Thank you. At last a nice clean simple and to the point answer. Sorry if this is top posting - but it seems silly to me to have to wade all the way through a previous poster's text before reading the reply. In fact it seems to me that if there is a 'rule' that it is completely the wrong way round. GJ GJ---- Original Message ----- From: "Nico Sabbi" <nsabbi@xxxxxxxx> To: <linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 10:19 PM Subject: Re: off-topic, was: Re: [linux-dvb] How to convert DVB video to DVD? > To make a dvd-compliant file without re-encoding it: > $ mencoder -mc 0.1 -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -oac copy -ovc copy -o > "The Biggest Hits - Right Now.mpg" "The Biggest Hits - Right Now.ts" > > to make a dvd-compliant file re-encoding the video stream (re-encoding > audio doesn't make mush sense) this is the very tweaked command line I use > (change bitrate with the value you want, in kilobit/second) > $ mencoder -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts \ > > qprd:keyint=25:vcodec=mpeg2video:mbd=2:vbitrate=$BITRATE:lmin=1:mbqmin=1:vqmin=1:vqmax=12:mbqmax=12:dia=-4:predia=-4:preme=2:vmax_b_frames=1:sc_threshold=-1500:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:cmp=256:precmp=256:subcmp=256:mbcmp=256:qprd:vqcomp=0.75:subq=8 > \ -o "The Biggest Hits - Right Now.mpg" "The Biggest Hits - Right Now.ts" > > the above command encode in 1-pass with suboptimal results; if you want to > encode in 2 passes repeat the same command twice appending :vpass=1 the > first time and :vpass=2 the second time. > > To encode to mp4 you had better ask someone to mencoder-users. > > Now that you know a basic command you should read the man page and tweak > the encoding process as you _really_ need > (denoise, deinterlace, etc). Thank you. At last a nice clean simple and to the point answer. GJ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb >
