Chapter 7. Encoding with MEncoder
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Chapter 7. Encoding with MEncoder

Table of Contents

7.1. Encoding two pass MPEG-4 ("DivX")
7.2. Encoding to MPEG format
7.3. Rescaling movies
7.4. Stream copying
7.5. Encoding with the libavcodec codec family
7.6. Encoding from multiple input image files (JPEG, PNG, TGA, SGI)
7.7. Extracting DVD subtitles to VOBsub file
7.8. Preserving aspect ratio
7.9. Custom inter/intra matrices
7.10. Making a high quality MPEG-4 ("DivX") rip of a DVD movie
7.10.1. Constant Quantizer vs. two pass
7.10.2. Constraints for efficient encoding
7.10.3. Cropping and Scaling
7.10.4. Audio
7.10.5. Interlacing and Telecine
7.10.6. Filtering
7.10.7. Encoding options of libavcodec
7.10.8. Example
7.10.9. Muxing
7.10.9.1. Limitations of the AVI container
7.10.9.2. Muxing into the Matroska container
7.11. How to deal with telecine and interlacing within NTSC DVDs
7.11.1. Introduction
7.11.2. How to tell what type of video you have
7.11.2.1. Progressive
7.11.2.2. Telecined
7.11.2.3. Interlaced
7.11.2.4. Mixed progressive and telecine
7.11.2.5. Mixed progressive and interlaced
7.11.3. How to encode each category
7.11.3.1. Progressive
7.11.3.2. Telecined
7.11.3.3. Interlaced
7.11.3.4. Mixed progressive and telecine
7.11.3.5. Mixed progressive and interlaced
7.11.4. Footnotes

For the complete list of available MEncoder options and examples, please see the man page. For a series of hands-on examples and detailed guides on using several encoding parameters, read the encoding-tips that were collected from several mailing list threads on MPlayer-users. Search the archives for a wealth of discussions about all aspects of and problems related to encoding with MEncoder.

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