[x264-devel] Re: files encoded by mencoder fail streaming

[David Liontooth]

Let me ask the question differently: is anyone using mencoder to encode 
to h264, and are you able to stream the result with vlc?

Dave

David Liontooth wrote:
> Using mencoder dev-CVS--4.0.3 or dev-CVS-060403-15:27-4.0.3 to encode 
> a file to x264,
>
>  mencoder $1 -o /dev/null -oac copy -ovc x264 -x264encopts 
> pass=1:bitrate=$2:bframes=3:subq=2:threads=2
>
>  mencoder $1 -o $STEM-h264-$2.avi -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=64 
> -ovc x264 -x264encopts 
> pass=2:bitrate=$2:bframes=3:subq=6:threads=2:frameref=4:8x8dct
>
> I generate a file with this encoding information (from strings),
>
> x264 - core 45 svn-export
> - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2005 - 
> http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options: c
> abac=1 ref=4 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x3:0x113 me=hex subme=6 brdo=0 
> mixed_ref=0 me_range=16
> chroma_me=1 trellis=1 8x8dct=1 cqm=0 chroma_qp_offset=0 slices=1 nr=0 
> bframes=0 keyint=25
> 0 keyint_min=25 scenecut=40 rc=2pass bitrate=400 ratetol=1.0 
> rceq='blurCplx^(1-qComp)' qco
> mp=0.60 qpmin=10 qpmax=51 qpstep=2 cplxblur=20.0 qblur=0.5 ip_ratio=1.40
>
> This and other files I've encoded in this way with mencoder play 
> correctly with VLC 0.8.5-svn20060407-0 but fail to stream correctly, cf.
>
>   vlc mmsh://128.97.185.107:8080
>
> This is true for both i386 and amd64 (encoding, streaming, and 
> receiving). In contrast, files encoded with ffmpeg stream correctly.
>
> Dave
>

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