[MPlayer-users] problem extracting audio from divx

[nsabbi at fastwebnet.it]

>-- Original Message --
>Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 13:15:13 -0700
>From: rcooley <rcooley at spamcop.net>
>To: "MPlayer usage questions, features,  bugreports" <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu>
>Subject: Re: [MPlayer-users] problem extracting audio from divx
>Reply-To: "MPlayer usage questions, features,  bugreports" <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu>
>
>
>On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 14:28:38 +0200
>Nico Sabbi <nsabbi at tiscali.it> wrote:
>
>> yes, because mplayer still dumps 4 bytes indicating the stream length
>> before the actual data packet.
>> <rant>This feature should be optional !!!!!!</rant>
>> Search the archive of mplayer-dev-eng, there are  at least 3 patches
>> to remove that crap.
>
>Or he can take the easy way out, and use "-of mpeg", instead of
>patching MPlayer.
>

it's not enough: mencoder's mpeg muxer doesn't know how to mux properly
ac3
(only mp2 and mpeg1/2 video).