Automated Cutting and Transcoding Guide Using Mencoder

[gazoo]

I'm having a helluva time converting dvr-ms files. I need something that will convert my hi-def dvr-ms files to divx/xvid AVI to play on my phone. My phone's max dimensions are 320x240 and it handles divx great. Sound is usually 128Kbps and vids are whatever. These files have the comskip files already in there so cutting them out would be nice. I don't mind running this manually as I will only do this a few times.
Thanks

[-stattik-]

Last I checked, mencoder (and therefore the script) didn't support hi-def dvr-ms files. You'll probably have to convert the file to mpg first.

[gazoo]

ok, so once in mpeg, even though in hi-def, I can transcode?

[-stattik-]

ok, so once in mpeg, even though in hi-def, I can transcode?

That is correct. When mencoder tries to transcodes a hidef dvr-ms files, it correctly identifies the video but incorrectly identifies the audio as PCM which causes the problem.

[agerdin]

Stattik,

I have problems using the Cut and Copy functionality. It does not start to encode and leaves me just with an empy mpg file. I have tried both letting the script do comskip as well as doing it manually ahead of time. EDL is in comskip set to 1. Runnig without cut and copy works just fine.

I ran it in debug and was able to capture some of the output in the attached zip file.

Let me know if you can see what I am doing wrong. When running in guide mode i first select "2" (xvid) and then "1 9" (automatic with cut and copy. I am using script 0.5.6br.

\\Agerdin

[-stattik-]

Stattik,

Let me know if you can see what I am doing wrong. When running in guide mode i first select "2" (xvid) and then "1 9" (automatic with cut and copy. I am using script 0.5.6br.

\\Agerdin

The command line that the script put together is below:

Code:

start /low /wait /min  C:\Progra~1\mplayer\mencoder.exe "E:\My Recordings\Alfons Åberg\Alfons Åberg_20081126_17201730_original.mpg" -edl "E:\My Recordings\Alfons Åberg\Alfons Åberg_20081126_17201730.edl" -of mpeg  -ovc copy -mpegopts format=mpeg2:tsaf:vbuf_size=1000 -oac copy -o "E:\My Recordings\Alfons Åberg\Alfons Åberg_20081126_17201730.mpg"

Open a DOS windows. Copy and paste it in and then run it. If it doesn't work, copy the output and paste it here.

[agerdin]

Stattik,

Thanks for looking into this. Did as requested and nothing happens. Not even an error message. See below.

\\Agerdin

Code:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>start /low /wait /min  C:\Progra~1\mplay
er\mencoder.exe "E:\My Recordings\Alfons Åberg\Alfons Åberg_20081126_17201730_or
iginal.mpg" -edl "E:\My Recordings\Alfons Åberg\Alfons Åberg_20081126_17201730.e
dl" -of mpeg  -ovc copy -mpegopts format=mpeg2:tsaf:vbuf_size=1000 -oac copy -o
"E:\My Recordings\Alfons Åberg\Alfons Åberg_20081126_17201730.mpg"

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>

[-stattik-]

Let's cut off the beginning.

Try this:

Code:

C:\Progra~1\mplayer\mencoder.exe "E:\My Recordings\Alfons Åberg\Alfons Åberg_20081126_17201730_original.mpg" -edl "E:\My Recordings\Alfons Åberg\Alfons Åberg_20081126_17201730.edl" -of mpeg  -ovc copy -mpegopts format=mpeg2:tsaf:vbuf_size=1000 -oac copy -o "E:\My Recordings\Alfons Åberg\Alfons Åberg_20081126_17201730.mpg"

[agerdin]

Slightly different result:

Code:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>C:\Progra~1\mplayer\mencoder.exe "E:\My
Recordings\Alfons Åberg\Alfons Åberg_20081126_17201730_original.mpg" -edl "E:\My
Recordings\Alfons Åberg\Alfons Åberg_20081126_17201730.edl" -of mpeg  -ovc copy
-mpegopts format=mpeg2:tsaf:vbuf_size=1000 -oac copy -o "E:\My Recordings\Alfon
s Åberg\Alfons Åberg_20081126_17201730.mpg"
MEncoder 1.0pre8-3.4.2 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: Pentium(R) Dual-Core  CPU      E5200  @ 2.50GHz (Family: 6, Model: 23, Step
ping: 6)
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
Option mpegopts: Unknown suboption vbuf_size
Error parsing option on the command line: -mpegopts

Exiting... (error parsing command line)

[-stattik-]

That's very odd. It's a legit command line but it's choking on the vbuf_size option. I see that the mencoder version is the older one typically only used for DVD ripping. I'd try a more recent version.

http://tirnanog.fate.jp/mirror/mplayer/

They aren't the newest builds but the newest builds change some x264 arguments that that my script hasn't been updated with. Try a newer build and see if it errors out again.