[FFmpeg-user] -s[:stream_specifier] size (input/output, per-stream)

jd1008 jd1008 at gmail.com
Fri Mar 25 02:45:38 CET 2016



On 03/24/2016 07:37 PM, Moritz Barsnick wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 17:50:40 -0600, jd1008 wrote:
>
>> Reason I am transcoding into mpeg1 is because the apps that create the
>> DVD format for playback on regular DVD's
>> take them way freaking too long to do the transcoding to mpeg1 (and that
>> is what they do to every video I try to
>> convert to DVD using the dvd creation apps.
>> ffmpeg seems to do it a lot faster.
>> So, when is ue these apps and the input video is already in mpeg1
>> format, they just proceed to create the
>> DVD format without transcoding.
> I understand, I used to use similar programs, and appreciated that they
> took my ffmpeg created input without reencoding.
>
> But: mpeg2video is a much more effective codec for DVD. ffmpeg even has
> a shortcut-option "-target dvd" (or "-target pal-dvd", "-target
> ntsc-dvd") which sets several encoding options for DVD compatibility.
>
> Moritz
Yes, I have tried that, but BombonoDVD kept telling me it needs to be 
transcoded first.
I think BombonoDVD does not want to work with mpeg1 :(



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