[MPlayer-users] mpeg2enc discrepencies

[Nico Sabbi]

Sterling Sympatico wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I need some help with creating an NTSC DVD.  I have used two methods and
>seen two different results.
>
>If I use the tovid (tovid.sourceforge.net) scripts which rip audio and
>video from an input file, then mux them using mpeg2enc, the resulting
>file is dvd compatible and playable in mplayer (cvs).  Mplayer even
>displays the correct amount of total time in the encoded video when osd
>is activated.
>
>If I use mencoder and the instructions in the mplayer docs for encoding
>to ntsc dvd (same bitrate parameters as the tovid scripts use), I again
>get a playable and dvd-compatible file.  However, when mplayer plays the
>file, the osd shoes the overall time to be incorrect.  If the file is
>1hr24min long, the mencoder-created file will display 42min in total
>length.  The file is still playable to the end.
>
>tcprobe -i tovid.dvd will show the file to be 1hr24min
>tcprobe -i mencoder.dvd will show the length to be 42min
>
>mplayer -frames 0 -identify will show similar results.
>
>Is this issue a concern when creating a dvd to play in hardware dvd
>players?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Sterling
>
>  
>

mplayer shows an incorrect duration because its relies on the nominal
bitrate in the video stream, this value indicates the maximum bitrate, not
teh average. You can patch it to the average (although it's not correct)
using the vbitrate option in -mpegopts