[MPlayer-users] Mencoder problem

[Thomas Buchmüller]

You should use lower bitrate.

RTFM about mencoder, or take a look at the manpage

On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Ian Truelsen wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Sorry, I forgot to include the output:
>
> I am trying to reduce the size of an AVI file using the following command:
>
> mencoder file.avi -x 120 -y 90 -o smaller-file.avi
>
> The input file is encoded at 480x360. Now when I run the above command, no
> matter what I set the size to, it doesn't change the size of the file.
>
> Am I missing something here?
>
> Reading /home/ian/.mplayer/codecs.conf: 31 audio & 81 video codecs
> CPU vendor name: AuthenticAMD  max cpuid level: 1
> CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon TB Thunderbird (Type: 6, Stepping: 2)
> extended cpuid-level: 6
> CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
> Font /home/ian/.mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
> Not an URL!
> File not found: 'frameno.avi'
> Not an URL!
> success: format: 0  data: 0x0 - 0x2A274000
> Detected AVI file format!
> list_end=0x2292
> MainAVIHeader.dwFlags: (272) HAS_INDEX IS_INTERLEAVED
> list_end=0x10F4
> list_end=0x2186
> list_end=0x2292
> list_end=0x29D6368E
> VIDEO:  [MP42]  480x360  24bpp  29.97 fps  882.4 kbps (107.7 kbyte/s)
> [V] filefmt:3  fourcc:0x3234504D  size:480x360  fps:29.97  ftime:=0.0334
> Detected audio codec: [mp3] drv:1 (MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
> Selecting Audio Decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
> CPU vendor name: AuthenticAMD  max cpuid level: 1
> CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon TB Thunderbird (Type: 6, Stepping: 2)
> extended cpuid-level: 6
> mp3lib: made decode tables with MMX optimization
> init layer2&3 finished, tables done
> mp3lib: using 3DNow!Ex optimized decore!
> MPEG 1.0, Layer III, 44100 Hz 128 kbit Joint-Stereo, BPF: 417
> Channels: 2, copyright: No, original: Yes, CRC: No, emphasis: 0
> AUDIO: srate=44100  chans=2  bps=2  sfmt=0x10  ratio: 16000->176400
> Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1  (-1=autodetect) osd: 1
> ==========================================================================
> Opening Video Decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
> libavcodec: CPU flags: mmx mmxext 3dnow
> Detected video codec: [ffmp42] drv:5 prio:0 (FFmpeg M$ MPEG-4 v2)
> ==========================================================================
> MP3 audio selected
> Writing AVI header...
> VDec: vo config request - 480 x 360, Planar YV12
> [PP] Sorry, postprocessing is not available
> Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
> REQ: flags=0x3  req=0x0
> *** [expand] Exporting mp_image_t, 480x360x12bpp YUV planar, 259200 bytes
> *** [divx4] Allocating mp_image_t, 480x360x12bpp YUV planar, 259200 bytes
>
> No matter what I set the size to, it creates a file 558180416 bytes.
>
> Ian Truelsen
> Masters program in Philosophy
> University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
> BA (Wilfrid Laurier University)
> Email: ian at ihtruelsen.2y.net
>
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