[FFmpeg-user] x264: pixel aspect ratio overriden?

[Peter B.]

Quoting me at renecalles.de:

> is it possible for you to use the -sar option? E.g. -sar 1:1 ?

Tried, but it complains about invalid characters:
//----------------------
  ffmpeg -i client/mpeg-duration/suite/vx-04690_01-026-mencoder.mpg -s  
500x100 -sar 1:1 -flags +ilme+ildct -vcodec libx264 -vpre baseline  
-deinterlace -an client/flash/test5-h264_aac-PAR1_1.avi
ffmpeg version 0.7.11, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
   built on Jan 28 2012 01:15:36 with gcc 4.4.5
   configuration: --enable-libdc1394 --prefix=/usr  
--extra-cflags='-Wall -g ' --cc='ccache cc' --enable-shared  
--enable-libmp3lame --enable-gpl --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads  
--enable-libfaac --enable-libxvid --enable-postproc --enable-x11grab  
--enable-libgsm --enable-libtheora --enable-libopencore-amrnb  
--enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libx264 --enable-libspeex  
--enable-nonfree --disable-stripping --enable-avfilter  
--enable-libdirac --disable-decoder=libdirac --enable-libschroedinger  
--disable-encoder=libschroedinger --enable-version3  
--enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libvpx --enable-librtmp  
--extra-libs=-lgcrypt --disable-altivec --disable-armv5te  
--disable-armv6 --disable-vis
   libavutil    50. 43. 0 / 50. 43. 0
   libavcodec   52.123. 0 / 52.123. 0
   libavformat  52.111. 0 / 52.111. 0
   libavdevice  52.  5. 0 / 52.  5. 0
   libavfilter   1. 80. 0 /  1. 80. 0
   libswscale    0. 14. 1 /  0. 14. 1
   libpostproc  51.  2. 0 / 51.  2. 0
[mpeg @ 0xa00d5e0] max_analyze_duration 5000000 reached at 5000000
Input #0, mpeg, from  
'client/mpeg-duration/suite/vx-04690_01-026-mencoder.mpg':
   Duration: 00:00:59.96, start: 0.240000, bitrate: 4097 kb/s
     Stream #0.0[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg2video (Main), yuv420p, 720x576  
[PAR 1:1 DAR 5:4], 8000 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
     Stream #0.1[0x1c0]: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 224 kb/s
[NULL @ 0xa015260] [Eval @ 0xbfb37e6c] Invalid chars ':1' at the end  
of expression '1:1'
[NULL @ 0xa015260] Unable to parse option value "1:1"
Invalid value '1:1' for option 'sar'
//----------------------

I've also tried putting "sar=1:1" in libx264 baseline preset file,  
being greeted with the same error message:

//----------------------
ffmpeg -i client/mpeg-duration/suite/vx-04690_01-026-mencoder.mpg -s  
500x100 -flags +ilme+ildct -vcodec libx264 -vpre baseline -deinterlace  
-an client/flash/test5-h264_aac-PAR1_1.avi
ffmpeg version 0.7.11, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
   built on Jan 28 2012 01:15:36 with gcc 4.4.5
   configuration: --enable-libdc1394 --prefix=/usr  
--extra-cflags='-Wall -g ' --cc='ccache cc' --enable-shared  
--enable-libmp3lame --enable-gpl --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads  
--enable-libfaac --enable-libxvid --enable-postproc --enable-x11grab  
--enable-libgsm --enable-libtheora --enable-libopencore-amrnb  
--enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libx264 --enable-libspeex  
--enable-nonfree --disable-stripping --enable-avfilter  
--enable-libdirac --disable-decoder=libdirac --enable-libschroedinger  
--disable-encoder=libschroedinger --enable-version3  
--enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libvpx --enable-librtmp  
--extra-libs=-lgcrypt --disable-altivec --disable-armv5te  
--disable-armv6 --disable-vis
   libavutil    50. 43. 0 / 50. 43. 0
   libavcodec   52.123. 0 / 52.123. 0
   libavformat  52.111. 0 / 52.111. 0
   libavdevice  52.  5. 0 / 52.  5. 0
   libavfilter   1. 80. 0 /  1. 80. 0
   libswscale    0. 14. 1 /  0. 14. 1
   libpostproc  51.  2. 0 / 51.  2. 0
[mpeg @ 0x9a875e0] max_analyze_duration 5000000 reached at 5000000
Input #0, mpeg, from  
'client/mpeg-duration/suite/vx-04690_01-026-mencoder.mpg':
   Duration: 00:00:59.96, start: 0.240000, bitrate: 4097 kb/s
     Stream #0.0[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg2video (Main), yuv420p, 720x576  
[PAR 1:1 DAR 5:4], 8000 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 50 tbc
     Stream #0.1[0x1c0]: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 224 kb/s
[NULL @ 0x9a8f260] [Eval @ 0xbfd4952c] Invalid chars ':1' at the end  
of expression '1:1'
[NULL @ 0x9a8f260] Unable to parse option value "1:1"
Invalid value '1:1' for option 'sar'
//-----------------------------

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