[MPlayer-users] mencoder ignoring cmdline bitrate options?

[sean finney]

hi there,

i've been having issues with encoding xvid movies with mencoder.  it
seems like mencoder is ignoring the cmdline option that specifies the
bitrate, and i'm getting a bit frustrated.  am i doing something wrong?

here's the command lines i'm using:

mencoder dvd://1 -alang en -oac copy -ofps 23.976 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts :pass=1:bitrate=1600: -vf scale=688:384 -passlogfile 1-pass1.log -o /dev/null 

mencoder dvd://1 -alang en -oac copy -ofps 23.976 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts :pass =2:bitrate=1600: -vf scale=688:384 -passlogfile 1-pass1.log -o 1-incomplete.avi

and the output file:

VIDEO:  [XVID]  688x384  24bpp  23.976 fps  5258.8 kbps (641.9 kbyte/s)

Software: MEncoder 1.0pre3-3.3.3
(though i had this problem with pre2 as well)


the output file is something like 4 gigs!  this really sucks if you're
trying to rip onto something like a ms vfat filesystem that doesn't
support files > 2GB...

anyway, i think the problem might have something to do with the scaling,
though i can't be sure.  i say this because a similar rip that i did
but with  -vf scale -zoom -xy 640  ripped a properly sized file... but
windows didn't like that one (i've heard it's because the dimensions
aren't in multiples of 16 though haven't yet confirmed it)


any ideas?  thanks,

	sean
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