[MPlayer-users] mencoder stops in the middle of input file

[Compn]

Joey Parrish <joey.parrish <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> On 5/3/07, Yonatan Krauss <yonatan_krauss <at> yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Sorry for the lack of info, I am using mencoder on windows. I ripped the DVD 
using DVDecoder in IFO mode, and
> am trying to compress the resulting VOB file. I am using mencoder version rc1 
3.4.2. I have tried several
> encoding parameters so the exact command line is not so important I think.
> 
> What you should try is ripping the DVD directly with mencoder.  It
> works far better than VOBs, because VOBs are multiple files.  With
> direct DVD access, each DVD title is treated as a unit.
> 
> Try something like "mencoder dvd://1 -dvd-device E:" on windows for title #1.
> 
> --Joey
> 


joey... i think this is related to largefile bug on mingw...

Yonatan, can you please try this mingw build? it has largefile support, which 
might fix the problem.
http://oss.netfarm.it/mplayer-win32.php

or try joey's cygwin builds: http://armory.nicewarrior.org/projects/cygmp/

-compn