Re: [gentoo-user] converting any video to mpeg-1, mpeg-4 or DivX-5
On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 13:15:54 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: 2. what program will convert 'anything' to said format. transcode and mencoder will do it, but ffmpeg is easier to use. Less arcane options and a readable man page make life a lot easier for ffmpeg users :) -- Neil Bothwick Windows - From the people who brought you EDLIN! signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] converting any video to mpeg-1, mpeg-4 or DivX-5
On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 09:55 +, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 13:15:54 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
2. what program will convert 'anything' to said format.
transcode and mencoder will do it, but ffmpeg is easier to use. Less
arcane options and a readable man page make life a lot easier for ffmpeg
users :)
$ man ffmpeg
No manual entry for ffmpeg
`ffmpeg` produces some help info, but then
-vcodec codec force video codec ('copy' to copy stream)
doesn't say what the actual codecs are...
I guess I'll google it...
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Re: [gentoo-user] converting any video to mpeg-1, mpeg-4 or DivX-5
transcode and mencoder will do it, but ffmpeg is easier to use. Less
arcane options and a readable man page make life a lot easier for ffmpeg
users :)
$ man ffmpeg
No manual entry for ffmpeg
`ffmpeg` produces some help info, but then
-vcodec codec force video codec ('copy' to copy stream)
doesn't say what the actual codecs are...
hit plain 'ffmpeg' without any option and you will get full help
or
ffmpeg -formatsshow available formats, codecs, protocols, ...
or online
http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/ffmpeg-doc.html
by the way, hadn't use ffmpeg for long time and just checked and looks like
mine copy is broken, encodes with quality setting in thousands so its now
good tool to fill the free space on storage, and clock speeds up. will
investigate later.
martins
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Re: [gentoo-user] converting any video to mpeg-1, mpeg-4 or DivX-5
On Thursday 15 December 2005 12:45, Iain Buchanan wrote: Hi all, I have a shiny new usb media drive (with internal hd, lcd, AV out) that plays photos, music and video. I have a few choices for video[1]. I want one I have lots of different types of video files - from short funny ads, to 1/2 hr tv episodes, to full movies, in all sorts of formats - wmv, avi, mpeg, etc. I want to find a program (hopefully only 1!) that will help convert them to a format playable by the device. I'm happy if thats a command line only program. I will probably copy them 1 by 1 as I want to watch them. mencoder / transcode Space it not too much of an issue (I'll eventually have about 60Gb on the device) - I'd rather not lessen the quality any more than it is already. So, here are my questions: 1. whats the best format to use out of the ones listed, given a) Good quality (not much less than, or the same as original) b) Size reasonable - large files ok, but compression is always a bonus) DivX 2. what program will convert 'anything' to said format. See above Many thanks for your suggestions. DivX-5.x Resolution : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bit Rate : 4Mbps Audio : MPEG-1 Layer III, AAC, ADPCM Format :.AVI , Remark:DivX-3.x/4.x unsupported Pick this -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Even historians fail to learn from history -- they repeat the same mistakes. -- John Gill, Patterns of Force, stardate 2534.7 Chris White pgpX1SOXbDBtz.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] converting any video to mpeg-1, mpeg-4 or DivX-5
I have lots of different types of video files - from short funny ads, to 1/2 hr tv episodes, to full movies, in all sorts of formats - wmv, avi, mpeg, etc. I want to find a program (hopefully only 1!) that will help convert them to a format playable by the device. I'm happy if thats a command line only program. I will probably copy them 1 by 1 as I want to watch them. mencoder / transcode ill bet for ffmpeg Space it not too much of an issue (I'll eventually have about 60Gb on the device) - I'd rather not lessen the quality any more than it is already. So, here are my questions: 1. whats the best format to use out of the ones listed, given a) Good quality (not much less than, or the same as original) b) Size reasonable - large files ok, but compression is always a bonus) DivX try xvid mpeg4 and theres many more with different sources, or google for codecs and artefacts and stuff like that to pick best. 2. what program will convert 'anything' to said format. See above Many thanks for your suggestions. DivX-5.x Resolution : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bit Rate : 4Mbps Audio : MPEG-1 Layer III, AAC, ADPCM Format :.AVI , Remark:DivX-3.x/4.x unsupported Pick this converting wmv and other low quality sources with these settings will fill your fresh device pretty soon. setting bitrate above 1800 kb/s isn't necessary, almost no gain in quality. martins -- Linux 2.6.14-ck6 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ 06:48:02 up 3:00, 5 users, load average: 4.43, 3.96, 3.23 pgplBI85m4utV.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] converting any video to mpeg-1, mpeg-4 or DivX-5
On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 14:04 +0900, Chris White wrote: On Thursday 15 December 2005 13:51, Iain Buchanan wrote: 3. with a video file recorded from my digital still camera[1], I can't fast forward or re-wind (on the device). Is this a feature of AVI, or probably of the device? (Apparently mplayer can do it because it creates some sort of sudo-index?) seeking is not what a video camera is made for. The type of compression you're dealing with: [1] $ file *AVI CIMG1957.AVI: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 320 x 240, ~15 fps, video: Motion JPEG Is motion jpeg [snip] I was referring to seeking on the media player, not the digital camera. I haven't got a process yet for converting other files to the media player, so I don't know if the media player can't seek, or if MJPEG isn't suited to seeking, or both. thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au No group of professionals meets except to conspire against the public at large. -- Mark Twain -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] converting any video to mpeg-1, mpeg-4 or DivX-5
On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 12:59 +0900, Chris White wrote: mencoder / transcode DivX DivX-5.x Resolution : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bit Rate : 4Mbps Audio : MPEG-1 Layer III, AAC, ADPCM Format :.AVI , Remark:DivX-3.x/4.x unsupported Pick this hmm, mencoder can't seem to do mpeg4 with aac audio, or divx5... $ cat test.wmv | mencoder -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=4000 -nosound - makes a test.avi, but when I try and play it on the device, I simply get unsupported file type. I've tried similar options for $ cat test.wmv | mencoder -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video:vbitrate=1500 -ofps 30 -oac mp3lame - and other such commands, but all to no avail. When I try $ cat test.wmv | mencoder -ovc divx4 -ofps 30 -oac mp3lame - I just get Couldn't find video filter 'divx4'. ffmpeg also seems to fail: $ ffmpeg -i test.wmv -b 4000 -r 30 -s 352x288 -aspect 4:3 -vcodec mpeg4 test.avi when I copy test.avi to the device as test.mp4, it says file content error! Any further suggestions? thanks, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Economists state their GNP growth projections to the nearest tenth of a percentage point to prove they have a sense of humor. -- Edgar R. Fiedler -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
