Installing mpeg2enc, mencoder and mplayer

[Spartan]

I tried installing this files previously to the install of ffmpegX, but it never asked me for my password or said that the installation was succesful, it just thought for a little and then quit the intaller...am I missing something? Or is my computer up to date?

The I install ffmpegX and appers to be running fine although I haven't done any encoding yet.

Am I missing something?

Thanks.

Now I have tried encoding some stuff but it is not woring...it tries to encode and it does it really fast but the file is not saved....please help!

Thanks.

did you try reading the "Read Me" and did you finish the installation process described in there? Also there are some nice tutorials for ffmpegX here: http://homepage.mac.com/major4/

[spartan]

Well, I did read the 'read me' like 10 times and I have followed the instrucions in the tutorial and the read me. The app did install, but it is not working. I think it is because the installation of the mpeg2enc and the binary player and encoder did not work....

any other ideas?

Thanks.

[major]

"Not working" is a little vague. Could you check the process output (blue "i" icon) and post the error messages?

[Spartan]

Major,

Thanks for helping me. The error I get says thefollowing:

Encoding started on Tue Feb 24 17:20:10 CST 2004
/bin/sh: line 1: /usr/bin/mpeg2enc: No such file or directory
INFO: [yuvscaler] yuvscaler (version 1.7.0) is a general scaling utility for yuv frames
INFO: [yuvscaler] (C) 2001-2002 Xavier Biquard <xbiquard@free.fr>
INFO: [yuvscaler] yuvscaler -h for help, or man yuvscaler
usage: movtoy4m -w width -h height -F a:b -a a:b [-s] [-f] [-o ppm/y4m] movie.mov
example: movtoy4m -w 352 -h 288 -F 25:1 -a 4:3 pal_normal.mov
example: movtoy4m -w 352 -h 240 -F 30000:1001 -a 16:9 ntsc_wide.mov
**ERROR: [yuvscaler] Could'nt read YUV4MPEG header!

I think it has to do with the instalation of the mpeg2enc file and the 2 binary files. Since the app ffmpeg engine install quits automaticaly a little after I hit 'instal' and I have located the files. It never asks me for my password or says the instalation was succesful.

Thanks again for your help.

I think it has to do with the instalation of the mpeg2enc file and the 2 binary files. Since the app ffmpeg engine install quits automaticaly a little after I hit 'instal' and I have located the files. It never asks me for my password or says the instalation was succesful.

Thanks again for your help.

If the engines installer doesn't work for some reason you can install the files manually by following the following instructions

Place the three files on your desktop
Type the following commands replacing filename with the name of the relevant file. Repeat with each of the three files.

sudo cp /desktop/filename usr/bin/

you will be prompted for your admin password.

[spartan]

Thanks to all for the help,

I did a repair permissions and the installer worked perfect! All the issues i had are gone!

Thanks!