

It will display a rectangle overlay on the video to show where the crop is. Using the crop values XXX:XXX:X:X from mencoder. Mplayer -vf rectangle XXX:XXX:X:X filename.vob If "cropdetect" doesn't give you good crop values, you can manually crop.

Play this test file to see if you like the audio, video quality, and if it is cropped in the right location: It will create the 30 second divx5-compatible avi file "filename.avi", with 2000 kbps video, 128 kbps mp3 audio, with audio level raised to 9 (from 1-10 allowed). The above command will encode 30 seconds of video starting 10 minutes into the vob file "filename.vob". Mencoder filename.vob -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:vol=9 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=2000:autoaspect -vf crop=XXX:XXX:X:X -ffourcc DX50 -ss 00:10:00 -endpos 00:00:30 -o filename.avi Kill it with ctrl+c, then enter the crop values XXX:XXX:X:X that it gives: Mencoder filename.vob -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:vol=9 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=2000:autoaspect -vf cropdetect -ffourcc DX50 -ss 00:10:00 -endpos 00:00:30 -o filename.avi However, the last two acts comprise the restorative comedy.This command will give recommended crop as numbers scrolling down the terminal: The writer has presented unremitting tragedy in the first three acts. But, Portia, a lawyer stands with Antonio and saves him from Shylock. Antonio fails to return the loan and Shylock almost prepares to cut out Antonio’s heart. Then they leave for Belmont where Bassanio wins Portia’s hand. Shylock puts a condition that if Antonio fails to return the amount he has to give a pound of his flesh and Antonio agrees, believing that his ships will return on time. He gives them three thousand ducats with no interest. He takes a loan from a Jew, Shylock, to help his friend, Bassanio to marry Portia, a wealthy lady who lives in Belmont. The play centers on the character of Antonio, a Venetian merchant. Shakespeare successfully blends the aspects of tragedy and comedy in this fictional work. The Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareĪ famous tragicomedy by William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice was first published between 15. Thus, this tragic play highlights the role of fate and chance which brings a disastrous end for their victims. Overcome with guilt and grief over his ill fate, Oedipus blinds himself. He tries to investigate and soon finds out the bitter truth from the Oracle Tiresias. Believing in the oracle, Oedipus promises to find and punish the culprit. According to the oracle, this plague is caused because the people of Thebes have not arrested and punished the murderer of their late king. Therefore, they gather at the king’s court to ask him to rescue them from this plague. The play opens when the King of Thebes, Oedipus addressing his people who are confused by an infliction, which is swiping them off. The tragic play recounts the story of Oedipus, who becomes the king of Thebes, and unknowingly fulfills the prophecy by murdering his father, Laius, and marry his mother, Jocasta. Sophocles, a famous Greek tragedian, wrote Oedipus Rex which is one of the famous Greek tragedies till date. Hence, the play is the best example of tragedy because of the tragic flaw and moral weakness of the main character become the cause of his eventual downfall. However, his evil deeds and greed pay him off in the form of his tragic demise. Out of greed, he also kills his friend, Banquo, Lady Macduff and her children and many other innocent souls to reach his goal. They attack his weakness and tempt him to kill everyone who comes on his way to possess the crown. Supernatural creatures also play a vital role in the play. Tempted by prophecies of the witches and with his wife’s motivation, he brutally kills King Duncan and becomes the king himself. However, after hearing the prophecies of the witches, he becomes paranoid and greedy.

At the outset, he is seen as a brave and loyal Thane to King Duncan. The play centers around the character of Macbeth, whose desire to become the king of Scotland at any cost and it becomes the reason for his tragic downfall. Macbeth is a famous tragic play first published in 1623.
