[Matroska-users] problem converting from avi to matroska

[bayrouni]

Ivan Kowalenko wrote:
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> On Apr 23, 2007, at 16.38, bayrouni wrote:
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>> Hello,
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>> I just encoded a vob file to mkv.
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>> The first step is encode to avi(x264, ac3).
>> The second step is converting to mkv(x264, ac3) container.
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>> the avi(x264, ac3) size is :  2,4G
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>> mkvmerge -o title.mkv title.avi result is:
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>> title.mkv: 1023M
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>> And obviously the video is truncated.
>>
>> Sure that  I am doing something wrong and bad.
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> Impossible to say without more information. What encoding program did 
> you use? What settings did you use for remuxing to MKV? What operating 
> system are you using? And what format is the partition you're writing 
> to? Any of these things could possibly have an affect on the outcome.
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Hello,

I am using mencoder to encode with:

bitrate is 1500.
cropping dermined with mplayer -vf detectcrop.

mencoder ${TITLE} -ovc x264  -vf crop=${CROP},harddup
     -x264encopts 
pass=1:turbo=1:bitrate=${BITRATE}:subq=4:bframes=3:psnr:ssim:b_pyramid:weight_b:threads=auto 

     -oac copy                                           \

     -of avi                                             \
     -o ${TITLE%.vob}_pass1.avi


and the same without turbo for pass=2


-ovc x264 -x264encopts 
subq=6:8x8dct:me=umh:frameref=5:bframes=3:b_pyramid:weight_b:threads=auto:pass=2:psnr:bitrate=${BITRATE}\

I notice something not normal in the avi (after 2 pass). :  cannot do 
seeking.  I used the same options for many videos DVD  and they work 
fine as avi and as mkv.

What could be causing the anomaly: can't seeking when I press arrows 
with mplayer?


At the first step to pass to mkv, I use simply:
mkvmerge -o title.mkv title.avi
The avi contains yet x264 and ac3 audio.
I never had this issue before.
My operating system is debian lenny and reiserfs partition.

The same os, partions mencoder options mkv merging worked fine with all 
others DVDs.

Thank you