[MPlayer-users] Mencoder doesn't create Index

[phil.oleynik]

Nick wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I've encoded several DVD's with the following command:
>
> mencoder -dvd-device VIDEO_TS dvd://1 -aid 128 -oac copy -vf 
> crop=x:x:x:x,scale=x:x -ovc xvid -xvidencopts 
> pass=1:bitrate=9999:autoaspect -o "movie.avi"
> mencoder -dvd-device VIDEO_TS dvd://1 -aid 128 -oac copy -vf 
> crop=x:x:x:x,scale=x:x -ovc xvid -xvidencopts 
> pass=2:bitrate=9999:autoaspect -o "movie.avi"
>
> Almost every movie plays fine, exept for Hero and Fahrenheit 9/11 
> where it is impossible to seek in the avi file.
> Mplayer displays the following output when I try to seek in one of the 
> avi's:
>
> Cannot seek in raw AVI streams. (Index required, try with the -idx 
> switch.)
>
> I tried the -idx switch but it's still impossible to seek. Can someone 
> tell me why mencoder doesn't create an index while encoding certain 
> movies?
>
> Regards,
> Nick

Hello!

Can you tell me the size of resulting movie? AVI 2.0 standart does not 
assume that file might be over 4G. With your bitrate setting, it could 
be too large for 4-byte pointer to where in the file an index lies. This 
pointer is placed in AVI head.

Phil