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mencoder not using the correct audio stream

I whipped up a script to convert VOBs to AVIs for storage on ym NFS backend. I'm using mencoder on CentOS5 to do the conversion.
For 9 out of 10 videos, this works great. There is the occasional 1 that will not have the correct audio stream however. I've tried -alang, -slang, aid, etc. to no avail. Here is my script (also in case anyone else finds it useful), but can anyone offer any suggestions on how to get the correct audio in my avi? When I open the vob in mplayer, I get English. When I run it through mencoder, I get Spanish.
Anyway, here's the script:

Code:

#!/bin/sh



# Get the filename into a managable format for saving and convert to lowercase if needed

name=$1

ext=${name##*.}

if [ "$ext" != "vob" ]

        then

        if [ "$ext" != "VOB" ]

                then

                echo "Not a VOB movie!"

                exit 1

        fi

convertname="${name%.VOB}"

echo "Changing file extention to lowercase"

mv "$name" "$convertname".vob

fi



#echo "${name%.vob}"

newmovie="${name%.vob}"

finalname="$newmovie".vob



echo "Pass 1...."

mencoder -ovc frameno -o frameno.avi -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=128 -alang en "$finalname"

echo



echo "Pass 2...."

mencoder -oac copy -o /dev/null -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1200:vhq:vpass=1:vqmin=1:vqmax=31 -vop scale -zoom -xy 720 "$finalname"

echo



echo "Pass 3...."

mencoder -oac copy -o "$newmovie".avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1200:vhq:vpass=2:vqmin=1:vqmax=31 -vop scale -zoom -xy 720 "$finalname"



echo

echo "Clean up temp files...."

rm -f frameno.avi

rm -f divx2pass.log

echo

echo "All done."

echo

Remove pass 1, and Add -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=128 -alang en to your current pass 2 and 3. (or just 3)

Quote:

Originally Posted by man mencoder

-frameno-file <filename> (DEPRECATED)
Specify the name of the audio file with framenumber mappings created in the first (audio only) pass of a special three pass encoding mode.
NOTE: Using this mode will most likely give you A-V desync. Do not use it. It is kept for backwards compatibility only and will possibly be removed in a future version.

emphasis mine.

Code:

echo "Pass 1...."

mencoder -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=128 -alang en -o /dev/null -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1200:vhq:vpass=1:vqmin=1:vqmax=31 -vop scale -zoom -xy 720 "$finalname"

echo



echo "Pass 2...."

mencoder -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=128 -alang en -o "$newmovie".avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1200:vhq:vpass=2:vqmin=1:vqmax=31 -vop scale -zoom -xy 720 "$finalname"

Some DVDs have more than one alang=en. -aid 128 could be 5.1 english, -aid 129 could be 2.0 english, -aid 133 could be 2.0 director's comments, -aid 160 2.0 lpcm english. I've seen some DVDs put director's comments as -aid 128, and 5.1 english as -aid 129.

You may have to code in a prompt to identify which aid to use. mplayer -identify blah.vob will list the audio streams.

Took some tinkering, but finally got it.
Thanks!