From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IaIQF-0002ZH-5z for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:58:27 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with SMTP id l8PLmCVW014083; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:48:12 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.190]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l8PLmBCV014074 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:48:12 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id f5so1634291nfh for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:48:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=YMy6hFi1NpHO0Osd527iNPkhQM6qETOyZrJLJ2i1Olw=; b=aVNBsk0qRQxunbXmBphzShy7YB+ErX/mS1ztZUsLizf0+yNgchWQ2pUL1TiUzGYu/jD4JoJxAD0Gfv4txT9bU9bsR+heYzT6DXJ83/FAtxe9YuGV+O/nZH6WeIXpSH+emJxHugSVRHfd8/EtOfejHv7pQ7uoAKT8vgWt+3Mx6Pk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=iLIeMoxRiM6ys8xwKYJ3Gii+S6kVOsRmM7LdOti+6I7SvyZxQLKei5ViV6YtBWjmvGmKyz1Mbo83fATgvMzGUY1KYYmZEbOkb2L7jEzalvEdELdUwAF21fv/3+A2Si2xY7v2qe1Nvu1X1Fe7sWoeS5FQ/Wdcfe/I41MkTXCw1H8= Received: by 10.86.4.2 with SMTP id 2mr3669413fgd.1190756891413; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:48:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.28.10 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:48:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <10d431920709251448r1776feecgcd59c6c60d59e3cb@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:48:11 -0400 From: anorexicsumo To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] More mencoder fun In-Reply-To: <46F9514C.4040304@ercbroadband.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <46F9514C.4040304@ercbroadband.org> X-Archives-Salt: 4384d845-1b9a-402b-b26b-e8b5b3380e39 X-Archives-Hash: 7c015f12348fe752a4433fd449084916 On 9/25/07, Mark Haney wrote: > Okay, I'm obviously a newbie at video encoding. I'm trying to encode a > file with xvid with mencoder. All the HOWTOs on the web indicate I do > it this way (or similar): > > -ovc xvid -xvidencopts > > with mencoder, however, when I do that I get this: > > MEncoder SVN-r24130 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team > > -xvidencopts is not an MEncoder option > > Is this due to xvid maybe not being compiled into mencoder? Do I need > to add xvid (or similar) to my make options? Or is this a deprecated > option? > > I can't find this option in the man page, so I'm really confused. Any help? You should build with the xvid use flag. Every use flag that you would want to encode with really. Try mencoder -ovc help and see if xvid is available. Here is a very simple command that uses xvid and lame. mencoder -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -xvidencopts bitrate=800 -o test.avi ~/generals_and_majors_drink_from_my_cup.mp4 -xvidencopts expects some xvid configuration options after it. At a minimum you'll need to give it either a bitrate like I've done here or a fixed_quant=x (x must be between 1 and 31). You'd be better off using some of the more advanced xvid options and 2 pass encoding if you want it to look good. If you really really want it to look good I'd move right on to x264 and skip xvid, but thats another matter. Hope that helps. -- aim: cyst23 email: anorexicsumo@gmail.com "We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area." - UK military spokesman Major Mike Shearer -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list