[MPlayer-users] won't output as mpeg?

[Nico Sabbi]

Steven Adeff wrote:

>I'm trying to reencode a 1080i ts stream. I want the output to be
>1080p. I'm using the following command line:
>
>mencoder /MythTV/videos/local/Movies.HDTV/Dragonheart.1080i.ac3.5.1.ts.mpg
>-oac copy -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts
>format=mpeg2:vheight=1080:vaspect=16/9 -noskip -lavcopts
>vcodec=mpeg2video:aspect=16/9:trell:mbd=2:vqmin=2:vqmax=6 -vf
>pullup,softskip -sws 9 -ofps 24000/1001 -o
>Dragonheart.1080p.ac3.5.1.mpg
>
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there's no need to force the muxer to change the A/R: it's necessary 
only when
the original mpeg video stream reports the wrong one (never the case when
the encoder is lavc).
Why on earth are you patching the height? to remove those infamous 8 
pixels on
the right? If not, you shouldn't abuse those flags

>but I get the following which shows it writing an AVI header? anyone
>know what is incorrect in my commands?
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[...]

>==========================================================================
>PACKET SIZE: 2048 bytes
>MPEG MUXER, patching resolution to 0x1080 aspect ratio to 16/9
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>
[...]

>bps=46909632854912 sample-46909632806913)
>Writing AVI header...
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as long as you specify -of mpeg it's not avi, it's still mpeg.
Ignore that message