Re: [gentoo-amd64] More mencoder fun

["Mark Haney" <mhaney@ercbroadband.org>]

anorexicsumo wrote:
> On 9/25/07, Mark Haney <mhaney@ercbroadband.org> 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.
> 
> 

Yes that helps a great deal.  How does x264 stack up on file size?  Does
it play 'out of the box' on a windows system?  I've been struggling to
get a decent quality/filesize ratio for a video going on our website.


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