Re: [newbie] Mencoder results and questions
On Thursday 17 October 2002 11:08 am, you wrote: > This is a very low bitrate for a video. I have used this only with a 2-Pass > encode, as this bitrate with a 1-Pass encode doesn't give me satisfactory > results. Yes, I upped it to 900 and was still able to fit it onto a single CD. Video was much improved. > I'm not familiar with this "Ronion Warriors", or just how long the movie > is. I'm presuming you want it to fit on 1 CD? If this is the case, you can > download the program I created (DivXCalc) and use it to work out the > bitrate needed to achieve a certain filesize. You can find it on > http://tuxpower.f2g.net/divxcalc.php I d/l'ed it, thanks! > Yes, the lower the bitrate the more noise / artifacting. As I have said, > use a higher bitrate, or a 2-Pass encode. I wrote up a tutorial on how to > do this on http://tuxpower.f2g.net/mencoder.php which will hopefully give > you lots of pointers. > > Greetings > Ralph Ralph, thats a great tutorial. I copied it into a text file for future reference. (hope you don't mind?). One thing. I have never changed my gcc version. Its the stock 2.96 that comes with Mandrake 8.2 - but I've not experienced any problems yet that I know of. I compiled MPlayer with this: ./configure --disable-gcc-checking --enable-gui--with-win32libdir=/usr/lib/win32 (one line, of course) and added all the files (dependencies) that Mencoder needed from the RPMs at the Penguin Lib. Front web site. Thanks for all your help! :-) -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mencoder results and questions
On Tuesday 15 October 2002 08:44 pm, you wrote: > > Hola. Ronald: > > I'm using 'video dvd rip' (plf). With a nice gui, dvdrip let you choose > every parameters (video bitrate; 1,2,3,4 CDs as target media, preview > images, etc.). I think mencoder is part of dvdrip. Steps are: Storage > location>RIP title>Clip &Zoom>Transcode>Burn. > > Buena suerte. > > Sorry: I'm not so good with English. No apologies needed, and I thank you for the advice. I just grabbed Drip and am looking it over. Thanks again! :-) -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mencoder results and questions
El Mar 15 Oct 2002 17:56, Ronald J. Hall escribió: > Well, I just d/led and installed the latest MPlayer. I went to PLF and > grabbed all the required dependencies (AFAICT) and I compiled it. Its > running, I can play DVD's, DIVX, and VCD's... So I thought I'd be brave and > use Mencoder to rip a DVD. I looked at the docs, tracked down some Mencoder > references from the Mandrake news archive, and tried this: > > mencoder -dvd 1 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:vbitrate=633 -oac > mp3lame -lameopts br=96:cbr -o Ronin_2.avi > > This is all on one line of course. The DVD was a Ronin Warriors cartoon > set. It took some time, but appeared to work. I've got a 424.8 meg AVI file > which MPlayer will play. > > I have to admit though, that I was a wee bit disappointed in the video > quality (audio seems fine). I noticed some "artifacting" where colors blend > together. Is there a setting that I can change/use to increase the video > quality that will still keep it in the filesize range that will allow it to > be burnt to a CD? I'd love to be able to give just 2 copies to my sons > (they don't have DVD's in their comps). > > Thanks a lot! :-) Hola. Ronald: I'm using 'video dvd rip' (plf). With a nice gui, dvdrip let you choose every parameters (video bitrate; 1,2,3,4 CDs as target media, preview images, etc.). I think mencoder is part of dvdrip. Steps are: Storage location>RIP title>Clip &Zoom>Transcode>Burn. Buena suerte. Sorry: I'm not so good with English. -- Carlos Arigós Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina GNU/Linux Mandrake 9.0 9:33pm up 49 min, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mencoder results and questions
Well, I just d/led and installed the latest MPlayer. I went to PLF and grabbed all the required dependencies (AFAICT) and I compiled it. Its running, I can play DVD's, DIVX, and VCD's... So I thought I'd be brave and use Mencoder to rip a DVD. I looked at the docs, tracked down some Mencoder references from the Mandrake news archive, and tried this: mencoder -dvd 1 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:vbitrate=633 -oac mp3lame -lameopts br=96:cbr -o Ronin_2.avi This is all on one line of course. The DVD was a Ronin Warriors cartoon set. It took some time, but appeared to work. I've got a 424.8 meg AVI file which MPlayer will play. I have to admit though, that I was a wee bit disappointed in the video quality (audio seems fine). I noticed some "artifacting" where colors blend together. Is there a setting that I can change/use to increase the video quality that will still keep it in the filesize range that will allow it to be burnt to a CD? I'd love to be able to give just 2 copies to my sons (they don't have DVD's in their comps). Thanks a lot! :-) -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
