[MPlayer-users] mencoder *.avi ?

[gabor farkas]

hi,

i don't know how to solve that dvd ripping problem, but 
you can't use cat *.avi | mencoder..

this is because vov's are ( as far as i know ) something like mpeg, that
means they're headerless.

but avi has headers, so you just can't append them so easily as mpegs...

you'll have to use an external tool to append the towo avis together..

try to search the mail-archives... it has been discussed.

bye,
gabor

On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 09:49:49PM -0700, Steven M. Schultz wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi -
> 
> 	I see from the mencoder manpage that it is possible to
> 	do something like:
> 
> 		cat *.vob | mencoder ...
> 
> 	Is it possible to do the same thing with multiple .avi files?
> 
> 	The reason I ask is that i have several DVDs for which
> 
> 		'-chapter 2-6' 
> 
> 	fails (stops after processing chapter 2) while
> 
> 		'-chapter 2-4'
> 		'-chapter 5-5'
> 		'-chapter 6-6'
> 
> 	succeeds.
> 
> 	My thought was perhaps to do each chapter individually with 
> 	something like:
> 
> 		mencoder -dvd 1 -chapter 2-4 -oac copy -ovc copy -o c2-4.avi
> 		mencoder -dvd 1 -chapter 5-5 -oac copy -ovc copy -o c5.avi
> 		mencoder -dvd 1 -chapter 6-6 -oac copy -ovc copy -o c6.avi
> 
> 	and then do the divx encoding on the cat of the .avi files:
> 
> 		cat *.avi | mencoder -ovc lavc -lavcopts ...
> 
> 
> 	Doing the whole DVD isn't what's wanted because there are 2 complete 
> 	movies on each side of the DVD.  Usually the first is chapters 2 thru 
> 	6 and the second movie is chapters 7 thru 11.
> 
> 	Hints, suggestions?
> 
> 	Thanks.
> 
> 	Steven Schultz
> 	sms at 2bsd.com
> 
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