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mplayer/mencoder subtitle rendering thick, crude, unreadable
I installed the Slackware 13.37 package MPlayer-1.0rc4-i686-3sl.txz along with all of the available codecs, etc. I also have freetype-2.4.4-i486-1.txz installed for font rendering.
For my first dvd ...
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ffmpeg or mencoder - Convert a video using another one as a reference format-wise
I have two videos from different sources.
I want to convert one of them so that its format, codec, framerate are the same as the other one.
Is there a one-liner for it (where I can give the ...
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how to create or extract a silent mp3 from a video file using ffmpeg or mencoder?
I am looking to create an mp3 of silence that is the same duration as the input video file using either ffmpeg or mencoder.
Using ffmpeg I have tried this:
ffmpeg -y -i in.avi -ab 8k -ac 1 -vol 0 ...
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What is mencoder's -speed option doing?
I need to change the playback speed of a video, but can't use mencoder to do it. Changing the speed that a video plays at seems like the sort've thing that any video encoding software should be able ...
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ffmpeg - convert MOV to AVI but decrease frame rate
I have several videos that are filmed with a portable camera and saved in .MOV. Since these are videos of university lectures and have video of the boardwork done by the professor, I would like to ...
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how do I convert .iso to .mp4 without mounting with ffmpeg
The problem is - I want to convert .iso with dvd to .mp4 (h264/ac3), but I cannot mount it via mount -o loop, because I'm on a virtual machine that doesn't allow to do that.
Googling doesn't help.
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Mencoder doesn't work right in OSX anymore
The following works correctly in Linux. However when I try the same thing on the same files in OSX, the subtitles aren't showing.
mencoder video.mp4 -vf pp=de,scale=1280:720 \
-oac pcm -o ...
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Hardsubbing MKV files that use .ass subtitles and embedded fonts
This question pertains only to Linux and FreeBSD.
I have several soft subbed anime mkv files that I need to hardsub. they are all using .ass subtitles with embedded fonts. for example mkvinfo on one ...
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Encode HD video to a good format for editing
I have a video that I would like to edit, but it's currently a mov (H.264) file, which makes frame by frame editing impossible. So, I'd like to re-encode it to a better format. I read that DV is a ...
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How to get mencoder to work with .ass files
I was able to get mencoder to work recently with .ass files so that subtitles would be displayed correctly. However I forgot what settings I used. Now I can get the subtitles to display but they just ...
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How to preserve aspect ratio in mencoder
I converted a video with mencoder and kept the same height and width, but the video aspect ratio looks different. I think this is related to PAR and DAR. Here is the information from ffmpeg about the ...
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How to make animated subtitles
I have seen a few avi files where the subtitles are animated. How are these made? Can they be made with mencoder?
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There's no difference in video between 1280x740 and 1024x740?
I used mencoder to convert a file that was 720x480 to 1024x740. Then I converted the same file to 1280x740. You would expect the video to look different due to the different aspect ratio, but it looks ...
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combining images into timelapse movie
I was going through the steps listed in:
How can I combine 30,000 images into a timelapse movie?
When I run the mencoder command, I get an error saying:
[mf] search expr: *.jpg
============ ...
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mencoder bitrate when output file is larger than input file
If I am using mencoder to hardsub an avi with dimensions 720x480 but the output file has dimensions 1280x720, should I set the bitrate higher than the input file? How much higher?
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How to force a line break in a hardsub
I'm using mencoder to hardsub an avi with a .srt file. I put \N in the file but that doesn't work.
How can I force a line break?
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How can this video be fixed so that it can be converted
I'm trying to convert a video but the converted video is always out of sync with the audio. I have tried ffmpeg, mencoder, and handbrake. I can play the original video fine, but I think there is ...
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How to convert ts files to avi in OSX
I have tried both mencoder and ffmpeg. With ffmpeg the sound was fine but there was no picture. With mencoder the video moved at half speed so the length was doubled. How can this be done right?
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Is it possible to use ffmpeg to trim off X seconds from the beginning of a video with an unspecified length?
I need to trim the just the first 1 or 2 seconds off of a series of FLV recordings of varying, unspecified lengths. I've found plenty of resources for extracting a specified duration from a video ...
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`mencoder` captures 10 minutes of audio in less than 10 minutes. How come?
I'm using mencoder to capture audio from a Encore ENLTV-FM3 video capture device. I have recently noticed that, since one week ago, when the machine was forcibly restarted due to a power outage, all ...
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mencoder capture from camera and microphone
How it's better to use mencoder to record video from laptop camera and microphone?
Usual way (
mencoder -tv driver=v4l2:alsa:adevice=hw.0:amode=2:audiorate=44100:forceaudio:immediatemode=0 tv:// ...
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Good programs for adding hardsubs
What are some good programs for adding hardsubs to an avi file? I've tried mencoder, and it's pretty good, but I can't figure out how to change the color of the subtitles. So I'm looking for another ...
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How to change font color in mencoder
I'm trying to add hardsubs to an avi using mencoder. I want to change the font color. Googling came up with nothing. Is it not possible to change the color of subtitles using mencoder?
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Limit MJPEG stream bandwidth
I have a very simple webcam, but it supports MJPEG streaming.
Webcam is in remote location, and that location internet connection has a very low upload speed.
I can capture that MJPEG stream with ...
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Encoding multi-jpegs with mencoder, skipping broken files
I've multiple jpegs uploaded form IP cam via FTP, I use mencoder to periodically pack them into single avi file, problem is that sometimes one or two jpegs submitted by cam are broken, and this make ...
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Filename as text watermark, ffmpeg/mencoder
I have a bunch of photos (from ip cam) witch i pack into video using mencoder, is there a way to tell mencoder to put each filename on produced video?
(file names, has the photo shot time)
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How to see what command-line options handbrake sends to mencoder
I want to see what command-line options handbrake is sending to mencoder. I looked at the Activity Window and it shows a lot of stuff but not what I'm looking for. How can I find it?
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Input and output files for mencoder
What file types does mencoder accept for input, and what kind of output files can it make besides AVI files?
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How to emphasize certain words in subtitles using mencoder?
I'm using "mencoder" application to add subtitles to an AVI file. In the subtitles, there are certain words I want to emphasize by making them appear either in bold or in italics. I've tried ...
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Which subtitle formats does mencoder support?
I've been able to use mencoder with .srt files, but are there any other formats that mencoder supports?
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How to make AVI files web optimized with mencoder
In Handbrake there is an option to optimize video files for the web so that they play better online. Does mencoder have an option like that? I'm wondering if I should convert a file using handbrake ...
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How to see the video bit rate of an AVI file
I'm trying to add subtitles to an AVI file while minimizing loss in video quality. I can adjust the quality by setting the bitrate in mencoder. I would like to know the bitrate of the original file in ...
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How to convert a mpeg4-aac video to mpeg-ts using MEncoder?
I know this can be done using FFMpeg and I have done it. The only problem here was that FFMpeg actually tries to "encode" the file while converting to mpeg-ts which I don't want.
i.e. I just want to ...
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How to join two video frames into one, so the final video plays two frames as one simultenously
I want to connect two videos into one. Let's take two videos from Youtube as an example.
I want my final video to have the height = height of first video + height of second video
and width = max(width ...
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Encoding video stream for playback on a vanilla Windows XP with mencoder
I have a bunch of PNG files, generated from a script. They represent consecutive frames of a video sequence and I'd like to encode them into a single AVI file (or some other video format) using ...
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Why does the quality of this video suck when converted with ffmpeg as opposed to mencoder?
Here's the command line that I'm using for both and the output. Any ideas? The bitrate of the two videos is comparable: both around 1500Kbps.
ffmpeg command:
ffmpeg -y -i aud.mp4 -acodec copy -i ...
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Speedup a Video on linux
I dont want to use player like vlc to speedup the playback. I want to actually speedup playback in the original file.
Its like I want video to be played 2 times faster.
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samsung HMX-H100P camcorder and video encoding with mencoder
my background is totally not related to video stuff so pardon my newbie style.
I own a samsung HMX-H100P camcorder and I'm trying to encode videos to be uploaded to Youtube and Vimeo.
First problem:
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Adding watermarks/logos to videos in mencoder
How do I add a watermark or logo to a video using mencoder?
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How to use mencoder to speed up video?
There's a webcam streaming WMV video that I can play/record with mplayer/mencoder (Debian Lenny including Debian-multimedia) just fine.
I'd like to capture the video such that, when played back, it's ...
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how to convert rm to 3gp with mencoder
can someone show me a quick example of mencoder on how to convert rm file to 3gp file
i just need a simple example that works, and i have no time to read the mplayer documentation.
thank you
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Building video incrementally from incoming jpeg images
Is it possible to append one jpeg frame (or a small number of frames) to a video while retaining good image quality and compression? I have a script that downloads a jpeg image from a webcam every 30 ...
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Encode real-time dvb-s stream using mencoder
My satellite receiver can stream MPEG-2 video/audio output through the LAN.
Using mencoder, I'm trying to build a script to encode and save the stream in real time with my Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz.
Right ...
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Convert windows media video stream to mp3 audio?
I'd like to take a windows media video stream and convert it to mp3 audio. Using mencoder I can convert from windows media video to avi but not directly from windows media to mp3. The following is the ...
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wmv to flv using mencoder
I am trying to convert .wmv video files to .flv format, .flv will be played in JW Player
I use the following command
-of lavf -oac pcm -lameopts abr:br=48 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=flv:vbitrate=480 ...
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Out of sync audio video using mencoder
I converted an mkv (matroska) file to avi using ffmpeg:
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -f mp4 -vcodec mpeg4 -sameq -r 29.97 -b 512kb -acodec ac3 -ab 128kb -vol 512 output.avi
The output file plays fine using ...
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Add an audio track to an existing MPEG movie (using MEncoder?)
I have an existing MPG (MPEG-1) video file. The video has no sound. I have an audio track (currently in MP3 format, but I could record it in AC3 or some other required format if that's what it will ...
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Using mencoder to convert videos for your mobile phone
I Have a LG Viewty (actually a KP501), and I use mencoder (part of mplayer) to convert videos, using the following script :
mencoder "input.avi" -ovc lavc -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp3:abitrate=128 ...
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VirtualDub for Linux
Is there VirtualDub analogue in Linux? I know there is MEncoder but it runs in console.
