[MPlayer-users] Encoding HDTV streams

[Nico Sabbi]

MichaelM wrote:

> Hey all.
> I've been toying around with encoding HDTV, complete with AC3 streams. 
> I grabbed a large chunk (about 3.5 GB), and encoded it to xvid using 
> the following command:
>
> mencoder stream.ts -vf scale=1280:720,dsize=16/9,pp=h1/v1/dr/al/lb 
> -sws 10 -oac copy -ovc xvid -xvidencopts 
> pass=2:bitrate=4000:me_quality=6:vhq=4:chroma_me:qpel -o stream.avi
>
> The "-oac copy" works, and I get an xvid file with ac3 audio.
>
> However, if I just want to make another mpeg file like so :
>
> mencoder stream.ts -oac copy -ovc copy -of mpeg -o stream_1.mpg
>
> there is no audio. Any idea why "-oac copy" works for xvid, but not 
> standard mpeg ? I've used "oac copy" for streams with mp2 audio with 
> no problems ...
>
> I'll appreciate any help.
>

you need this patch to store ac3 in mpeg
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.mplayer.devel/24424/match=new+mpeg+muxer