[MPlayer-users] Mencoder help please. Full HOWTO?

[Attila Kinali]

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 23:02:10 -0700 (PDT)
"Net Dragon" <netdragon at dragonspot.net> wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hey all. I am a little new to Mplayer/Mencoder. I am trying to take the
> muxed MPEG2 streams off my ex-roommates TIVO, 743 miles away (My linux box
> is hosted there) and compress a 2 hour clip, including commercials, to
> something around 700 megs so it will fit on a CD-R. I have scoured the net
> looking for HOWTO_s or guides or anything. I have read through the
> documentation but I just can not seem to find anything on getting Mencoder
> to work. I am looking for just that, a HOWTO or guide or something. If
> anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated.

Hmm.. did you had a look at encoding.html ?
If yes, could you tell us where you had problems understand it, so
we could imporve it ?

> I would just downloads the 3.2gig stream, but it takes 3 days and FTP
> seems to give up after 2.1gigs. 

This sounds like your ftp client is not capable of handling big files
(ie files bigger than 2G), use a better client (i guess ncftp should
be able if you use a current kernel and libc)

> The original res on the TIVO
> streams is 480x480 with non square pixels. And the bitrate is VBR but
> hovers around 4 to 6Mbit or so I would guess. I would prefer to get it to
> 640x480, deinterlaced DivX or what ever. My Linux box is only an Athlon
> 600MHz & 256megs RAM, but I can just let it sit there and chunk away on
> the video for a day or two right?

Hmm.. this sounds pretty much like one of examples in encoding.html.


			Attila Kinali


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