[ATrpms-users] mencoder still doesn't do x264

[Fedor Pikus]

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 2:09 AM, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:51:09PM -0800, Fedor Pikus wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:35 AM, john bray <john at johnbray.name> wrote:
>> > On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 17:44 -0500, John Welch wrote:
>> >> I'm trying to do some transcoding with mencoder using x264.  I found
>> >> an mencoder command line that I would like to use, but unfortunately
>> >> it isn't working.  When I run it I get a message saying "-x264encopts
>> >> is not an MEncoder option".
>> >>
>> >> I'm running the latest version of the mplayer package from the atrpms
>> >> repo -- mplayer-1.0-73_snap20100124.  When I run the suggested
>> >> 'mencoder -list-options | grep 264' command the "ovc:x264" line is
>> >> returned, but I don't get the "x264encopts" line.  Did something get
>> >> missed with the latest compile of this package, or am I missing
>> >> something?
>> > i just checked.  i am also having the same problem.  it appeared when i
>> > moved to mplayer-1.0-73_snap20100124.fc11.x86_64
>> >
>> > i went back to mplayer-1.0-72_snap20091120.fc11.x86_64  and all is well
>> > again.  so, i presume that the 20100124 snap is badly broken.
>>
>> I see the same problem with mplayer-1.0-73_snap20100124.fc12.x86_64:
>>
>> mencoder -ovc help
>> MEncoder SVN-r30417-snapshot-4.4.2 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team
>>
>> Available codecs:
>>    copy     - frame copy, without re-encoding. Doesn't work with filters.
>>    frameno  - special audio-only file for 3-pass encoding, see DOCS.
>>    raw      - uncompressed video. Use fourcc option to set format explicitly.
>>    nuv      - nuppel video
>>    lavc     - libavcodec codecs - best quality!
>>    libdv    - DV encoding with libdv v0.9.5
>>    xvid     - XviD encoding
>>
>> And the message "-x264encopts is not an MEncoder option" appears if I
>> try to encode to x264.
>>
>> But everything works with the earlier version
>> mplayer-1.0-72_snap20091120.fc12.x86_64, still available on ATRPMs.
>
> There was another recent post on this, in case you didn't read it:
> This is now fixed in the current packages. Thanks for the reports!


I can confirm that h264 works with mplayer-1.0-74_snap20100403.fc12.x86_64


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