[mythtv-users] Transcoding/editing recordings to 720p/AC3 .mkv/.avi format

[Joe Ripley]

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Blammo<blammo.doh at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Another
> Sillyname<anothersname at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> I'm currently using Mencoder to turn BBC HD 1080i AC3 material into
>> 720p H264 AC3 saves, like you there wasn't a lot on info out there.
>> <SNIP>
>
>> mencoder -noskip -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=ac3 -ovc lavc -lavcopts
>> vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1800:vqmin=2:vqmax=31:mbd=2:vpass=1 -vf
>> scale=1280:720 -ss 1:32:0 -endpos 41:10:00 -o /dev/null
>> /path/to/original/file/for/transcode
>>
>> mencoder -noskip -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=ac3 -ovc lavc -lavcopts
>> vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1800:vqmin=2:vqmax=31:mbd=2:vpass=2 -vf
>> scale=1280:720 -ss 1:32:0 -endpos 41:10:00 -o
>> /path/to/file/you/want/to/create/itsname
>> /path/to/original/file/for/transcode
>
> I'm not an mencoder expert, but shouldn't it say "vcodec=x264" or
> "vcodec=h264" ?

Actually, something like "-ovc x264 -x264encopts ..."

See more here:

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/menc-feat-x264.html

-- 
Joe Ripley
vitaminjoe at gmail.com