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

[Fedor Pikus]

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:
>> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 5:38 PM, john bray <john at johnbray.name> wrote:
>> > On Tue, 2009-11-24 at 22:10 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 02:34:58AM -0600, john bray wrote:
>> >> > axel -
>> >> >
>> >> > i checked the new version of mplayer.  as you said we must have gotten
>> >> > to mplayer in a small timewarp.  :-D  thanks for your packaging efforts.
>> >> >
>> >> > i tested the new version of mencoder and it still doesn't have the x264
>> >> > support in it.  it complains thus:
>> >> >
>> >> > Exiting... (error parsing command line)
>> >> > MEncoder SVN-r29934-snapshot-4.4.1 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
>> >> > -x264enc is not an MEncoder option
>> >> >
>> >> > is there perhaps some build option turned off these days?
>> >>
>> >> No, I checked the logs and they contain
>> >>
>> >> [...]
>> >> Checking for x264 ... yes (in libavcodec: yes)
>> >> [...]
>> >>   Enabled optional drivers:
>> >> [...]
>> >>     Codecs: libschroedinger libdirac x264 xvid libdv libopencore_amrwb libopencore_amrnb libavcodec(internal) real xanim faad2 faac musepack libdca libmpeg2(internal) liba52(external) mp3lib(internal) libtheora speex tremor(internal) twolame libmad liblzo gif
>> >>
>> >> You can also try
>> >> $ mencoder -list-options|grep 264
>> >>  x264encopts          Func param      No         No         Yes   Yes   Yes
>> >>  ovc:x264             Flag            No         No         No    Yes   Yes
>> >>
>> >
>> > heh.  got it.  i guess i got bitten originally by the missing x264
>> > thingie, and had tested with a couple of different options.  and went
>> > from x264encopts to x264enc, which were both listed in the man page.
>> > but, i guess the enc version isn't acceptable any more.
>> >
>> > and then forgot to change it back.
>> >
>> > thanks for your help axel.  sorry for the stupid hassle.  i KNOW you
>> > have better things to do with your time.  :-)
>> >
>>
>> Sorry for reviving posts from a few months ago, but I felt it was
>> appropriate to continue along with this thread...
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> john and the ML -
>
> 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.

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