[MPlayer-users] poor video quality from mencoder when encoding with sound

[Rick]

[rick at topaz movies]$ mencoder -v -ovc divx4 -divx4opts br=1200 -oac mp3lame 
-dvd 1 -o happygilmore.avi


MEncoder CVS-020104-01:00-3.0.2 (C) 2000-2001 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS!)

Reading /home/rick/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open 
'/home/rick/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /usr/local/share/mplayer/codecs.conf: 26 audio & 71 video codecs
CPU vendor name: AuthenticAMD  max cpuid level: 1
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon 4 PM Palomino/Athlon MP 
Multiprocessor/Athlon XP eXtreme Performance (Type: 6, Stepping: 2)
extended cpuid-level: 8
Testing OS support for SSE... yes.
Testing OS support for SSE unmasked exceptions... yes.
Tests of OS support for SSE passed.
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
libdvdcss debug: GetASF not authenticated (ASF=0)
libdvdcss debug: requesting AGID
libdvdcss debug: drive authentic, using variant 0
libdvdcss debug: host authentication established
libdvdcss debug: GetASF authenticated (ASF=1)
libdvdcss debug: fully authenticated, success
Reading disc structure, please wait...
There are 1 titles on this DVD.
There are 17 chapters in this DVD title.
There are 1 angles in this DVD title.

libdvdread: Attempting to retrieve all CSS keys
libdvdread: This can take a _long_ time, please be patient

libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.VOB at 0x00000124
libdvdcss debug: requesting AGID
libdvdcss debug: drive authentic, using variant 0
libdvdcss debug: host authentication established
libdvdcss debug: GetASF authenticated (ASF=1)
libdvdcss debug: title key is c0 ec ad a9 22
libdvdcss debug: got title key
libdvdread: Elapsed time 1
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.VOB at 0x000009d9
libdvdcss debug: requesting AGID
libdvdcss debug: drive authentic, using variant 0
libdvdcss debug: host authentication established
libdvdcss debug: GetASF authenticated (ASF=1)
libdvdcss debug: title key is c0 ec ad a9 22
libdvdcss debug: got title key
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Get key for /VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB at 0x0000ed1f
libdvdcss debug: requesting AGID
libdvdcss debug: drive authentic, using variant 0
libdvdcss debug: host authentication established
libdvdcss debug: GetASF authenticated (ASF=1)
libdvdcss debug: title key is c0 ec ad a9 22
libdvdcss debug: got title key
libdvdread: Elapsed time 0
libdvdread: Found 1 VTS's
libdvdread: Elapsed time 1
DVD successfully opened!
[open] audio stream: 0 audio format: ac3 language: en aid: 128
[open] audio stream: 1 audio format: ac3 language: fr aid: 129
[open] number of audio channels on disk: 2.
[open] subtitle ( sid ): 0 language: en
[open] subtitle ( sid ): 1 language: es
[open] number of subtitles on disk: 2
DVD start cell: 0  pack: 0x0-0x2437
success: format: 0  data: 0x0 - 0x0
DVD Seek! lba=0x0  cell=0  packs: 0x0-0x2437
Angle-seek synced! skip=0  new_lba=0x0
Checking for YUV4MPEG2
ASF_check: not ASF guid!
Checking for NuppelVideo
Checking for MOV
Checking for VIVO
header block 1 size: 0
Checking for REAL
system stream synced at 0xD (0)!
==> Found video stream: 0
Detected MPEG-PS file format!
==> Found audio stream: 128
Searching for sequence header... OK!
VIDEO:  MPEG2  720x480  (aspect 2)  29.97 fps  12250.0 kbps (1531.2 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:2  fourcc:0x10000002  size:720x480  fps:29.97  ftime:=0.0334
Detected video codec: [mpeg12] drv:1 prio:0 (MPEG 1 or 2)
mpeg2dec-0.2.0-release (C) 2000-2001 Aaron Holtzman & Michel Lespinasse
libmpeg2: Using MMXEXT for IDCT transform
libmpeg2: Using MMXEXT for motion compensation
Detected audio codec: [a52] drv:14 (AC3-liba52)
Initializing audio codec...
dec_audio: Allocating 6144 + 65536 = 71680 bytes for output buffer
Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform
AC3: 5.1 (3f+2r+lfe)  48000 Hz  448.0 kbit/s
A52 flags before a52_frame: 0x2A
A52 flags after a52_frame: 0xA
Using MMX optimized resampler
AUDIO: srate=48000  chans=2  bps=2  sfmt=0x10  ratio: 56000->192000
MP3 audio selected
Writing AVI header...
LAME version 3.92 (alpha 1, Jan  4 2002 19:20:10) (http://www.mp3dev.org/)
Using polyphase lowpass  filter, transition band: 19548 Hz - 20129 Hz

misc:

        scaling: 0.000000
        ch0 (left) scaling: 0.000000
        ch1 (right) scaling: 0.000000
        filter type: 0
        quantization: xr^3/4
        huffman search: best (outside loop)
        experimental X=0 Y=0 Z=0
        ...

stream format:

        MPEG-1 Layer 3
        2 channel - stereo
        padding: auto
        variable bitrate - VBR rh (default)
        ...

psychoacoustic:

        tonality estimation limit: 8871.700195 Hz
        using short blocks: allowed
        adjust masking: -1.000000 dB
        psymodel: 1
        noise shaping: 1
         ^ amplification: 1
         ^ stopping: 1
        ATH: using
         ^ type: 4
         ^ adjust type: 3
         ^ adapt threshold type: 2
        using temporal masking effect: yes
        ...

==> Found audio stream: 129
A:   0.9 V:   0.4 A-V:  0.533 oAV:  0.491 diff:  0.069 ct:  0.010 vpc:  0.010
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   1.1 V:   0.6 A-V:  0.501 oAV:  0.482 diff:  0.029 ct:  0.026 vpc:  0.026
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   1.2 V:   0.8 A-V:  0.387 oAV:  0.478 diff: -0.080 ct:  0.020 vpc:  0.020
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   1.4 V:   1.0 A-V:  0.355 oAV:  0.470 diff: -0.088 ct:  0.003 vpc:  0.003
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   1.6 V:   1.2 A-V:  0.387 oAV:  0.486 diff: -0.055 ct: -0.014 vpc: -0.014
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   1.7 V:   1.3 A-V:  0.375 oAV:  0.482 diff: -0.056 ct: -0.020 vpc: -0.020
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   1.9 V:   1.5 A-V:  0.375 oAV:  0.474 diff: -0.034 ct: -0.034 vpc: -0.034
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   2.1 V:   1.7 A-V:  0.407 oAV:  0.489 diff: -0.005 ct: -0.045 vpc: -0.045
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   2.2 V:   1.8 A-V:  0.390 oAV:  0.485 diff: -0.014 ct: -0.049 vpc: -0.049
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   2.4 V:   2.0 A-V:  0.394 oAV:  0.477 diff:  0.003 ct: -0.052 vpc: -0.052
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   2.6 V:   2.2 A-V:  0.398 oAV:  0.469 diff:  0.022 ct: -0.057 vpc: -0.057
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   2.7 V:   2.3 A-V:  0.382 oAV:  0.489 diff: -0.016 ct: -0.059 vpc: -0.059
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   2.9 V:   2.5 A-V:  0.386 oAV:  0.481 diff:  0.000 ct: -0.062 vpc: -0.062
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   3.1 V:   2.7 A-V:  0.354 oAV:  0.472 diff: -0.023 ct: -0.065 vpc: -0.065
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   3.2 V:   2.8 A-V:  0.373 oAV:  0.468 diff:  0.005 ct: -0.066 vpc: -0.066
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   3.4 V:   2.9 A-V:  0.468 oAV:  0.475 diff:  0.081 ct: -0.051 vpc: -0.051
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   3.5 V:   3.0 A-V:  0.484 oAV:  0.471 diff:  0.095 ct: -0.045 vpc: -0.045
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   3.7 V:   3.3 A-V:  0.374 oAV:  0.472 diff: -0.024 ct: -0.044 vpc: -0.044
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   3.9 V:   3.5 A-V:  0.405 oAV:  0.488 diff: -0.007 ct: -0.043 vpc: -0.043
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   4.1 V:   3.7 A-V:  0.409 oAV:  0.479 diff:  0.005 ct: -0.041 vpc: -0.041
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   4.2 V:   3.8 A-V:  0.376 oAV:  0.475 diff: -0.023 ct: -0.044 vpc: -0.044
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   4.4 V:   4.0 A-V:  0.380 oAV:  0.467 diff: -0.001 ct: -0.052 vpc: -0.052
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   4.6 V:   4.2 A-V:  0.412 oAV:  0.483 diff:  0.023 ct: -0.058 vpc: -0.058
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   4.7 V:   4.3 A-V:  0.396 oAV:  0.479 diff:  0.009 ct: -0.058 vpc: -0.058
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   4.9 V:   4.5 A-V:  0.400 oAV:  0.471 diff:  0.025 ct: -0.060 vpc: -0.060
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   5.1 V:   4.7 A-V:  0.368 oAV:  0.486 diff: -0.023 ct: -0.065 vpc: -0.065
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   5.2 V:   4.8 A-V:  0.387 oAV:  0.482 diff:  0.005 ct: -0.066 vpc: -0.066
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   5.4 V:   5.0 A-V:  0.355 oAV:  0.474 diff: -0.020 ct: -0.068 vpc: -0.068
duplicate 2 frame(s)!!!
A:   5.6 V:   5.2 A-V:  0.415 oAV:  0.480 diff:  0.000 ct: -0.066 vpc: -0.032
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   5.7 V:   5.3 A-V:  0.403 oAV:  0.476 diff: -0.008 ct: -0.066 vpc: -0.033
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   5.9 V:   5.5 A-V:  0.403 oAV:  0.468 diff: -0.002 ct: -0.064 vpc: -0.031
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   6.1 V:   5.7 A-V:  0.435 oAV:  0.484 diff:  0.013 ct: -0.061 vpc: -0.028
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   6.2 V:   5.8 A-V:  0.418 oAV:  0.480 diff:  0.001 ct: -0.062 vpc: -0.029
duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
A:   6.3 V:   5.9 A-V:  0.455 oAV:  0.476 diff:  0.027 ct: -0.062 vpc: -0.029
Writing AVI index...
Fixup AVI header...

Video stream:  641.746 kbit/s  (80218 bps)  size: 446997 bytes  5.572 secs

Audio stream:  159.683 kbit/s  (19960 bps)  size: 120720 bytes  6.048 secs
*** free_stream() called ***
On Saturday 05 January 2002 12:50 pm, you wrote:
> It's the Question that drives us, Rick :
> > Please let me know exactly what details are needed and I will post them.
>
> Strange :)
> mencoder -v output, source file