Nico Sabbi wrote: > more something like: > > mencoder -of lavf -lavfopts format=mpegts -o outputfile.ts -audiofile > input_audio.mp3 -rawvideo w=320:h=240:fps=25 -ovc frameno > -demuxer rawvideo /dev/zero OK, this complained of missing audio coder type, so set it to copy; it then succeeds; the resultant ts has no video: ---- mencoder -of lavf -lavfopts format=mpegts -ovc frameno -o outputfile.ts -audiofile inputaudio.mp3 -oac copy -rawvideo w=320:h=240:fps=25 -ovc frameno -demuxer rawvideo /dev/zero MEncoder dev-SVN-r27514-4.3.2 (C) 2000-2008 MPlayer Team CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+ (Family: 6, Model: 8, Stepping: 1) CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0 Compiled with runtime CPU detection. success: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0x0 rawvideo file format detected. Audio only file format detected. [V] filefmt:65536 fourcc:0x30323449 size:320x240 fps:25.000 ftime:=0.0400 ** MUXER_LAVF ***************************************************************** REMEMBER: MEncoder's libavformat muxing is presently broken and can generate INCORRECT files in the presence of B-frames. Moreover, due to bugs MPlayer will play these INCORRECT files as if nothing were wrong! ******************************************************************************* OK, exit. audiocodec: framecopy (format=55 chans=2 rate=44100 bits=16 B/s=16000 sample-0) VIDEO CODEC ID: 0 AUDIO CODEC ID: 15001, TAG: 0 Writing header... Writing index...23946f ( 0%) 2559.70fps Trem: 0min 0mb A-V:0.040 [0:127] Recommended video bitrate for 650MB CD: 280 Recommended video bitrate for 700MB CD: 313 Recommended video bitrate for 800MB CD: 378 Recommended video bitrate for 2 x 650MB CD: 701 Recommended video bitrate for 2 x 700MB CD: 766 Recommended video bitrate for 2 x 800MB CD: 895 Video stream: 0.800 kbit/s (99 B/s) size: 1295784 bytes 12957.840 secs 323946 frames Audio stream: 128.000 kbit/s (15999 B/s) size: 199163820 bytes 12447.739 secs ---- mplayer: TS file format detected. NO VIDEO! AUDIO MPA(pid=257) NO SUBS (yet)! PROGRAM N. 1 ========================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3 mpg123: Can't rewind stream by 1162 bits! AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/9.07% (ratio: 16000->176400) Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3) ========================================================================== AO: [pulse] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample) Video: no video Starting playback... A: 9.7 (09.6) of 14158.6 ( 3:55:58.5) 0.5% Exiting... (Quit) ---- ffmpeg: built on Nov 20 2008 14:37:49, gcc: 4.3.2 20081105 (Red Hat 4.3.2-7) [mp3 @ 0x9526ff0]mdb:388, lastbuf:0 skipping granule 0 [mp3 @ 0x9526ff0]mdb:388, lastbuf:0 skipping granule 0 [mp3 @ 0x9526ff0]mdb:388, lastbuf:0 skipping granule 1 [mp3 @ 0x9526ff0]mdb:388, lastbuf:0 skipping granule 1 Seems stream 1 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: inf (1/0) -> nan (0/0) Input #0, mpegts, from 'outputfile.ts': Duration: 03:27:27.52, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 145 kb/s Program 1 Service01 Stream #0.0[0x101]: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 128 kb/s > eventually changing -ovc frameno with -ovc lavc -lavcopts > vcodec=mpeg1video:br=200 I'm not sure if you meant do a second pass with the result from the first pass, or that frameno is deprecated so you would do it this way in the future instead ? Final successful command I used is: (needed to expand br to vbitrate) mencoder -of lavf -lavfopts format=mpegts -ovc frameno -o outputfile.ts -audiofile inputaudio.mp3 -oac copy -rawvideo w=320:h=240:fps=25 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video:vbitrate=200 -demuxer rawvideo /dev/zero ---- ffmpeg: built on Nov 20 2008 14:37:49, gcc: 4.3.2 20081105 (Red Hat 4.3.2-7) [mp3 @ 0x80c46c0]mdb:388, lastbuf:0 skipping granule 0 [mp3 @ 0x80c46c0]mdb:388, lastbuf:0 skipping granule 0 [mp3 @ 0x80c46c0]mdb:388, lastbuf:0 skipping granule 1 [mp3 @ 0x80c46c0]mdb:388, lastbuf:0 skipping granule 1 [mpegts @ 0x80b1ad0]Invalid timestamps stream=0, pts=0, dts=8589930993, size=165 Input #0, mpegts, from 'outputfile.ts': Duration: 00:03:36.08, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 152 kb/s Program 1 Service01 Stream #0.0[0x100]: Video: mpeg1video, yuv420p, 320x240 [PAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 104857 kb/s, 25.00 tb(r) Stream #0.1[0x101]: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 128 kb/s ---- mplayer: TS file format detected. VIDEO MPEG2(pid=256) AUDIO MPA(pid=257) NO SUBS (yet)! PROGRAM N. 1 VIDEO: MPEG1 320x240 (aspect 1) 25.000 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s) ========================================================================== Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough VDec: vo config request - 320 x 240 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES) Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale... Opening video filter: [scale] The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec. Try appending the scale filter to your filter list, e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp. VDecoder init failed :( Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family Selected video codec: [ffmpeg1] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-1) ========================================================================== ========================================================================== Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3 mpg123: Can't rewind stream by 1162 bits! AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/9.07% (ratio: 16000->176400) Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3) ========================================================================== AO: [pulse] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample) Starting playback... VDec: vo config request - 320 x 240 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12) VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0) Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. VO: [xv] 320x240 => 320x240 Planar YV12 A: -0.1 V: 0.0 A-V: -0.146 ct: -0.015 332/332 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0 When played, it does in fact have null = middle-green static video, and the audio sounds like it hasn't been harmed. As Mr Burns might utter: "Exsssellent !" ;-) Actually, two more Q: 1. is there a way to make the video pure black, or of a single png ? 2. is vbitrate in bit or kbit (1000 bit man doesn't indicate which) ? 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