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Transcoding xvids for phillips dvp624 (small size)

Discussion in 'Digital video discussion for Linux users' started by pelvin, May 30, 2006.

  1. pelvin

    pelvin Member

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    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
     
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  2. SOCOMII

    SOCOMII Regular member

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

    Should work becuse the guide starts of by saying
     
  3. pelvin

    pelvin Member

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    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
     
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    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.
     

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