# HG changeset patch # User gpoirier # Date 1121537071 0 # Node ID c20bd4b505216a5217dff95226ef5f4b9242b2eb # Parent 85fd2ee1c094ee04f130f436992cf94506bea693 Remove rencently added FAQ entry because we now have a much better and detailed doc elsewhere. diff -r 85fd2ee1c094 -r c20bd4b50521 DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml --- a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml Sat Jul 16 14:49:21 2005 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml Sat Jul 16 18:04:31 2005 +0000 @@ -862,65 +862,9 @@ are likely to be playable out of the box on all platforms (for example, to share a video from a digital camcorder with your computer-illiterate friends). - -mencoder -of mpeg -oac toolame -toolameopts br=224 -srate 44100 \ --af-adv force=1 -ovc lavc -mpegopts format=xsvcd -vf harddup -ofps 25 \ --lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:mbd=2:keyint=25:vrc_buf_size=917:vrc_minrate=600:vbitrate=2500:vrc_maxrate=2500 \ -in.avi -o xsvcd.mpg - -This will convert the input file in.avi into -the output file xsvcd.mpg, converting the -audio with toolame at 224kbps -and the video with libavcodec -at 2500kbps, making sure the bitrate never goes below 600 and never -exceeds 2500kbps, in order to respect the (S)VCD norm and ensure an -smooth playback. - -Please note that in order to make the GOP structure SVCD compliant the - option should be 15 for PAL and 18 for NTSC, -although very often files with much longer GOPs play correctly (25 should -never lead to any problem). -Also, even though leaving out should work in most -cases (as your source is likely to have the appropriate framerate -already), PAL requires 25 and NTSC requires - 30000/1001. -What's more, PAL SVCDs only support 480x576 and 352x288 resolutions, -whereas NTSC only supports 480x480 and 352x240. -If the source video has a different resolution, then you must rescale -with the video filter, which will make your filter -chain look like for example for -an NTSC SVCD or for a PAL SVCD. - -As far as the audio is concerned, SVCD only supports MPEG-1 layer II audio, -therefore you have to use one of -toolame, -twolame, or as a last resort -libavcodec's MPEG-1 layer II -encoder (as its quality is far from being as good as the former two -libraries). -Both toolame and -twolame follow the same syntax, -so you depending on which one you managed to install, the example only -requires a small change. If you do need to use -libavcodec's MPEG-1 layer II -encoder, replace - --oac toolame -toolameopts br=224 - -if you use toolame or - --oac twolame -twolameopts br=224 - -if you use twolame by: - --oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp2:abitrate=224 - - -The resulting xsvcd.mpg is an extended -SVCD (that is why it is called xsvcd), mainly because it does not contain -scan offsets. If you need to generate an SVCD image out of it, you -should pass it to -vcdimager. +Please read +Using MEncoder to create VCD/SVCD/DVD-compliant files +for more details.