On Friday 21 June 2002 16:27, you wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, John Richard Smith wrote: > > > "mencoder -dvd 1 -ovc lavc -lavcopts > > > vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:vbitrate=633 -oac mp3lame -lameopts br=96:cbr > > > -o Matrix.avi" > >
> > 15.26 BST > > > > I found a file called test.avi which is 5 minutes long and has > > 77.5Mb of data in it and plays beautifully in mplayer in divx > > mode. > > This test.avi is the standard output if you do not specify a an > output filename, but seeing as you did output it to a file called > "Matrix.avi" (just guessing you used my example above), I'm > guessing that there is a file-parsing error (one of your options is > wrong, probably the use of mp3lame as you don't have it yet). To > output to another directory or whatever you have 2 options: Well I have your lame rpm and it installed itself flawlessly. I'm currently repeating the process but with all 163 chapters of the film, this will take a while, no compression as yet, and it's hopefully all going on the correct partition now that I have CD to the subdirectory on that partition. However it occured to me to ask a few general questions before experimenting more. 1) Compression , does this come at a price. do you loose quality, is there a risk of picture and sound being out of synchronization or anything. 2) parsing, I read from your website Ralph that at least 2 passes is adviseable so it is going to be one of the obvious options to include, I'm not sure of the option command and where to put it. 3) If compression does come at a price, could I specify breaking down the original decss list of chapters into reasonable amounts so that they would be small enough to write to disk. I might end up with 2 or more discs for a long film but , since they are not that expensive, and if it meant better quality screen pictures and more reliable sound then I might well go for that option. 4) The only compression command I have found in `man mencoder' is ratio=<value in 1-100%> I tried sticking it in a few slots in your sample command but it did not like anything I did. It's not simple I guess. thanks, John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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