[vlc] Re: Transcode Mpeg2 to Mpeg4 ? - Follow Up Question

[Jim Duda]

Now I want to use VLC to transcode MPEG files in the background.  How can I 
use vlc to run in batch mode, process a file, then exit.  I 
tried --play-and-stop, but that didn't do what I wanted.

Jim

"Jim Duda" <jim at duda.tzo.com> wrote in message 
news:deg6jb$5un$1 at sea.gmane.org...
> Ben-
>
> Yup, mux=ogg works.  I have video and audio in sync.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
> "Benjamin Pracht" <bigben+spam at videolan.org> wrote in message 
> news:20050822205604.GA19840 at diwi.org...
>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2005, Jim Duda wrote :
>>> I'm trying to use VLC to transcode MPEG2 files, captured from my PVR-350
>>> card using IVTV drivers to MPEG4 files in order to compress and lower my
>>> disk usage.
>>>
>>> I use the following command (linux 0.8.2) :
>>>
>>> vlc file:somefile.mpg \
>>>      '#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,vb=2048,acodec=mpga,ab=192}: \
>>>                   standard{access=file,mux=ps,url="output.mpg"}'
>>>
>>> When I do so, I get output.mpg, which is smaller.  Playing output.mpg
>>> with VLC results in both video and audio, however, the video and audio 
>>> are
>>> not in sync.  The audio lags the video.  VLC reports output.mpg to be a
>>> valid MPEG4 file.
>>>
>>> I tried doing something similiar using the Windows GUI (0.8.2).  In this
>>> case, I get output.mpg which has 3 programs.  Attempting to play this
>>> output.mpg (from windows) results in audio but no video.
>>>
>>
>> That might be related to a bug in our PS muxer or demux when handling
>> MPEG4. You can try ogg as a container here...
>>
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