OK well thanks for trying to help, but it's still not working. I can't see why you guys can't just occasionally give a straight answer. I mean when I asked, how to you convert the file named "The Biggest Hits - Right Now.ts" to a DVD (and/or Ipod) compatable format/s and then specifically asked if you could supply the full one line command to handle this conversion, you simply throw a bunch of mencoder options at me - which to be honest I have no previous experience of - or of how they are arranged. I could try asking my question again I guess. What is the single one line full command/s exactly to convert the file I have named "The Biggest Hits - Right Now.ts" to a) DVD video? b) Ipod compatable video? In other words what would it look like if you typed this command out in a console and intended to convert this file yourself? "Please don't top post.' Sorry I have no idea what top posting is (nor can I summon the energy to really care very much) other than it sounds like some geek was having a bad day and didn't like the way the words were aranged on a particular page - and who then told his other geek friends about it (having nothing else better to think about) and who then pursuaded them that it was a bad idea too. However since I don't know what it is, or know why it matters very much (which it probably doesn't) I am unlikely to know how stop doing it. In any case NM - maybe I really will get a more straightforward answer on the mencoder users mailing list. As I said, thanks all the same for trying your best to help. GJ Nico Sabbi wrote: > raid517 wrote: > >> Not too far off topic - since it is about converting DVB streams to >> DVD and iPod compatable formats. It is pretty hard to have one >> without the other. >> >> Anyway it's still not making much sense to me. >> >> This time I did this: >> >> mencoder -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -oac faac -faacopts br=10:raw >> -of lavf -o "The Biggest Hits - Right Now.mp4" -oac faac -faacopts >> br=128:raw "The Biggest Hits - Right Now.ts" >> >> And I got this output: >> >> mencoder -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -oac faac -faacopts br=NN:raw >> -of lavf -o "The Biggest Hits - Right Now.mp4" -oac faac -faacopts >> br=128:raw "The Biggest Hits - Right Now.ts" > > > > > 1) use either -of mpeg for mpeg(dvd etc.) or -of lavf (for mp4 and > others), not both at the same time > 2) use only once -faacopts > 3) br=NN stands for bitrate in NN kb/s, so br=128 is a good choice > >> MEncoder dev-CVS--4.0.3 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team >> CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon 64 Newcastle,Winchester,San >> Diego,Venice; Sempron Palermo (Family: 15, Stepping: 0) >> CPUflags: Type: 15 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 >> Compiled for Debian >> 89 audio & 203 video codecs >> The br option must be an integer: NN >> >> Exiting... (error parsing cmdline) >> >> I know you said 'yes' when I asked is NN was supposed to be a number, >> but you neglected to say what this number is. > > > > the bitrate in kb/s > >> >> If I include some random number (say 10) for NN - since I do not know >> the correct value for this number, I get another error message saying: > > > > it's way too low to make sense > >> >> mencoder -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -oac faac -faacopts br=10:raw >> -of lavf -o "The Biggest Hits - Right Now.mp4" -oac faac -faacopts >> br=128:raw "The Biggest Hits - Right Now.ts" >> > [snip] > >> No video encoder (-ovc) selected. Select one (see -ovc help). > > > > you missed the video codec of the output stream: either -ovc copy or > one of the many formats available > -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:..... followed by the appropriate > lavcopts for the format you want to have; > read mencoder's docs for more details. > > Please, don't top-reply > > > > > > > -- > > Email.it, the professional e-mail, gratis per te: http://www.email.it/f > > > > Sponsor: > > Hai una fotocamera digitale e vuoi stampare le tue immagini > > * su vera carta fotografica professionale? > > Clicca qui: http://adv.email.it/cgi-bin/foclick.cgi?mid=1533&d=21-11 > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb > >
