actually to make it easier to you... I found my command that I use here on a legal pad I was using for notes...
mencoder inputfile.mpg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1 -oac copy -o outputfile.avi mencoder inputfile.mpg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=2 -oac copy -o outputfile.avi there is a whole section in the mplayer documentation on it. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gray, Tim Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 10:17 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [Freevo-users] WinTV PVR250 vs (Miro PCTV + Mencoder) I use mencoder. download and read the documetation on mencoder on how to transcode from one format to another. if you want to you can convert the file to almost anything. -----Original Message----- From: free vo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 9:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Freevo-users] WinTV PVR250 vs (Miro PCTV + Mencoder) ...........................from Mpeg2 to divx I can >transcode using a 2 pass encoding and end up with a better file that is >smaller than you can get with live recording to divx. > >I transcode by hand,............... How do you do that (I'm a newbie and have a pvr 250 to :) ????? >From: "Gray, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [Freevo-users] WinTV PVR250 vs (Miro PCTV + Mencoder) >Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 08:01:42 -0500 > >I record as a straight Mpeg2 file from my pvr-250 and then the shows I want >to keep I transcode to divx. cince I am going from Mpeg2 to divx I can >transcode using a 2 pass encoding and end up with a better file that is >smaller than you can get with live recording to divx. > >I transcode by hand, I'm hoping that in the future there will be a freevo >plugin to do this like mythTV has already... I.E. the files in the recorded >directory that are older than 10 days and have not been watched are >automatically transcoded and stored in a different directory. or to >transcode the files when hard drive space becomes tight. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Erwan Velu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 7:13 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [Freevo-users] WinTV PVR250 vs (Miro PCTV + Mencoder) > > >I'm using Freevo with a Miro PCTV. >When I'm recording my tv using mencoder 1.0pre3 (640x480), my celeron 2Ghz >is used at 50% and my stream is made under DivX format with a great >quality. > >I've tried using a WinTv PVR 250, my processor is obsviously not used but >the size of the output-file is to big ! > >What is the real advantage of such solution ? I prefer see my processor >running at 50% but produces a smaller outputfile. > >What about you ? > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 >Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration >See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. >http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn >_______________________________________________ >Freevo-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > >------------------------------------------------------- >The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 >Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration >See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. >http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn >_______________________________________________ >Freevo-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users _________________________________________________________________ Play online games with your friends with MSN Messenger http://messenger.msn.nl/ ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
