m2v into x264-cli for mac???

[peteag]

I have a m2v-file I want to encode with the x264-cli for mac. But it only takes yuv-raw, avi-yuv and avisynth! I have not that much space to save an uncompressed (or even a raw yuv) file to my disk so how can I make this .m2v my input and x264-cli my encoder without using ffmpeg? Is there any way to make the m2v-streamable like an avisynth-script?

[lexor]

well technically the way you use m2v is through DGIndex to create a d2v project file and then load that d2v in AviSynth using Mpeg2Source("movie.d2v"). But as far as I know neither DGIndex nor AviSynth are Mac compatible (though I could be wrong here). Is using AviSynth really an option in your case?

[hellfred]

so how can I make this .m2v my input and x264-cli my encoder without using ffmpeg?
Do you dislike encoding in ffmpeg using x264 lib or do you dislike streaming decoded frames from ffmpeg via a pipe into x264 cli? MPlayer at least should be able to stream uncompressed frames.

Hellfred