Amadeus W. M. wrote:
I have a Phillips 642 ( US $65.00 ) that plays many but not all DIVX
files. If won't play Qpel encoded files (whatever that is). It also
won't play HDTV resolution encodes. I still like it a lot.
I have the exact same model, and it does play divx files made (probably)
in windows, but doesn't play ANY of the files I made with
mencoder/transcode. I tried various codecs, divx, xvid, divx5, etc. to no
avail. I even called Philips, and they said if I thought there was
something wrong with the player, take it to a certified repair shop, where
I would have had to pay $100 only to have it looked at (it was ~$70 new).
The tech said the files must be made with some (obviously non-linux)
software I never heard of using some obscure option (something about home
or home theater). It might just be that I'm missing some options in
mencoder. Do you have any experience with this?
Of course, it does play DVDs, even my transcode backups.
No Windows here, so I use mencoder on an FC3 box for video stuff. I use
a locally compiled version of mplayer/mencoder (whatever the latest
release is).
Here's a little 2 line script that I usually use with mencoder that
works for me.
mencoder $1.avi -sub $1.srt -ovc lavc -lavcopts \
vcodec=mpeg4:keyint=100:vbitrate=1000:vb_strategy=1:vpass=1 -oac copy
mencoder $1.avi -sub $1.srt -ovc lavc -lavcopts \
vcodec=mpeg4:keyint=100:vbitrate=1000:vb_strategy=1:vpass=2 -oac copy
I'm not too hot with the millions of mencoder options, but the last
video I made used the commands above to add hard subtitles to a video. I
also use this to lower the video bitrate (makes it smaller).
The resulting videos play fine on my Phillips.
You might take a look at http://videohelp.com. Lots of info (too much).
Sorry I can't be of more help.
John
