Encoding MPEG2 using open source software

[Marc Fonvieille]

On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 08:52:45AM +0100, Edd wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> Maybe the question I am asking is how do I burn a dvd using open source.
> But I know that dvd's ar encoded in MPEG2. Apparently  ffmpeg can
> encode mpeg2, but I havent been able to get mencoder (compiled against
> ffmpeg) to work for me. Anyone have any tips?
>

If you really want to use ffmpeg, you should install transcode which
provides encoding profiles and can use ffmpeg or mpeg2enc for MPEG2
encoding.

Marc