics file's primary goal is to | |
467 record the complexity of each frame, which doesn't depend heavily on | |
468 bitrate. You should note, though, that you'll get the best results if | |
469 all passes are run with target bitrates that do not differ very much. | |
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21450 | 472 </sect1> |
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475 <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --> | |
476 | |
9675 | 477 |
478 <sect1 id="menc-feat-rescale"> | |
479 <title>Rescaling movies</title> | |
480 | |
481 <para> | |
26958 | 482 Often the need to resize movie images emerges. The reasons can be |
17039 | 483 many: decreasing file size, network bandwidth, etc. Most people even do |
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9675 | 486 </para> |
487 | |
488 <para> | |
489 The scaling process is handled by the <literal>scale</literal> video filter: | |
9677 | 490 <option>-vf scale=<replaceable>width</replaceable>:<replaceable>height</replaceable></option>. |
9675 | 491 Its quality can be set with the <option>-sws</option> option. |
15329 | 492 If it is not specified, <application>MEncoder</application> will use 2: bicubic. |
9675 | 493 </para> |
494 | |
495 <para> | |
496 Usage: | |
497 <screen> | |
21408 | 498 mencoder <replaceable>input.mpg</replaceable> -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell \ |
499 -vf scale=640:480 -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable> | |
9675 | 500 </screen> |
501 </para> | |
502 </sect1> | |
503 | |
504 | |
21450 | 505 <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --> |
506 | |
507 | |
9675 | 508 <sect1 id="menc-feat-streamcopy"> |
509 <title>Stream copying</title> | |
510 | |
511 <para> | |
512 <application>MEncoder</application> can handle input streams in two ways: | |
513 <emphasis role="bold">encode</emphasis> or <emphasis role="bold">copy</emphasis> | |
514 them. This section is about <emphasis role="bold">copying</emphasis>. | |
515 </para> | |
516 | |
517 <itemizedlist> | |
518 <listitem><para> | |
519 <emphasis role="bold">Video stream</emphasis> (option <option>-ovc copy</option>): | |
520 nice stuff can be done :) Like, putting (not converting!) FLI or VIVO or | |
14024 | 521 MPEG-1 video into an AVI file! Of course only |
9675 | 522 <application>MPlayer</application> can play such files :) And it probably |
523 has no real life value at all. Rationally: video stream copying can be | |
524 useful for example when only the audio stream has to be encoded (like, | |
525 uncompressed PCM to MP3). | |
21449 | 526 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 527 <listitem><para> |
528 <emphasis role="bold">Audio stream</emphasis> (option <option>-oac copy</option>): | |
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10429 | 530 WAV) and mux it into the output stream. Use the |
9675 | 531 <option>-audiofile <replaceable>filename</replaceable></option> option |
532 for this. | |
21449 | 533 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 534 </itemizedlist> |
16228 | 535 |
536 <para> | |
21449 | 537 Using <option>-oac copy</option> to copy from one container format to |
538 another may require the use of <option>-fafmttag</option> to keep the | |
539 audio format tag of the original file. | |
540 For example, if you are converting an NSV file with AAC audio to an AVI | |
541 container, the audio format tag will be incorrect and it will have to | |
542 be changed. For a list of audio format tags, check | |
543 <filename>codecs.conf</filename>. | |
16228 | 544 </para> |
545 | |
546 <para> | |
547 Example: | |
548 <screen> | |
21408 | 549 mencoder <replaceable>input.nsv</replaceable> -oac copy -fafmttag 0x706D \ |
550 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable> | |
16228 | 551 </screen> |
552 </para> | |
21450 | 553 </sect1> |
16228 | 554 |
21450 | 555 |
556 <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --> | |
9675 | 557 |
558 | |
559 <sect1 id="menc-feat-enc-images"> | |
21446 | 560 <title>Encoding from multiple input image files (JPEG, PNG, TGA, etc.)</title> |
9675 | 561 |
562 <para> | |
563 <application>MEncoder</application> is capable of creating movies from one | |
21521 | 564 or more JPEG, PNG, TGA, or other image files. With simple framecopy it can |
565 create MJPEG (Motion JPEG), MPNG (Motion PNG) or MTGA (Motion TGA) files. | |
9675 | 566 </para> |
567 | |
568 <orderedlist> | |
569 <title>Explanation of the process:</title> | |
570 <listitem><para> | |
21521 | 571 <application>MEncoder</application> <emphasis>decodes</emphasis> the input |
572 image(s) with <systemitem class="library">libjpeg</systemitem> (when decoding | |
573 PNGs, it will use <systemitem class="library">libpng</systemitem>). | |
21449 | 574 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 575 <listitem><para> |
576 <application>MEncoder</application> then feeds the decoded image to the | |
20860 | 577 chosen video compressor (DivX4, Xvid, FFmpeg msmpeg4, etc.). |
21449 | 578 </para></listitem> |
9675 | 579 </orderedlist> |
580 | |
581 <formalpara> | |
582 <title>Examples</title> | |
583 <para> | |
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9675 | 585 |
586 <informalexample> | |
587 <para> | |
14024 | 588 Creating an MPEG-4 file from all the JPEG files in the current directory: |
9675 | 589 <screen> |
21408 | 590 mencoder mf://*.jpg -mf w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=jpg -ovc lavc \ |
591 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell -oac copy -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable> | |
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9675 | 593 </para> |
594 </informalexample> | |
595 | |
596 <informalexample> | |
597 <para> | |
14024 | 598 Creating an MPEG-4 file from some JPEG files in the current directory: |
9675 | 599 <screen> |
21408 | 600 mencoder mf://<replaceable>frame001.jpg,frame002.jpg</replaceable> -mf w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=jpg \ |
601 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell -oac copy -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable> | |
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604 </informalexample> | |
605 | |
606 <informalexample> | |
607 <para> | |
21521 | 608 Creating an MPEG-4 file from explicit list of JPEG files (list.txt in current |
609 directory contains the list of files to use as source, one per line): | |
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28966 | 611 mencoder mf://<replaceable>@list.txt</replaceable> -mf w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=jpg \ |
21408 | 612 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell -oac copy -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable> |
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617 You can mix different types of images, regardless of the method you use |
31057 | 618 — individual filenames, wildcard or file with list — provided of |
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619 course they have the same dimensions. |
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620 So you can e.g. take title frame from PNG file, |
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621 and then put a slideshow of your JPEG photos. |
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624 <para> |
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628 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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9675 | 630 </para> |
631 </informalexample> | |
632 | |
633 <informalexample> | |
634 <para> | |
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635 Creating an uncompressed file from all the PNG files in the current directory: |
9675 | 636 <screen> |
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638 </screen> |
9675 | 639 </para> |
640 </informalexample> | |
641 | |
642 <note><para> | |
21521 | 643 Width must be integer multiple of 4, it is a limitation of the RAW RGB AVI |
644 format. | |
9675 | 645 </para></note> |
646 | |
647 <informalexample> | |
648 <para> | |
649 Creating a Motion PNG (MPNG) file from all the PNG files in the current | |
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9675 | 651 <screen> |
21449 | 652 mencoder mf://*.png -mf w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=png -ovc copy -oac copy -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable><!-- |
9675 | 653 --></screen> |
654 </para> | |
655 </informalexample> | |
656 | |
657 <informalexample> | |
658 <para> | |
659 Creating a Motion TGA (MTGA) file from all the TGA files in the current | |
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662 mencoder mf://*.tga -mf w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=tga -ovc copy -oac copy -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable><!-- |
9675 | 663 --></screen> |
664 </para> | |
665 </informalexample> | |
666 </para> | |
667 </formalpara> | |
668 </sect1> | |
669 | |
670 | |
21450 | 671 <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --> |
672 | |
673 | |
9675 | 674 <sect1 id="menc-feat-extractsub"> |
12615 | 675 <title>Extracting DVD subtitles to VOBsub file</title> |
9675 | 676 |
677 <para> | |
678 <application>MEncoder</application> is capable of extracting subtitles from | |
12615 | 679 a DVD into VOBsub formatted files. They consist of a pair of files ending in |
9675 | 680 <filename>.idx</filename> and <filename>.sub</filename> and are usually |
681 packaged in a single <filename>.rar</filename> archive. | |
682 <application>MPlayer</application> can play these with the | |
683 <option>-vobsub</option> and <option>-vobsubid</option> options. | |
684 </para> | |
685 | |
686 <para> | |
687 You specify the basename (i.e without the <filename>.idx</filename> or | |
688 <filename>.sub</filename> extension) of the output files with | |
689 <option>-vobsubout</option> and the index for this subtitle in the | |
690 resulting files with <option>-vobsuboutindex</option>. | |
691 </para> | |
692 | |
693 <para> | |
694 If the input is not from a DVD you should use <option>-ifo</option> to | |
695 indicate the <filename>.ifo</filename> file needed to construct the | |
696 resulting <filename>.idx</filename> file. | |
697 </para> | |
698 | |
699 <para> | |
700 If the input is not from a DVD and you do not have the | |
701 <filename>.ifo</filename> file you will need to use the | |
702 <option>-vobsubid</option> option to let it know what language id to put in | |
703 the <filename>.idx</filename> file. | |
704 </para> | |
705 | |
706 <para> | |
707 Each run will append the running subtitle if the <filename>.idx</filename> | |
708 and <filename>.sub</filename> files already exist. So you should remove any | |
709 before starting. | |
710 </para> | |
711 | |
20035 | 712 <example id="copying_two_subtitles_from_a_dvd_while_doing_two_pass_encoding"> |
14421 | 713 <title>Copying two subtitles from a DVD while doing two pass encoding</title> |
9675 | 714 <screen> |
21408 | 715 rm <replaceable>subtitles.idx</replaceable> <replaceable>subtitles.sub</replaceable> |
716 mencoder dvd://1 -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1 \ | |
717 -vobsubout <replaceable>subtitles</replaceable> -vobsuboutindex 0 -sid 2 | |
718 mencoder dvd://1 -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell:vpass=2 \ | |
719 -vobsubout <replaceable>subtitles</replaceable> -vobsuboutindex 1 -sid 5<!-- | |
9675 | 720 --></screen> |
721 </example> | |
722 | |
20035 | 723 <example id="copying_a_french_subtitle_from_an_mpeg_file"> |
21378 | 724 <title>Copying a French subtitle from an MPEG file</title> |
9675 | 725 <screen> |
21408 | 726 rm <replaceable>subtitles.idx</replaceable> <replaceable>subtitles.sub</replaceable> |
727 mencoder <replaceable>movie.mpg</replaceable> -ifo <replaceable>movie.ifo</replaceable> -vobsubout <replaceable>subtitles</replaceable> -vobsuboutindex 0 \ | |
728 -vobsuboutid fr -sid 1 -nosound -ovc copy | |
15492 | 729 </screen> |
9675 | 730 </example> |
21450 | 731 </sect1> |
9675 | 732 |
21450 | 733 |
734 <!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --> | |
735 | |
9675 | 736 |
737 <sect1 id="aspect"> | |
738 <title>Preserving aspect ratio</title> | |
21732 | 739 |
9675 | 740 <para> |
14024 | 741 DVDs and SVCDs (i.e. MPEG-1/2) files contain an aspect ratio value, which |
15329 | 742 describes how the player should scale the video stream, so humans will not |
9675 | 743 have egg heads (ex.: 480x480 + 4:3 = 640x480). However when encoding to AVI |
17039 | 744 (DivX) files, you have to be aware that AVI headers do not store this value. |
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745 Rescaling the movie is disgusting and time consuming, there has to be a better |
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746 way! |
9675 | 747 </para> |
748 | |
749 <para>There is</para> | |
750 | |
751 <para> | |
18254 | 752 MPEG-4 has a unique feature: the video stream can contain its needed aspect |
21521 | 753 ratio. Yes, just like MPEG-1/2 (DVD, SVCD) and H.263 files. Regretfully, there |
754 are few video players apart from <application>MPlayer</application> that | |
755 support this MPEG-4 attribute. | |
9675 | 756 </para> |
757 | |
758 <para> | |
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27809 | 760 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>'s |
10869 | 761 <systemitem>mpeg4</systemitem> codec. Keep in mind: although |
762 <application>MPlayer</application> will correctly play the created file, | |
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763 other players may use the wrong aspect ratio. |
9675 | 764 </para> |
765 | |
766 <para> | |
767 You seriously should crop the black bands over and below the movie image. | |
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768 See the man page for the usage of the <systemitem>cropdetect</systemitem> and |
9675 | 769 <systemitem>crop</systemitem> filters. |
770 </para> | |
771 | |
772 <para> | |
10869 | 773 Usage |
21408 | 774 <screen>mencoder <replaceable>sample-svcd.mpg</replaceable> -vf crop=714:548:0:14 -oac copy -ovc lavc \ |
775 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell:autoaspect -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable></screen> | |
9675 | 776 </para> |
10869 | 777 </sect1> |
778 | |
9675 | 779 </chapter> |