[Mjpeg-users] obtaining maximum player compatibility

2004-03-17 Thread Maarten de Boer
Hello, I created a DVD from some miniDV recordings, and I tested it on 3 hardware players. 2 work perfectly, but the third one, a SAMSUNG M105, only shows the menu I created, but refuses to play any titles. (can't give the details of the refusal - it's not my player) I've seen on http://www.dvdr

Re: [Mjpeg-users] obtaining maximum player compatibility

2004-03-17 Thread Richard Ellis
On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 09:59:59AM +0100, Maarten de Boer wrote: > Hello, > > I created a DVD from some miniDV recordings, and I tested it on 3 > hardware players. 2 work perfectly, but the third one, a SAMSUNG M105, > only shows the menu I created, but refuses to play any titles. (can't > give th

Re: [Mjpeg-users] obtaining maximum player compatibility

2004-03-17 Thread Maarten de Boer
Hello Richard, Thanks for your reply. > You did not say which version of mpeg2enc you are running. Is it the Yes, sorry, I am not in front of my home machine, where I did all the encoding... I use a fairly recent (about one or two weeks) CVS checkout. > latest, where the default for -R switche

Re: [Mjpeg-users] obtaining maximum player compatibility

2004-03-17 Thread Richard Ellis
On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 03:10:18PM +0100, Maarten de Boer wrote: > Hello Richard, > > Thanks for your reply. > > > You did not say which version of mpeg2enc you are running. Is it the > > Yes, sorry, I am not in front of my home machine, where I did all the > encoding... I use a fairly recent (

Re: [Mjpeg-users] obtaining maximum player compatibility

2004-03-17 Thread Steven M. Schultz
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Richard Ellis wrote: > > --no-dualprime-mpeg2 > > I suppose? > > Sounds right. That option is needed if you're producing content that will be played using either Ogle or Apple's MPEG-2 decoder - neither of those implement Dual Prime. > Both

Re: [Mjpeg-users] obtaining maximum player compatibility

2004-03-18 Thread Maarten de Boer
Hello Steven, If I understand you correctly, you are saying that using B frames will result in less player compatibility? And Richard suggests dual prima motion estimation is causing less player compatibility. So I guess it is best (compatibility wise) to both turn off B frames and turn of DPME (-

Re: [Mjpeg-users] obtaining maximum player compatibility

2004-03-18 Thread Richard Ellis
On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 10:11:38AM +0100, Maarten de Boer wrote: > If I understand you correctly, you are saying that using B frames will > result in less player compatibility? And Richard suggests dual prima > motion estimation is causing less player compatibility. So I guess it is > best (compati

Re: [Mjpeg-users] obtaining maximum player compatibility

2004-03-18 Thread Maarten de Boer
> Since you found a hardware player that seems allergic to -R 0 > streams, why not test it for us. Make a -R 0 stream without DPME, > and make a -R 1 or -R 2 stream (which will automatically force DPME > off) and test it on the player. Let us know which one works and > which one does not. That i

Re: [Mjpeg-users] obtaining maximum player compatibility

2004-03-18 Thread Richard Ellis
On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 01:51:10PM +0100, Maarten de Boer wrote: > > Since you found a hardware player that seems allergic to -R 0 > > streams, why not test it for us. ... > > That is actually a very good idea. While I am at it, I might create > some more test mpegs, and create a reference dvd ima

Re: [Mjpeg-users] obtaining maximum player compatibility

2004-03-18 Thread Steven M. Schultz
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Maarten de Boer wrote: > If I understand you correctly, you are saying that using B frames will > result in less player compatibility? And Richard suggests dual prima > motion estimation is causing less player compatibility. So I guess it is > best (compatibility wise) to both