[OT] - DVD Player

[John Wendel]

Amadeus W. M. wrote:
>>Here's a little 2 line script that I usually use with mencoder that 
>>works for me.
>>
>>mencoder $1.avi -sub $1.srt -ovc lavc -lavcopts \
>>
>>   vcodec=mpeg4:keyint=100:vbitrate=1000:vb_strategy=1:vpass=1 -oac copy
>>
>>mencoder $1.avi -sub $1.srt -ovc lavc -lavcopts \
>>
>>   vcodec=mpeg4:keyint=100:vbitrate=1000:vb_strategy=1:vpass=2 -oac copy
>>
> 
> 
> Just tried something similar using -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4 (etc.)
> and the player said codec unsupported. Did you do any firmware upgrade or
> something?
> 
> Would it be too much to ask to encode with mencoder a chapter, say, from a
> dvd, test it on your player then post the file somewhere where I can
> download, to try it on my player? Something a few Mb should suffice. I
> can't let this go until I sort it out. I can't tell right now if it's the
> player or mencoder. 
> 
> 

Well... I just encoded some video using the script I supplied and I also 
get the "CODEC UNSUPPORTED" error. I've used this successfully in the 
past, my player is unchanged, so I must conclude that something is 
broken in mencoder.

The "msmpeg4v2" codec option produces a video that doesn't get the codec 
unsupported error, but it also doesn't play correctly.

I'll mess with this some more tomorrow, but it might be time to ping the 
mplayer support list.

Regards,

John