[MPlayer-users] mencoder bails out on 1st pass

[Ron Johnson]

On 03/25/2012 04:31 AM, Krzysztof Duchnowski wrote:
> On 25.03.2012 00:56, Alexander Roalter wrote:
>> I'm trying to reencode a VOB file, and a fresh mencoder build (with a
>> x264 from January 21st) stops with the following message:
>>
>> [VD_FFMPEG] Trying pixfmt=0.
>> The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
>> Try appending the scale filter to your filter list,
>> e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
>>
>> Exiting...
>>
>>
>> my command line is:
>>
>> mencoder movie.vob -o movie.avi -msglevel all=5 -ovc x264 -x264encopts
>> subq=1:frameref=1:bframes=3:b_pyramid=1:weight_b:pass=1:threads=auto
>> -ofps 24 -delay 0.0 -audio-delay 0.0  -oac mp3lame -lameopts
>> abr:br=64:mode=3:padding=2 -srate 44100 -vf scale=384:288,dsize=512:288
>>
>> This doesn't happen with all videos, so far I've only encountered one.
>> But it also happens with the following command line:
>>
>> mencoder movie.vob -o movie.mpg -msglevel all=5 -of mpeg -ovc lavc
>> -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vqmin=2:vqscale=2:keyint=12:aspect=16/9
>> -ofps 24  -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=ac3:abitrate=192 -srate 44100 -vf
>> scale=384:288,dsize=512:288
>>
>> Any idea what the reason could be?
>
>
> It might be because AVI didn't like *bframes and b_pyramid* (AVI don't
> like many advanced options) and in second one because MPEG2 don't like
> AC3 inside?
>

But isn't AC3 the standard audio codec of VOBs?

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