the mpeg frontend


encode2mpeg is a front end to MPlayer/MEncoder and mjpegtools. It is able to convert any kind of video that mplayer can play in a format suitable for VCD/SVCD/DVD, plus it can create DivX avi.
The program has the following capabilities:

Documentation

The README is the first document to read.
The online help lists all the options, the long online help describes all the options.
The rest of the documentation is in these web pages. Read them carefully.

Usage

encode2mpeg has different working mode. Click on the links below to see how to choose and select the appropriate mode.
Read also how to add Chapters and dump Subtitles. WARNING. If you give an incorrect option, encode2mpeg will not detect it and will, usually, pass the wrong option to mplayer/mencoder causing a failure.

Download

The last version is 0.3.1, download it here.

What's new

0.3.1
It is possible to add chapters to VCD/SVCD/DVD
Temporary disk space usage is now only 2 times the size of the final stream
0.3.0
Mpeg mode
interlaced support
SMP support
html documentation

See the Changelog for a more detailed list.

Contact

you can contact the author sending an e-mail to encode2mpeg at users.sourceforge.net or writing to mplayer-user mailing list.