MediaCoder

I didn't modify your code. I use MediaCoder to generate the commandlines, copy out the commandlines, modify the copied commandlines and execute them via a batch file. An example of my batch file to create a movie length, x264 + Vorbis, MKV container. Warning, the x264 settings here can take a good 2...

I believe you have to replace the "pipe=$(PipeAudioOut):pipeonly" option with something else. Like writing to file instead.

You will need to read up on the options available to the tools.

segwarg, could your translated XML file load properly in IE or Firefox?

MKV

I can't relate directly because I've been using the commandlines (mencoder, oggenc, mkvmerge) lately, instead of MediaCoder. But what I do (to create a x264 + Vorbis MKV) is: Use mencoder to extract the audio stream as .wav. Encode the .wav file with oggenc. Calculate the video bitrate needed by han...

Stanley, specifying the fps helps a bit, but there will still be audio desync. You need the audio data to get it right for lengthy videos.

Edit: The audio data is only needed on the last pass when the video data is to be written.

In my case, I use MediaCoder to provide me with the commandline templates, modify them (commandline knowledge required) and paste them in a '.bat' file. I would then execute the '.bat' file. I did this because an older version of MediaCoder had some problems with a source of mine, and I had to hand-...

Stanley, can you add the 'b_pyramid' setting? Despite it's current dubious status, it does help in x264 encoding quality. b_pyramid : You might as well enable this option if you are using >=2 B-frames; as the man page says, you get a little quality improvement at no speed cost. Note that these video...

When encoding movies with h.264 (and maybe other video codecs) + vorbis (or other audio codecs that mencoder can't handle while encoding the video stream), there will be some (nasty) variable audio desynchronisation. The cause and the solution is explained in Audio and video not sync . Summary: Do n...

Simple solution, do not use -nosound when encoding the video. The encoded video stream will get variable audio desync if there is no audio stream during the video encoding process. Lengthy explanation as follows: Do not use -nosound when encoding a file with audio, even if you will be encoding and m...