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Added new syncengine thanks to a new previously undocumented feature of the em8300, this might fix playback on both slow and fast machines (more testing needed). This also requires users to get the em8300 driver from cvs until the next version is released (will probably happen this weekend) Added lots of comments, should be pretty easy to understand most of the internals now Added lots of brackets to if's for's while's etc, this is not a cosmetical thing but rather due to the fact I got some very odd bugs with else's since I didn't properly use brackets (and it's the K&R standard to have brackets everywhere) Fixed some bugs that would occur when disabling libmp1e Switched to default to the new naming scheme of device nodes, the driver will slowly switch over to this state, if it can't find devices under the new name it will try the old naming scheme I stopped opening devices in non-blocking mode, it would break the new syncengine which tries to burst data to the device (alot of times meaning it will fill the fifo pretty fast which would previously result in jerkyness on fast machines) The device now sets the initial state of the pts and speed (probably not needed, but assumption is the mother of all fuckups =) Keep the control interface open during the entire duration of the libvo device, we might need this to flush video buffers on seeking (currently not implemented, therefore seeking is broken) This is beta stuff to the driver, I will get some users to test it for me and do my best to fix seeking as soon as possible...

.\" MEncoder (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy <[e-mail]-users>
.\" This manpage was/is done by Gabucino
.\"
.TH MEncoder
.SH NAME
mencoder \- Movie Encoder for Linux
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mencoder
.RB [ \-vcd\ <track\ number> ]
.RB [ \-dvd\ <titleid> ]
.RB [ \-chapter\ <chapterid> ]
.RB [ \-dvdangle\ <angleid> ]
.RB [ \-dvdkey\ <key> ]
.RB [ \-nobps ]
.RB [ \-aid\ <id> ]
.RB [ \-vid\ <id> ]
.RB [ \-pp\ <quality> ]
.RB [ \-vc\ <video\ codec\ name> ]
.RB [ \-ac\ <audio\ codec\ name> ]
.RB [ \-vfm\ <video\ codec\ family> ]
.RB [ \-afm\ <audio\ codec\ family> ]
.RB [ \-include\ <configfile> ]
.RB [ \-mc\ seconds/5f ]
.RB [ \-v ]
.RB [ \-mp3file\ <filename> ]
.RB [ \-ac3file\ <filename> ]
.RB [ \-ovc\ <video\ codec\ name> ]
.RB [ \-oac\ <audio\ codec\ name> ]
.RB [ \-divx4opts\ <codec\ options> ]
.RB [ \-lavcopts\ <codec\ options> ]
.RB [ \-lameopts\ <codec\ options> ]
.RB [ \-pass\ <1/2> ]
.RB [ \-passlogfile\ <filename> ]
.RB [ \-ofps\ <fps> ]
.RB [ \-o\ <filename> ]
.RB [ \-frames\ <number> ]
.RB [ \-x\ <rescale\ width> ]
.RB [ \-y\ <rescale\ height> ]
.RB [ \-sws\ <0-2> ]
.RB [ \-ffourcc\ fourcc ]
.I - or file or device
.PP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I mencoder
MEncoder (MPlayer's Movie Encoder) is a simple movie encoder, designed to
encode MPlayer-playable movies (AVI/DVD/VCD/VOB/MPG/MOV/VIV/NET) to other
MPlayer-playable formats (see below). Currently it's in beta stage, and encodes
only to DivX4 (1 or 2 passes) video, PCM/MP3/VBRMP3 audio. Also has stream
copying abilities. In the future, there will be cropping, resizing filters, and
other interesting stuff.
.LP
.SH "GENERAL OPTIONS"
.TP
.I NOTE
Every "flag" option has "noflag" pair, e.g. -flag opposite is -noflag
.TP
.I NOTE
CHECK THE HTML DOCUMENTATION TOO !
.TP
.B \-vcd <track number>
Encode the specified VCD track.
.TP
.B \-dvd <title number>
Encode the specified DVD title.
.TP
.B \-chapter <chapter id>
Use with -dvd option (see above). Start encoding at the specified chapter.
.TP
.B \-dvdangle <angle id>
Use with -dvd option (see above), and if the DVD disc has multiple angles.
It will encode the angle specified here.
.TP
.B \-dvdkey <key>
Used to decrypt CSS-encrypted streams on hard disk (with given CSS decrypt
key).
.TP
.B \-nobps
Used only for AVIs. Doesn't use the bps value in the AVI header, instead
calculates it.
.TP
.B \-aid <audio stream id>
If the source media contains multiple audio streams (for example DVDs), encode
the specified one.
.TP
.B \-vid <video stream id>
If the source media contains multiple video streams, encode the specified one.
.TP
.B \-pp <value>
Apply a postprocess filter to enhance image quality. (values TODO)
.TP
.B \-vc <codec name>
Use specified codec (according to codecs.conf) for decoding input video
stream.
.TP
.B \-ac <codec name>
Use specified codec (according to codecs.conf) for decoding input audio
stream.
.TP
.B \-vfm <video codec family>
Force decoding by using a specific codec FAMILY, and FALLBACK to default
if failed.  For examples see MPlayer manpage.
.TP
.B \-afm <audio codec family>
Force decoding by using a specific codec FAMILY, and FALLBACK to default
if failed.  For examples see MPlayer manpage.
.TP
.B \-include
specify config file to be parsed after the default
.TP
.B \-mc\ seconds/5frame
maximum sync correction per 5 frames (in seconds).
Use -mc 0 to disable input A/V sync.
.TP
.B \-v
Increase verbosity.
.TP
.B \-ovc <codecname>
Encode with the given codec (codec names are from codecs.conf).
Examples:

  -ovc help      get help
  -ovc copy      no encoding, just streamcopy
  -ovc divx4     encode to DivX4
  -ovc lavc      encode with a libavcodec codec
.TP
.B \-oac <codecname>
Encode with the given codec (codec names are from codecs.conf).
Examples:

  -oac help      get help
  -oac copy      no encoding, just streamcopy
  -oac pcm       encode to uncompressed PCM
  -oac mp3lame   encode to MP3 (using Lame)
.TP
.B \-divx4opts
If encoding to DivX4, you can specify its parameters here, like:

  -divx4opts br=1800:deinterlace:key=250

Available options:

  help           get help
  br=XXX         specify bitrate in
                 kbit <4-16000> or
                 bit  <16001-24000000>
  key=XXX        maximum keyframe interval
                 (in frames)
  deinterlace    enable deinterlacing
                 (don't use, DivX4 is buggy!)
  q=XXXX         quality (1-fastest, 5-best)
  min_quant=XXX  minimum quantizer (0-32)
  max_quant=XXX  maximum quantizer (0-32)
  rc_period=XXX  rate control period
  rc_reaction_period=XXX rate control
                         reaction period
  rc_reaction_ratio=XXX  rate control
                         reaction ratio

.TP
.B \-lavcopts
If encoding with a codec from libavcodec, you can specify its parameters here,
like:

  -lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4:vbitrate=1800:vhq:keyint=250

Available options:

  help           get help
  vcodec=XXX     use the specified codec
                 (for full list, see html doc!)
  vbitrate=XXX   specify bitrate in
                 kbit <4-16000> or
                 bit  <16001-24000000>
  keyint=XXX     interval between keyframes
                 (specify in frames)
  vhq            very high quality
.TP
.B \-lameopts
If encoding to MP3 with libmp3lame, you can specify its parameters here, like:

  -lameopts br=192

Available options:

    help         get help
    br=XXX       specify bitrate in
                 kbit <0-1024>
                 (only for CBR)
    q=XXX        Quality
                 (0-highest, 9-fastest)
                 (for VBR)
    vbr=XXX      variable bitrate method
                   0=cbr
                   1=mt
                   2=rh(default)
                   3=abr
                   4=mtrh
    cbr          constant bitrate
    mode=XXX     0=stereo
                 1=joint-stereo
                 2=dualchannel
                 3=mono
                 (default: auto)
    padding=XXX  0=no
                 1=all
                 2=adjust
    ratio=XXX    compression ratio <1-100>

.TP
.B \-pass <1/2>
With this you can encode 2pass DivX4 files. First encode with -pass 1, then
with the same parameters, encode with -pass 2.
.TP
.B \-passlogfile <filename>
When encoding in 2pass mode, MEncoder dumps first pass' informations
to the given file instead of the default divx2pass.log .
.TP
.B \-ofps <fps>
The output file will have different frame/sec than the source.
.TP
.B \-o <filename>
Outputs to the given filename, instead of the default 'test.avi' .
.TP
.B \-frames <number>
Encode only given number of frames.
.TP
.B \-x <rescale width>
Rescale output movie to given pixels wide.
.TP
.B \-y <rescale height>
Rescale output movie to given pixels tall.
.TP
.B \-sws (0-2>
Type of scaling method

    0            fast bilinear (default)
    1            bilinear
    2            bicubic (best quality)
.TP
.B \-ffourcc fourcc
Can be used to force the video fourcc of the output file. For example -ffourcc
div3 will have the output file contain "div3" as video fourcc.
.IP
.SH FILES AND DIRECTORIES
.IP
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.B Encoding DVD title #2
mencoder -dvd 2 -o title2.avi
.TP
.B The same, but with libavcodec family, MJPEG compression
mencoder -dvd 2 -o title2.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg -ffourcc mjpg
.TP
.B Encoding from HTTP
mencoder http://mplayer.hq/example.avi -o example.avi
.TP
.B Encoding from a pipe
rar p test-SVCD.rar | mencoder -divx4opts br=800 -ofps 24 -pass 1 -- -
.TP
.B Encoding multiple *.vob files
cat *.vob | mencoder <options> -
.IP
.SH BUGS
Probably. Check the documentation.

Bugreports should be addressed to the MPlayer-users mailing list
([e-mail]) ! If you want to submit a bugreport
(which we love to receive!), please double-check the bugreports.html, and
tell us all that we need to know to identify your problem.

.LP
.SH AUTHORS
Check documentation !

MPlayer is (C) 2000-2002
.I Arpad Gereoffy <[e-mail]-users>

This manpage is written and maintained by
.I Gabucino .
.LP
.SH STANDARD DISCLAIMER
Use only at your own risk! There may be errors and inaccuracies that could 
be damaging to your system or your eye. Proceed with caution, and although
this is highly unlikely, the author doesn't take any responsibility for that!
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