Transcoding xvids for phillips dvp624 (small size)

Greetings:

Recently I have been taking shows from my replaytv with me while travling. I am able to get them into a small sized xvid with about 350MB ~= 1hr of show. This was great and I was able to watch the shows on my laptop but when I returned home I had not watched all of the shows. I had removed them from my replay but I figured I could just play them on my phillips dvp642. Since I can play most xvids I download of the same size on the 642, but not the ones I have made.

Here is the transcode line:

transcode -i input.mpg -o output.avi -y xvid4 -R3 -w4 -J ivtc -J decimate --export_fps=23.976

At this point I was just using the debain defaults for xvid since I know very little about encoding. I found this thread:

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/165637

And ran xvid4conf to duplicate all of the settings I could.

I know there are some xvids the 642 can't play (Qpel etc...). And I have tried removing the fps changes which gives me a larger file but it still won't play. Really I know so little I don't know if this is a transcode issue or an xvid issue. I can post my xvid4.cfg if need be.

Thanks.

clay

 

You might find this helpful
http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=273901

Should work becuse the guide starts of by saying

 

Thanks for the link but that one like the one I posted is for a Windows app. I have tried to translate that to my xvid4.cfg and transcode options but I have not found the magic combo yet. Well I can make xvids that will play but they are huge in comparison to others I have gotten.

I have resorted to transcoding a small sample with different options until I find a solution.

clay

 

oh sorry just realized this was a linux thread, never ran linux so cant help you much there.
Hope you figure out a better way or somebody else can help you.