-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 22 Aug 2004 19:52, Steven M. Schultz wrote: > On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Anne Wilson wrote: > > So, if I'd used -f 8 I didn't need a -b setting at all? > > Close, but not quite. > > If you specify '-b' to mpeg2enc then it is likely that you'll also > need to specify '-r' to mplex and take into account the audio plus > overhead. > > As was mentioned earlier you probably want to be using '-f 8' anyhow > if the end result is going to be a DVD disc. > Yes, I've changed my notes to reflect that.
> > OK, I tried that, but the sound is still hopelessly wrong. In the avi it > > played with just one small hicough near the beginning, but otherwise > > faultlessly. This is coughing and spluttering all over the place! Any > > ideas? > > If you're using MPlayer to play the output of mplex then it is possible > that you're encountering the probley with the default MP2/3 audio > decoding. Some versions of gcc miscompile part of mplayer and the > symptom is corrupted audio playback. I don't think I'm using mplayer. I played it back in both xine and totem. I don't know what mechanism they use for sound, but I used to use xine without mplayer installed, so I assume not. > The workaround is to use > '-ac mad' (assuming you've built mplayer with the libmad routines > from http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/ > Mplayer is the standard Mandrake distro version, IIRC. I'll have to read up on that. > Hmmm, does the .wav file play correctly Remember that I built the wav first, then added it to the avi. It played fine, both alone and in the avi. > and is it at a 48000 sampling > rate (which is required for DVD)? I think mp2enc will automatically > downsample to 44100 unless told otherwise - and 44100 is not valid > for a DVD. > That looks like it - INFO: [mplex] MPEG AUDIO STREAM: c0 INFO: [mplex] Audio version : 1.0 INFO: [mplex] Layer : 2 INFO: [mplex] CRC checksums : no INFO: [mplex] Bit rate : 28672 bytes/sec (224 kbit/sec) INFO: [mplex] Frequency : 44100 Hz INFO: [mplex] Mode : 0 stereo The man page for mpeg2enc gives a huge number of parameters, but none look to be relevant, unless just setting -f 8 takes care of it? Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBKPFPkFAvMr/nNX8RAg4jAJ9wPppynjO/+pNY6TRIE/t5aA7HbQCfQFrp 9NjvW1VSd+FNXoeUBHdx9iM= =Kvhs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
