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13 <H2><A NAME="encoding">2.4 Encoding with MEncoder</A></H2> 13 <H2><A NAME="encoding">2.4 Encoding with MEncoder</A></H2>
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15 <P>MEncoder (MPlayer's Movie Encoder) is a simple movie encoder, 15 <P>For the complete list of available MEncoder options and examples, please see
16 designed to encode MPlayer-playable movies 16 the man page.</P>
17 (<B>AVI/ASF/OGG/DVD/VCD/VOB/MPG/MOV/VIV/FLI/RM/NUV/NET/PVA</B>) to other 17
18 MPlayer-playable formats (see below). It can encode with various codecs, like 18 <H3><A NAME="2pass">2.4.1 Encoding 2 or 3-pass DivX4</A></H3>
19 <B>DivX4</B> (1 or 2 passes), libavcodec,
20 <B>PCM</B>/<B>MP3</B>/<B>VBR MP3</B> audio. Also has powerful plugin system
21 for video manipulation.</P>
22
23
24 <H3><A NAME="compilation">2.4.1 Compilation</A></H3>
25
26 <UL>
27 <LI><B>OPTIONAL</B> - read MPlayer's compilation instruction.</LI>
28 <LI><B>OPTIONAL (LINUX ONLY)</B> - download the newest <B>DivX4linux</B> libs
29 from <A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net/download.htm">avifile.sourceforge.net</A>,
30 and have them PROPERLY installed. You need them if you want DivX4
31 (1/2 pass) encoding.</LI>
32 <LI><B>OPTIONAL</B> - <A HREF="codecs.html#xvid">download and install
33 <B>XViD</B></A>. Not very useful, libavcodec's <I>mpeg4</I> codec
34 can encode with much better speed AND quality than XViD or DivX4/5.</LI>
35 <LI><B>OPTIONAL</B> - for libavcodec support, install libavcodec as
36 described in the <A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">libavcodec section</A>.</LI>
37 <LI><B>OPTIONAL</B> - download and compile <B>libmp3lame</B> (from lame 3.89beta or lame CVS).<BR>
38 <B>WARNING: DO NOT COMPILE LAME &lt; 3.90 WITH <U>GCC 2.96</U>! It won't
39 work properly!</B><BR>
40 This
41 is needed for CBR/VBR MP3 audio encoding ability. Note that a single
42 <CODE>lame</CODE> binary isn't sufficient. BTW: the less optimization
43 you use for lame, the better the quality will be. You can test
44 quality by running <CODE>make test</CODE> after lame's compiling process
45 is over. The resulting number should be less than <B>30</B>. Don't
46 panic if it's <B>400</B> or so, you shouldn't heard any audible
47 quality decrease. Oh, and if your compiler doesn't even run
48 <CODE>make test</CODE> ... Well, delete that <B>GCC 2.96</B> or upgrade
49 lame to at least <B>3.90</B>.</LI>
50 <LI><B>OPTIONAL</B> - <CODE>libjpeg</CODE> and <CODE>libpng</CODE> -
51 as described in the <A HREF="documentation.html#installation">Installation</A>
52 section</LI>
53 </UL>
54
55 <P>You are ready. As you probably know, other encoding tools need the
56 <I>avifile</I> library installed. MEncoder doesn't need it at all.</P>
57
58
59 <H3><A NAME="features">2.4.2 MEncoder features</A></H3>
60
61 <UL>
62 <LI>encoding from the wide range of fileformats and decoders of MPlayer</LI>
63 <LI>encoding to all the codecs of ffmpeg's
64 <A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">libavcodec</A></LI>
65 <LI>video encoding from <B>V4L compatible TV tuners</B></LI>
66 <LI>encoding/multiplexing to interleaved AVI files with proper index</LI>
67 <LI>creating files from external audio stream</LI>
68 <LI>1, 2 or 3 pass encoding</LI>
69 <LI><B>VBR</B> MP3 audio - <B>IMPORTANT NOTE:</B> VBR MP3 audio doesn't
70 always play nicely on Windows players! On the other hand, currently
71 MEncoder's CBR encoding is totally broken on Win32 players :)</LI>
72 <LI>PCM audio</LI>
73 <LI>stream copying</LI>
74 <LI>input A/V synchronizing (PTS-based, can be disabled with -mc 0 option)</LI>
75 <LI>FPS correction with <CODE>-ofps</CODE> option (useful when encoding
76 29.97fps VOB to 24fps AVI)</LI>
77 <LI>using our very powerful plugin system (crop, expand, flip, postprocess,
78 rotate, scale, rgb/yuv conversion)</LI>
79 <LI>can encode DVD/VOBsub <B>AND</B> text subtitles into the output file</LI>
80 <LI>can rip DVD subtitles to Vobsub format</LI>
81 </UL>
82
83 <H4>Planned features:</H4>
84
85 <UL>
86 <LI>even wider variety of available en/decoding formats/codecs
87 (creating VOB files with DivX4/Indeo5/VIVO streams :)</LI>
88 <LI>audio encoding from v4l (DONE for FreeBSD ?)</LI>
89 </UL>
90
91
92 <H4><A NAME="2pass">2.4.2.1 Encoding 2 or 3-pass DivX4</A></H4>
93 19
94 <P><U><B>2-pass encoding:</B></U> the name comes from the fact that this method 20 <P><U><B>2-pass encoding:</B></U> the name comes from the fact that this method
95 encodes the file <I>twice</I>. The first encoding (dubbed <I>pass</I>) 21 encodes the file <I>twice</I>. The first encoding (dubbed <I>pass</I>)
96 creates some temporary files (*.log) with a size of few megabytes, do not 22 creates some temporary files (*.log) with a size of few megabytes, do not
97 delete them yet (you can delete the AVI). In the second pass, the 2-pass 23 delete them yet (you can delete the AVI). In the second pass, the 2-pass
172 mencoder -dvd 2 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=2 -oac copy -o 98 mencoder -dvd 2 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=2 -oac copy -o
173 movie.avi</CODE></LI> 99 movie.avi</CODE></LI>
174 </UL> 100 </UL>
175 101
176 102
177 <H4><A NAME="rescaling">2.4.2.2 Rescaling movies</A></H4> 103 <H3><A NAME="rescaling">2.4.2 Rescaling movies</A></H3>
178 104
179 <P>Often the need to resize movie images' size emerges. Its reasons can be many, 105 <P>Often the need to resize movie images' size emerges. Its reasons can be many,
180 examples are decreasing output file size, encoding SVCDs to DivX. Ripped DVDs 106 examples are decreasing output file size, encoding SVCDs to DivX. Ripped DVDs
181 are mostly rescaled, for example a 4:3 DVD should be 640x480, especially 107 are mostly rescaled, for example a 4:3 DVD should be 640x480, especially
182 when you want it to fit to 1 CD, and have good quality at the same time. 108 when you want it to fit to 1 CD, and have good quality at the same time.
194 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mencoder sample-svcd.mpg -ovc lavc -lavcopts 120 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mencoder sample-svcd.mpg -ovc lavc -lavcopts
195 vcodec=mpeg4:more_options -vop scale=640:480 -oac copy -o 121 vcodec=mpeg4:more_options -vop scale=640:480 -oac copy -o
196 output.avi</CODE></P> 122 output.avi</CODE></P>
197 123
198 124
199 <H4><A NAME="copying">2.4.2.3 Stream copying</A></H4> 125 <H3><A NAME="copying">2.4.3 Stream copying</A></H3>
200 126
201 <P>MEncoder can handle input streams in two ways: <B>encode</B> or 127 <P>MEncoder can handle input streams in two ways: <B>encode</B> or
202 <B>copy</B> them. This section is about <B>copying</B>.</P> 128 <B>copy</B> them. This section is about <B>copying</B>.</P>
203 129
204 <UL> 130 <UL>
215 into the output stream. Use the <CODE>-audiofile &lt;filename&gt;</CODE> 141 into the output stream. Use the <CODE>-audiofile &lt;filename&gt;</CODE>
216 option for this.</LI> 142 option for this.</LI>
217 </UL> 143 </UL>
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219 145
220 <H4><A NAME="fixing">2.4.2.4 Fixing AVIs with broken index or interleaving</A></H4> 146 <H3><A NAME="fixing">2.4.4 Fixing AVIs with broken index or interleaving</A></H3>
221 147
222 <P>Easiest thing. We simply copy the video and audio streams, and 148 <P>Easiest thing. We simply copy the video and audio streams, and
223 MEncoder generates the index. Of course this cannot fix possible bugs 149 MEncoder generates the index. Of course this cannot fix possible bugs
224 in the video and/or audio streams. It also fixes files with broken 150 in the video and/or audio streams. It also fixes files with broken
225 interleaving, thus the <CODE>-ni</CODE> option won't be needed for them 151 interleaving, thus the <CODE>-ni</CODE> option won't be needed for them
226 anymore.</P> 152 anymore.</P>
227 153
228 <P>Command: <CODE>mencoder -idx input.avi -ovc copy -oac copy -o output.avi</CODE></P> 154 <P>Command: <CODE>mencoder -idx input.avi -ovc copy -oac copy -o output.avi</CODE></P>
229 155
230 156
231 <H4><A NAME="libavcodec">2.4.2.5 Encoding with the libavcodec codec family</A></H4> 157 <H3><A NAME="libavcodec">2.4.5 Encoding with the libavcodec codec family</A></H3>
232 158
233 <P><A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">libavcodec</A> provides simple encoding to a 159 <P><A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">libavcodec</A> provides simple encoding to a
234 lot of interesting video and audio formats (currently its audio codecs are 160 lot of interesting video and audio formats (currently its audio codecs are
235 unsupported). You can encode to the following codecs:</P> 161 unsupported). You can encode to the following codecs:</P>
236 162
251 <P>An example, with MJPEG compression:<BR> 177 <P>An example, with MJPEG compression:<BR>
252 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mencoder -dvd 2 -o title2.avi -ovc lavc 178 <CODE>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mencoder -dvd 2 -o title2.avi -ovc lavc
253 -lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg -oac copy</CODE></P> 179 -lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg -oac copy</CODE></P>
254 180
255 181
256 <H4><A NAME="image_files">2.4.2.6 Encoding from multiple input image files (JPEGs, PNGs or TGAs)</A></H4> 182 <H3><A NAME="image_files">2.4.6 Encoding from multiple input image files (JPEGs, PNGs or TGAs)</A></H3>
257 183
258 <P>MEncoder is capable of creating movies from one or more JPEG, PNG or TGA 184 <P>MEncoder is capable of creating movies from one or more JPEG, PNG or TGA
259 files. With simple framecopy it can create MJPEG (Motion JPEG), MPNG 185 files. With simple framecopy it can create MJPEG (Motion JPEG), MPNG
260 (Motion PNG) or MTGA (Motion TGA) files.</P> 186 (Motion PNG) or MTGA (Motion TGA) files.</P>
261 187
299 <P><I>Creating a Motion TGA (MTGA) file from all the TGA files in the current dir:</I><BR> 225 <P><I>Creating a Motion TGA (MTGA) file from all the TGA files in the current dir:</I><BR>
300 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder \*.tga -mf on:w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=tga -ovc copy 226 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder \*.tga -mf on:w=800:h=600:fps=25:type=tga -ovc copy
301 -oac copy -o output.avi</CODE></P> 227 -oac copy -o output.avi</CODE></P>
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303 229
304 <H4><A NAME="vobsub">2.4.2.7 Extracting DVD subtitles to Vobsub file</A></H4> 230 <H3><A NAME="vobsub">2.4.7 Extracting DVD subtitles to a Vobsub file</A></H3>
305 231
306 <P>MEncoder is capable of extracting subtitles from a DVD into 232 <P>MEncoder is capable of extracting subtitles from a DVD into
307 Vobsub fomat files. They consist of a pair of files ending in 233 Vobsub fomat files. They consist of a pair of files ending in
308 <CODE>.idx</CODE> and <CODE>.sub</CODE> and are usually packaged in a single 234 <CODE>.idx</CODE> and <CODE>.sub</CODE> and are usually packaged in a single
309 <CODE>.rar</CODE> archive. MPlayer can play these with the 235 <CODE>.rar</CODE> archive. MPlayer can play these with the
340 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>rm subtitles.idx subtitles.sub</CODE><BR> 266 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>rm subtitles.idx subtitles.sub</CODE><BR>
341 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder movie.mpg -ifo movie.ifo -vobsubout subtitles 267 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder movie.mpg -ifo movie.ifo -vobsubout subtitles
342 -vobsuboutindex 0 -vobsuboutid fr -sid 1</CODE></P> 268 -vobsuboutindex 0 -vobsuboutid fr -sid 1</CODE></P>
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344 270
345 <H3><A NAME="options">2.4.3 Available options</A></H3>
346
347 <P>For the complete list of available MEncoder options and examples,
348 please see the man page.</P>
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