[MPlayer-users] Re: Bitrate calculator for Mencoder

[Sven Hartge]

Javier Pérez B <jperez at saludvald.cl> wrote:

> Exists?... 

If you encode DVDs, use tcprobe from the transcode-project:

oweh at skuld:~$ tcprobe -T 3 -i /dev/cdrom
[tcprobe] PAL DVD image/device
(dvd_reader.c) mpeg2 ntsc 4:3 U0 720x480 video
(dvd_reader.c) ac3 en drc 48kHz 2Ch 
(dvd_reader.c) DVD title 3/5: 6 chapter(s), 1 angle(s)
(dvd_reader.c) title playback time: 02:22:01.20  8522 sec
[tcprobe] summary for /dev/cdrom, (*) = not default, 0 = not detected
import frame size: -g 720x480 [720x576] (*)
     aspect ratio: 4:3 (*)
       frame rate: -f 23.976 [25.000] frc=1 (*)
      audio track: -a 0 [0] -e 48000,16,2 [48000,16,2] -n 0x2000 [0x2000] 
[tcprobe] V: 196006 frames, 8175 sec @ 23.976 fps
[tcprobe] A: 127.73 MB @ 128 kbps
[tcprobe] CD:  650 MB | V:  522.3 MB @ 535.9 kbps
[tcprobe] CD:  700 MB | V:  572.3 MB @ 587.2 kbps
[tcprobe] CD: 1300 MB | V: 1172.3 MB @ 1202.9 kbps
[tcprobe] CD: 1400 MB | V: 1272.3 MB @ 1305.5 kbps

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