On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:57:56 -0700, John Wendel wrote: > 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 use similar things, except for vb_strategy, and keyint. The man page does say that For a strict MPEG-1/2/4 compliance this would have to be <=132. So maybe these will make a difference. If it does, this would be a clear case of too many options. Even if I learned the man page by heart, I'd still wouldn't know which precise option makes the file readable by my hardware player. > 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 Thanks, you've been of great help already!
