> mencoder -audiofile out.mp3 -oac copy ... > > just prepare the .mp3 or whatever ahead of time and use that.
OK. That appears to mean the lav2wav-to-mp3 stage is still required, which is what I thought. I still have it in my script. > As an experiment you might try doing a one pass encoding to compare > against the results of a 2 pass. It might be possible you don't > see much, if any, difference and can thus save a lot of time. Yes, I've been through that test and your implication is correct - that second video pass achieves no visible change (to the video or filesize) at the low bit rate setting I'm using. I also found a lot of tips in the mplayer docs and archives which detail various tweaks which they claim give better quality output. I've tried them all and they all just add to the encoding time! I guess at higher bit rates and file sizes they will add something under some circumstances, but I'm back to where I started 3 days ago: capture with -d2, then use mencoder to pass the audio, then again to do one pass of the video. I guess sometimes life just isn't as complicated as we think it should be... :o) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
