From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GHhSC-0000es-8z for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:47:04 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k7SDix7R013929; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:44:59 GMT Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (lightening.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.77]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7SDgLjc017084 for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:42:22 GMT Received: from orpheus (dsl-203-113-239-189.SA.netspace.net.au [203.113.239.189]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ABB737582B for ; Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:42:18 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mencoder did nothing all night at 100% CPU! From: Iain Buchanan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <1156768772.27666.20.camel@orpheus> References: <1155247592.21041.9.camel@orpheus> <200608110821.27162.uwix@iway.na> <1156768772.27666.20.camel@orpheus> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:11:43 +0930 Message-Id: <1156772503.20531.1.camel@orpheus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5cc1a4c2-f556-4a9c-a7b0-e7eece7db471 X-Archives-Hash: 453225141f11b5fb5bf8d73bb0864eed On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 22:09 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 08:21 +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote: > > On 10 August 2006 23:06, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I'm trying out mencoder to try a few different codecs and formats for 1. > > > dvd authoring and 2. just compressing to keep on my HD. > > > > For DVDs, try this: > > > > mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd \ > > -vf scale=720:576,harddup -srate 48000 -af lavcresample=48000 \ > > -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:\ > > vbitrate=5000:keyint=15:acodec=ac3:abitrate=192:aspect=4/3 \ > > -ofps 25 -o outfile.mpeg infile > > wow! I just got around to trying that a couple of days ago and it > produces great output: fast, small file size, and no noticeable > difference in quality between the mpeg and the original dv! (I watched > many different clips many times over to make sure! on TV and on my LCD) sorry about replying to my own post, but I just wanted to get one thing clear: before I go and delete all my original .dv files, can anyone see any problem with this encoding method? thanks! -- Iain Buchanan I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn't park anywhere near the place. -- Steven Wright -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list