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Making a high quality MPEG-4 ("DivX") rip of a DVD movie</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4.html#menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-preparing-encode">14.1.1. Preparing to encode: Identifying source material and framerate</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4.html#menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-preparing-encode-fps">14.1.1.1. Identifying source framerate</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4.html#menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-preparing-encode-material">14.1.1.2. Identifying source material</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4.html#menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-2pass">14.1.2. Constant quantizer vs. multipass</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4.html#menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-constraints">14.1.3. Constraints for efficient encoding</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4.html#menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-crop">14.1.4. Cropping and Scaling</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4.html#menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-resolution-bitrate">14.1.5. Choosing resolution and bitrate</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4.html#menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-resolution-bitrate-compute">14.1.5.1. Computing the resolution</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4.html#menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-filtering">14.1.6. Filtering</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4.html#menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-interlacing">14.1.7. Interlacing and Telecine</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4.html#menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-encoding-interlaced">14.1.8. Encoding interlaced video</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4.html#menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-av-sync">14.1.9. Notes on Audio/Video synchronization</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4.html#menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-codec">14.1.10. Choosing the video codec</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4.html#menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-audio">14.1.11. Audio</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4.html#menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-muxing">14.1.12. Muxing</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4.html#menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-muxing-filter-issues">14.1.12.1. Improving muxing and A/V sync reliability</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4.html#menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-muxing-avi-limitations">14.1.12.2. Limitations of the AVI container</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4.html#menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-muxing-matroska">14.1.12.3. Muxing into the Matroska container</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="menc-feat-telecine.html">14.2. How to deal with telecine and interlacing within NTSC DVDs</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-telecine.html#menc-feat-telecine-intro">14.2.1. Introduction</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-telecine.html#menc-feat-telecine-ident">14.2.2. How to tell what type of video you have</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-telecine.html#menc-feat-telecine-ident-progressive">14.2.2.1. Progressive</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-telecine.html#menc-feat-telecine-ident-telecined">14.2.2.2. Telecined</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-telecine.html#menc-feat-telecine-ident-interlaced">14.2.2.3. Interlaced</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-telecine.html#menc-feat-telecine-ident-mixedpt">14.2.2.4. Mixed progressive and telecine</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-telecine.html#menc-feat-telecine-ident-mixedpi">14.2.2.5. Mixed progressive and interlaced</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-telecine.html#menc-feat-telecine-encode">14.2.3. How to encode each category</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-telecine.html#menc-feat-telecine-encode-progressive">14.2.3.1. Progressive</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-telecine.html#menc-feat-telecine-encode-telecined">14.2.3.2. Telecined</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-telecine.html#menc-feat-telecine-encode-interlaced">14.2.3.3. Interlaced</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-telecine.html#menc-feat-telecine-encode-mixedpt">14.2.3.4. Mixed progressive and telecine</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-telecine.html#menc-feat-telecine-encode-mixedpi">14.2.3.5. Mixed progressive and interlaced</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-telecine.html#menc-feat-telecine-footnotes">14.2.4. Footnotes</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="menc-feat-enc-libavcodec.html">14.3. Encoding with the <code class="systemitem">libavcodec</code>
codec family</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-enc-libavcodec.html#menc-feat-enc-libavcodec-video-codecs">14.3.1. <code class="systemitem">libavcodec</code>'s video codecs</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-enc-libavcodec.html#menc-feat-enc-libavcodec-audio-codecs">14.3.2. <code class="systemitem">libavcodec</code>'s audio codecs</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-enc-libavcodec.html#menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-lavc-encoding-options">14.3.3. Encoding options of libavcodec</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-enc-libavcodec.html#menc-feat-mpeg4-lavc-example-settings">14.3.4. Encoding setting examples</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-enc-libavcodec.html#custommatrices">14.3.5. Custom inter/intra matrices</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-enc-libavcodec.html#menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-example">14.3.6. Example</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="menc-feat-xvid.html">14.4. Encoding with the <code class="systemitem">XviD</code>
codec</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-xvid.html#menc-feat-xvid-intro">14.4.1. What options should I use to get the best results?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-xvid.html#menc-feat-xvid-encoding-options">14.4.2. Encoding options of <code class="systemitem">XviD</code></a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-xvid.html#menc-feat-xvid-encoding-profiles">14.4.3. Encoding profiles</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-xvid.html#menc-feat-xvid-example-settings">14.4.4. Encoding setting examples</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="menc-feat-x264.html">14.5. Encoding with the <code class="systemitem">x264</code> codec</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-x264.html#menc-feat-x264-encoding-options">14.5.1. Encoding options of x264</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-x264.html#menc-feat-x264-encoding-options-intro">14.5.1.1. Introduction</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-x264.html#menc-feat-x264-encoding-options-speedvquality">14.5.1.2. Options which primarily affect speed and quality</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-x264.html#menc-feat-x264-encoding-options-misc-preferences">14.5.1.3. Options pertaining to miscellaneous preferences</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-x264.html#menc-feat-x264-example-settings">14.5.2. Encoding setting examples</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="menc-feat-video-for-windows.html">14.6. Encoding with the <code class="systemitem">Video For Windows</code> codec family</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-video-for-windows.html#menc-feat-enc-vfw-video-codecs">14.6.1. Video for Windows supported codecs</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html">14.7. Using MEncoder to create VCD/SVCD/DVD-compliant files.</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-constraints">14.7.1. Format Constraints</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-constraints-resolution">14.7.1.1. Format Constraints</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-constraints-gop">14.7.1.2. GOP Size Constraints</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-constraints-bitrate">14.7.1.3. Bitrate Constraints</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-output">14.7.2. Output Options</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-output-aspect">14.7.2.1. Aspect Ratio</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-a-v-sync">14.7.2.2. Maintaining A/V sync</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-output-srate">14.7.2.3. Sample Rate Conversion</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-lavc">14.7.3. Using libavcodec for VCD/SVCD/DVD Encoding</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-lavc-intro">14.7.3.1. Introduction</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-lavc-options">14.7.3.2. lavcopts</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-lavc-examples">14.7.3.3. Examples</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-lavc-advanced">14.7.3.4. Advanced Options</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-audio">14.7.4. Encoding Audio</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-audio-toolame">14.7.4.1. toolame</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-audio-twolame">14.7.4.2. twolame</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-audio-lavc">14.7.4.3. libavcodec</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-all">14.7.5. Putting it all Together</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-all-pal-dvd">14.7.5.1. PAL DVD</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-all-ntsc-dvd">14.7.5.2. NTSC DVD</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-all-pal-ac3-copy">14.7.5.3. PAL AVI Containing AC3 Audio to DVD</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-all-ntsc-ac3-copy">14.7.5.4. NTSC AVI Containing AC3 Audio to DVD</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-all-pal-svcd">14.7.5.5. PAL SVCD</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-all-ntsc-svcd">14.7.5.6. NTSC SVCD</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-all-pal-vcd">14.7.5.7. PAL VCD</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect3"><a href="menc-feat-vcd-dvd.html#menc-feat-vcd-dvd-all-ntsc-vcd">14.7.5.8. 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