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    Mencoder: how to do 2 pass encoding

    Hi there,

    I am using mencoder. I am trying to do a 2 pass encoding.

    Here is the command line I used...

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    mencoder "program.ts" -oac copy -ovc x264 -x264encopts bitrate=1166:pass=2:threads=8 -of avi -o "program.avi"
    I watched the status line during the encoding. The percentage indicator counted up from 0% to 100% and then the encoding finished. But I asked for 2 pass encoding. Didn't I? Shouldn't the percentage indicator have started all over at 0% for the second pass?
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    p.s. please ignore the in the command line. I dont know how to turn off the emoticons for this board. that should be a ':' followed by a 'P' ( : pass=...)
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    Re: Mencoder: how to do 2 pass encoding

    Put [ code ] [ / code ] around your command line code to avoid smilies and other crap. I changed it for you this time.

    Maybe just 0-50% first pass and 50%-100% second pass.
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    Re: Mencoder: how to do 2 pass encoding

    Quote Originally Posted by Baldrick View Post
    Maybe just 0-50% first pass and 50%-100% second pass.
    It just seems to be too fast for that to be the case. Also, it seems to write to the output file immediately.
    My understanding is that with two pass there is no media file output until the 2nd pass.

    Does anyone know for certain the proper procedure for doing 2 pass encoding with mencoder?
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    Re: Mencoder: how to do 2 pass encoding

    I'm not going to pretend to know anything about command line encoding with mencoder but I have used SGI's Video Converter to do 2 pass encoding with mencoder and it works fine for me that way.
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