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| 2 <BODY BGCOLOR=white> | |
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| 4 <FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
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| 2745 | 6 <P><B><A NAME=2.4>2.4. Encoding with MEncoder</A></B></P> |
| 2674 | 7 |
| 3721 | 8 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.1>2.4.1. Overview</B></P> |
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| 2674 | 10 <P><B>MEncoder</B> (<B>MPlayer</B>'s Movie Encoder) is a simple movie encoder, |
| 11 designed to encode MPlayer-playable movies | |
| 12 (<B>AVI/DVD/VCD/VOB/MPG/MOV/VIV/NET</B>) to other MPlayer-playable formats (see | |
| 13 below). Currently it's in beta stage, and encodes only to <B>DivX4</B> (1 or 2 | |
| 14 passes) video, <B>PCM</B>/<B>MP3</B>/<B>VBRMP3</B> audio. Also has stream | |
| 15 copying abilities. In the future, there will be cropping, resizing filters, and | |
| 16 other interesting stuff.</P> | |
| 17 | |
| 3721 | 18 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.2>2.4.2. Compiling</B></P> |
| 19 | |
| 20 <P> | |
| 2674 | 21 <UL> |
| 3721 | 22 <LI><B>OPTIONAL</B> - read <B>MPlayer</B>'s compilation instructions, it contains info about |
| 3027 | 23 how to install <I>libdvdread</I> for <B>DVD</B> support, etc.</LI> |
| 3721 | 24 <LI><B>OPTIONAL</B> - download the newest <B>DivX4linux</B> libs |
| 3027 | 25 from <A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net/download.htm">avifile.sourceforge.net</A>, |
| 26 and have them PROPERLY installed. This is needed for DivX4 (1/2 pass) | |
| 27 encoding. And since this is mandatory (now), MEncoder is Linux-only.</LI> | |
| 3721 | 28 <LI><B>OPTIONAL</B> - for libavcodec support, install libavcodec as |
| 29 described in the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">libavcodec section</A>.</LI> | |
| 30 <LI><B>OPTIONAL</B> - download and compile <B>libmp3lame</B> (from lame 3.89beta or lame CVS).<BR> | |
| 3211 | 31 <B>WARNING : DO NOT COMPILE LAME WITH <U>GCC 2.96</U> ! It won't |
| 32 work properly !</B><BR> | |
| 33 This | |
| 3027 | 34 is needed for CBR/VBR MP3 audio encoding ability. Note that a single |
| 35 <CODE>lame</CODE> binary isn't sufficient. BTW: the less optimization | |
| 36 you use for lame, the better the quality will be. You can test | |
| 37 quality by running <CODE>make test</CODE> after lame's compiling process | |
| 38 is over. The resulting number should be less than <B>30</B>. Don't | |
| 39 panic if it's <B>400</B> or so, you shouldn't heard any audible | |
| 40 quality decrease. Oh, and if your compiler doesn't even run <CODE>make test</CODE> ... | |
| 41 Well, delete that <B>GCC 2.96</B>.</LI> | |
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42 <LI>use <CODE>./configure</CODE> with optional parameters as usual |
| 3027 | 43 (use <CODE>--enable-tv</CODE> to include V4L tuner grabbing code), and |
| 44 type : <CODE>make mencoder</CODE> , then <CODE>make install</CODE>.</LI> | |
| 2674 | 45 </UL> |
| 46 </P> | |
| 47 | |
| 48 <P>You are ready. As you probably know, other encoding tools need the | |
| 49 <I>avifile</I> library installed. <B>MEncoder</B> doesn't need it at all.</P> | |
| 50 | |
| 3721 | 51 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.3>2.4.3. MEncoder features</B></P> |
| 52 | |
| 53 <P> | |
| 2674 | 54 <UL> |
| 2868 | 55 <LI>encoding from the wide range of fileformats and decoders of <B>MPlayer</B></LI> |
| 56 <LI>encoding from <B>V4L compatible TV tuners</B></LI> | |
| 2674 | 57 <LI>encoding/multiplexing to interleaved AVI files with proper index</LI> |
| 58 <LI>1 or 2 pass <B>DivX4</B> video</LI> | |
| 59 <LI><B>VBR</B> MP3 audio</LI> | |
| 60 <LI>PCM audio</LI> | |
| 3438 | 61 <LI>stream copying (CBR audio only)</LI> |
| 2674 | 62 <LI>input A/V synchronizing (PTS-based, can be disabled with -mc 0 option)</LI> |
| 63 <LI>FPS correction with <CODE>-ofps</CODE> option (useful when encoding | |
| 64 29.97fps VOB to 24fps AVI)</LI> | |
| 3438 | 65 <LI>movie rescaling</LI> |
| 2674 | 66 </UL> |
| 67 </P> | |
| 68 | |
| 69 <P><B><I>Planned features</I></B> : | |
| 70 <UL> | |
| 71 <LI>using audio from separate file (AC3, MP3, OGG)</LI> | |
| 72 <LI>VBR audio stream copy</LI> | |
| 73 <LI>even wider variety of available en/decoding formats/codecs | |
| 74 (creating VOB files with DivX4/Indeo5/VIVO streams :)</LI> | |
| 75 </UL> | |
| 76 </P> | |
| 77 | |
| 3721 | 78 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.3.1>2.4.3.1. Encoding 2-pass DivX4</B></P> |
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80 <P>The name comes from the fact that this method encodes the file <I>twice</I>. |
| 3620 | 81 The first encoding (dubbed <I>pass</I>) creates some temporary files (*.log) with a |
| 82 size of few megabytes, do not delete them yet (you can delete the AVI). In the second pass, the | |
| 83 2-pass output file is created, using the bitrate data from the temporary files. The resulting | |
| 3027 | 84 file will have much better image quality. If this is the first time you heard |
| 85 about this, you should consult some guides available on the Net.</P> | |
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87 <P>This example shows how to encode a DVD to a 2-pass DivX4 AVI. Just two |
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88 commands are needed :<BR> |
| 2907 | 89 <CODE> mencoder -dvd 2 -ovc divx4 -oac mp3lame -divx4opts br=1100 |
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90 -o movie.avi -pass 1<BR> |
| 2907 | 91 mencoder -dvd 2 -ovc divx4 -oac mp3lame -divx4opts br=1100 -o movie.avi -pass 2</CODE></P> |
| 2868 | 92 |
| 3721 | 93 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.3.2>2.4.3.2. Rescaling movies</B></P> |
| 3438 | 94 |
| 95 <P>Often the need to resize movie images' size emerges. Its reasons can be many, | |
| 96 examples are decreasing output file size, encoding SVCDs to DivX. Ripped DVDs | |
| 97 are mostly rescaled, for example a 4:3 DVD should be 640x480, especially | |
| 98 when you want it to fit to 1 CD, and have good quality at the same time. | |
| 99 SVCDs have 480x480 size, and their header contains the aspect ratio the | |
| 100 player should use (Ex.: 480x480 + 4:3 = 640x480). However when encoding to | |
| 101 AVI (DivX) files, you have be aware that AVI headers don't store this | |
| 102 value. Thus, the only solution is rescaling.</P> | |
| 103 | |
| 104 <P>The output size is specified with the <CODE>-x</CODE>, and <CODE>-y</CODE> | |
| 105 options. Furthermore, there are 3 rescaling filters in <B>MEncoder</B>, <I>0 | |
| 3721 | 106 : fast bilinear</I>, <I>1 : bilinear</I>, <I>2 : bicubic</I> (best quality). |
| 3438 | 107 They can be specified with the <CODE>-sws</CODE> option. If not specified, |
| 108 <B>MEncoder</B> will use 0 : fast bilinear.</P> | |
| 109 | |
| 110 <P>Rescaling is very simple :<BR> | |
| 111 <CODE> mencoder sample-svcd.mpg -divx4opts br=1300 -x 640 -y 480 -sws 2 -o output.avi</CODE></P> | |
| 112 | |
| 3721 | 113 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.3.3>2.4.3.3. Stream copying</B></P> |
| 2868 | 114 |
| 3438 | 115 <P><B>MEncoder</B> can handle input streams in two ways : <B>encode</B> or |
| 116 <B>copy</B> them. This section is about <B>copying</B>.</P> | |
| 2868 | 117 |
| 3438 | 118 <P> |
| 119 <UL> | |
| 120 <LI><B>Video stream</B> (option <CODE>-ovc copy</CODE>) : nice stuff can be done :)<BR> | |
| 121 Like, putting (not converting!) FLI or VIVO or MPEG1 video into an AVI file ! | |
| 122 Of course only <B>MPlayer</B> can play such files :) And it probably has no | |
| 123 real life value at all. Rationally : video stream copying can be useful for | |
| 124 example when only the audio stream has to be encoded (like, uncompressed PCM | |
| 125 to MP3).</LI> | |
| 126 | |
| 127 <LI><B>Audio stream</B> (option <CODE>-oac copy</CODE>) : straightforward.</LI> | |
| 128 </UL> | |
| 129 </P> | |
| 130 | |
| 3721 | 131 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.3.4>2.4.3.4. Fixing AVIs with broken index</B></P> |
| 3583 | 132 |
| 133 <P>Easiest thing. We simply copy the video and audio streams, and | |
| 134 <B>MEncoder</B> generates the index. Of course this cannot fix possible bugs in | |
| 135 the video and/or audio streams.</P> | |
| 136 | |
| 137 <P>Command : <CODE>mencoder input.avi -ovc copy -oac copy -o output.avi</CODE></P> | |
| 138 | |
| 3721 | 139 |
| 140 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.3.5>2.4.3.5. Encoding with the <I>libavcodec</I> codec family</B></P> | |
| 141 | |
| 142 <P>libavcodec provides simple encoding to a lot of interesting video and audio | |
| 143 formats (currently its audio codecs are unsupported). You can encode to the | |
| 144 following codecs :</P> | |
| 145 | |
| 146 <P> | |
| 147 <UL> | |
| 148 <LI>mjpeg - Motion JPEG</LI> | |
| 3774 | 149 <LI>h263 - H263</LI> |
| 3721 | 150 <LI>h263p - H263 Plus</LI> |
| 151 <LI>mpeg4 - DivX4</LI> | |
| 152 <LI>msmpeg4 - the old DivX</LI> | |
| 153 <LI>rv10 - an old RealVideo codec</LI> | |
| 154 <LI>mpeg1video - MPEG1 video :)</LI> | |
| 155 </UL> | |
| 156 </P> | |
| 157 | |
| 158 <P>The first column contains the codec names that should be passed after the | |
| 159 <CODE>vcodec</CODE> config, like : <CODE>-lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4</CODE></P> | |
| 160 | |
| 161 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.4>2.4.4. Syntax</B></P> | |
| 3438 | 162 |
| 163 <P> <CODE>mencoder [options] [input file] [options] ...</P> | |
| 164 | |
| 3721 | 165 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.5>2.4.5. Available options</B></P> |
| 2868 | 166 |
| 167 <P>NOTE : for all available options, <B>read the manpage !</B></P> | |
| 168 | |
| 169 <TABLE BORDER=0> | |
| 170 <TR> | |
| 171 <TD> </TD> | |
| 172 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
| 173 <I>-o</I> filename</TD> | |
| 174 <TD> </TD> | |
| 175 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
| 176 specify output filename | |
| 177 </TD> | |
| 178 </TR> | |
| 179 <TR> | |
| 180 <TD> </TD> | |
| 181 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
| 3287 | 182 <I>-x</I> width in pixels</TD> |
| 183 <TD> </TD> | |
| 184 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
| 185 rescale output video to given pixels width | |
| 186 </TD> | |
| 187 </TR> | |
| 188 <TR> | |
| 189 <TD> </TD> | |
| 190 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
| 191 <I>-y</I> height in pixels</TD> | |
| 192 <TD> </TD> | |
| 193 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
| 194 rescale output video to given pixels height | |
| 195 </TD> | |
| 196 </TR> | |
| 197 <TR> | |
| 198 <TD> </TD> | |
| 199 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
| 200 <I>-sws</I> 0-2</TD> | |
| 201 <TD> </TD> | |
| 202 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
| 203 type of scaling method<BR> | |
| 204 0 - fast bilinear<BR> | |
| 205 1 - bilinear<BR> | |
| 206 2 - bicubic (best quality)<BR> | |
| 207 </TD> | |
| 208 </TR> | |
| 209 <TR> | |
| 210 <TD> </TD> | |
| 211 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
| 2868 | 212 <I>-ovc</I> codecname</TD> |
| 213 <TD> </TD> | |
| 214 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
| 215 Encode with the given codec (codec names are from codecs.conf). Examples:<BR> | |
| 216 <B>help</B> - get list of available codecs<BR> | |
| 217 <B>copy</B> - no encoding, just copy the stream (only from AVI/ASF now)<BR> | |
| 218 <B>divx4</B> - encode to DivX4<BR> | |
| 3721 | 219 <B>lavc</B> - encode with a codec from libavcodec<BR> |
| 2868 | 220 </TD> |
| 221 </TR> | |
| 222 <TR> | |
| 223 <TD> </TD> | |
| 224 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
| 225 <I>-oac</I> codecname</TD> | |
| 226 <TD> </TD> | |
| 227 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
| 228 Encode with the given codec (codec names are from codecs.conf). Examples:<BR> | |
| 229 <B>help</B> - get list of available codecs<BR> | |
| 230 <B>copy</B> - no encoding, just copy the stream (only from AVI/ASF now)<BR> | |
| 231 <B>pcm</B> - encode to uncompressed PCM<BR> | |
| 232 <B>mp3lame</B> - encode to MP3 (using Lame)<BR> | |
| 233 </TD> | |
| 234 </TR> | |
| 235 <TR> | |
| 236 <TD> </TD> | |
| 237 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
| 238 <I>-divx4opts</I></TD> | |
| 239 <TD> </TD> | |
| 240 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
| 241 If encoding to DivX4, you can specify its parameters here, like:<BR> | |
| 242 <CODE>-divx4opts br=1800:deinterlace:key=250</CODE><BR> | |
| 243 Common options: <B>(for full list, check the manpage!)</B><BR> | |
| 244 <B>help</B> - get help<BR> | |
| 245 <B>br</B>=XXX - specify bitrate in kbit <4-16000> or bit <16001-24000000><BR> | |
| 246 <B>q</B>=XXXX - quality (1-fastest, 5-best - default 5)<BR> | |
| 3721 | 247 <B>key</B>=XXXX - keyframe interval<BR> |
| 248 </TD> | |
| 249 </TR> | |
| 250 <TR> | |
| 251 <TD> </TD> | |
| 252 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
| 253 <I>-lavcopts</I></TD> | |
| 254 <TD> </TD> | |
| 255 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
| 256 If encoding with libavcodec, you can specify its parameters here, like:<BR> | |
| 257 <CODE>-lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4:vbitrate=1800:vhq:keyint=250</CODE><BR> | |
| 258 Common options: <B>(for full list, check the manpage!)</B><BR> | |
| 259 <B>help</B> - get help<BR> | |
| 260 <B>vcodec</B>=XXX - select videocodec (for the full list, see the libavcodec section above)<BR> | |
| 261 <B>vbitrate</B>=XXX - specify bitrate in kbit <4-16000> or bit <16001-24000000><BR> | |
| 262 <B>vhq</B> - high quality<BR> | |
| 263 <B>keyint</B>=XXX - keyframe interval<BR> | |
| 2868 | 264 </TD> |
| 265 </TR> | |
| 266 <TR> | |
| 267 <TD> </TD> | |
| 268 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
| 269 <I>-lameopts</I></TD> | |
| 270 <TD> </TD> | |
| 271 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
| 272 If encoding to MP3 with libmp3lame, you can specify its parameters here, like:<BR> | |
| 273 <CODE>-lameopts q=3</CODE><BR> | |
| 274 <CODE>-lameopts br=192:cbr</CODE><BR> | |
| 275 Common options: <B>(for full list, check the manpage!)</B><BR> | |
| 276 <B>help</B> - get help<BR> | |
| 277 <B>cbr</B> - select <B>CBR</B> MP3 (default is <B>VBR</B>)<BR> | |
| 278 <B>br</B>=XXX - specify bitrate in kbit <0-1024> (this is for <B>CBR</B> only!)<BR> | |
| 279 <B>q</B>=XXXX - quality (0-highest, 9-fastest - default 0) (this is for <B>VBR</B> only!)<BR> | |
| 280 </TD> | |
| 281 </TR> | |
| 282 </TABLE> | |
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| 3721 | 284 <P><B><A NAME=2.4.6>2.4.6. Examples</B></P> |
| 2674 | 285 |
| 286 <P>Using <B>MEncoder</B> is the easiest thing on Earth. See the following :</P> | |
| 287 | |
| 288 <P>Encoding from DVD, title 2 :<BR> | |
| 289 <CODE> mencoder -dvd 2 -o title2.avi</CODE></P> | |
| 290 | |
| 3721 | 291 <P>The same, but with libavcodec family, MJPEG compression :<BR> |
| 292 <CODE> mencoder -dvd 2 -o title2.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg -ffourcc mjpg</CODE></P> | |
| 293 | |
| 3438 | 294 <P>Encoding from DVD, title 2, with rescaling :<BR> |
| 295 <CODE> mencoder -dvd 2 -x 640 -y 480 -sws 2 -o title2.avi</CODE></P> | |
| 296 | |
| 2674 | 297 <P>Encoding from HTTP :<BR> |
| 298 <CODE> mencoder http://mplayer.hq/example.avi -o example.avi</CODE></P> | |
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300 <P>Encoding from a pipe :<BR> |
| 2674 | 301 <CODE> rar p test-SVCD.rar | mencoder -divx4opts br=800 -ofps 24 -pass 1 -- -</CODE></P> |
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306 <P>Encoding from tuner (for tuner options <A HREF="documentation.html#2.5">see the TV input section !</A>) :<BR> |
| 3382 | 307 <CODE> mencoder -tv on:driver=v4l:width=640:height=480 <options></CODE></P> |
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| 2674 | 309 <P>For all available options, <B><I>check the MEncoder man page !</I></B> |
| 310 <P> | |
| 311 </FONT> | |
| 312 </BODY> | |
| 313 </HTML> |