Re: Encoding using Mencoder

You wrote:

> cat *.vob | mencoder -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:vol=4 -aid 128 
-ovc
> xvid -sws 2 -xvidencopts bitrate=600:max_key_interval=240:4mv:pass=1 
-ofps
> 25 -vop scale=640:360 -o title2.avi -
>
> But the problem is, the size of the output file is about 2.3 GB.

Remove the ":pass=1" from the end of xvidencopts; that's for 2-pass 
operation, on the first pass of which it totally ignores the bitrate you 
set and does a pass with a fixed quantizer of 2 (which results in a really 
big file).

Alternatively (slower and better) use what you wrote except with 
-o /dev/null (you don't need the file output on the first pass, just 
wastes space), then do a second pass (change to "pass=2" and back to -o 
title2.avi or whatever).

Getting a bit off XviD, you don't have to rip the files to disk first...  
just do mencoder dvd://2 etc.  (or -dvd 2 if you're using an old version).  
There's a tradeoff, the one way you're using up gigs of disk space, the 
other way, you're spinning your dvd-rom drive continuously for hours on 
end.  Myself, I could use a reason to buy a new, faster dvd drive ;-)

--wes