[linux-dvb] Mencoder, no-go muxes and picture aspect

[Nico Sabbi]

Simon Baxter wrote:

>>> Hi group
>>>
>>> I've been using mplayer's Mencoder to encode streams from my WinTV 
>>> NovaT card on the fly, with varied results.  I start a tzap to tune 
>>> the card, then mencode it.
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>> why don't you use directly
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>> $ mencoder dvb:// ...
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>> instead?
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>
> ...snip
> Not sure how to get this working :
> [file] No filename
> Failed to open dvb://
> Cannot open file/device.
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copy channels.conf to ~/.mplayer

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>>> ...and nothing further.  No "TS file format detected", no avi 
>>> created, no nothing!!
>>>
>>> How come?
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>> nothing is coming out of the card.  Maybe the card isn't locking the 
>> frequency
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> It looks ok :
> [root at media ~]# /root/bin/tzap -c /root/.tzap/channels.conf -r 'five'
> using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
> tuning to 561833330 Hz
> video pid 0x0000, audio pid 0x0caa
> status 01 | signal 3838 | snr f763 | ber 0000089c | unc 00000000 |
> status 01 | signal 3939 | snr f763 | ber 0000089c | unc 00000000 |
> status 1f | signal 3a3a | snr ffd6 | ber 00000029 | unc 00000000 | 
> FE_HAS_LOCK
> status 1f | signal 3939 | snr ffff | ber 00000000 | unc 0000000b | 
> FE_HAS_LOCK
> status 1f | signal 3939 | snr ffff | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | 
> FE_HAS_LOCK
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>>> 2)  Has anyone had any luck changing the aspect with Mencoder?  The 
>>> avi is too vertically stretched.  I had tried the following
>>> mencoder /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 -force-avi-aspect 3.0 -ovc lavc 
>>> -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1 -oac copy -o 
>>> /usr/video/Test25-9_2_280405.avi
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>> what does mplayer say when you play it? 3.0 is allowed but a bit 
>> strange, though
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> hmm, not sure.  Am recording samples on the linux box and watching 
> them on Windows Media Player Classic.


so wimp doesn't even follows M$'s specifications :)

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> Another weird thing, even though I'm "-force-avi-aspect 3.0", I'm 
> getting the following :
> [root at media video]#file Test_asp3_280405.avi
> Test_asp3_280405.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 704 x 576, 25.00 
> fps, video: DivX 4, audio: (stereo, 48000 Hz)
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> And, "-force-avi-aspect 2.0", I'm getting the following :
> [root at media video]# file Test_asp2_280405.avi
> Test_asp2_280405.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 704 x 576, 25.00 
> fps, video: DivX 4, audio: (stereo, 48000 Hz)
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> Should the resolutions be the same with a different aspects?
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it's irrelevant, file is not updated or discards those infos