Quicktime to Archos: What am I doing wrong?

[stevelondon]

Could someone tell me where I'm going wrong here? I have a QT movie with 2 channels of audio exported from Final Cut Pro. I want to make an MP4 .avi version of it to play on an Archos.

So far I have been able to do this with silent QT clips fine without any problems. ffmpegx works just fine and I get avi's that play perfectly on the Archos ( I use the MPEG4 [.AVI] (ffmpeg) setting).

But when I try to do this with a QT that has sound, what I end up with is a video-only .avi and a .mp3 file that is zero K in size.

I have also tried something suggested elsewhere which is to create a seperate .wav of the audio tracks only and 'Add' that to the movie, but when I click 'Add Audio' and choose the .wav file, it fails to appear in the selection box and so no audio is added.

What do I need to do here? TIA.

[stevelondon]

Please help! I could really use an answer to this! TIA.

[major]

Email me to major4@mac.com with your encoding process output (blue "i" icon) for further inspection.

[akseeker]

Email me to major4@mac.com with your encoding process output (blue "i" icon) for further inspection.

hi,

Did you ever come up with a solution? I've been trying to convert a wmv or mov file to something that'll work on an Archos 605 WiFi, but I keep on getting errors when I select any of the AVI DivX.

If I select the (don't remember converter that was active) the progress file shows:
Encoding started on Sun Apr 27 18:25:30 AKDT 2008
MEncoder dev-CVS-051126-18:35-3.3 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
Mac OSX static build for ffmpegX
AltiVec found
CPU: PowerPC
Reading disc structure, please wait...
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
Can't open VMG info!
Exiting...
File not found: '1'
Failed to open dvd://1
Cannot open file/device.

If I try the MPEG4 [.AVI] (ffmpeg), I get:
Encoding started on Sun Apr 27 18:27:26 AKDT 2008
FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
Seems that stream 3 comes from film source: 1000.00 (3000/3) -> 30.00 (30/1)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/Users/akjamesal/Desktop/Movie_Clipping_1':
Duration: 00:01:18.0, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng), 10.00 fps(r): Video: flv, yuv420p, 320x240
Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: mp2, 22050 Hz, mono
Stream #0.2(eng): Audio: WMA2 / 0x32414D57, 44100 Hz, stereo
Stream #0.3(eng), 30.00 fps(r): Video: wmv2, yuv420p, 320x240
Output #0, avi, to '/Users/akjamesal/Desktop/Movie_Clipping_1.ff.avi':
Stream #0.0, 23.98 fps(c): Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 640x480, q=2-15, 940 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 128 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
bench: utime=0.079s
ream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
ng stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Sun Apr 27 18:27:27 AKDT 2008
ecoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
ile decoding stream #0.0
video:0kB audio:1kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 1160.156250%

If I select DivX 3 [.AVI] (ffmpeg), I get:
Encoding started on Sun Apr 27 18:29:09 AKDT 2008
FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
Seems that stream 3 comes from film source: 1000.00 (3000/3) -> 30.00 (30/1)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/Users/akjamesal/Desktop/Movie_Clipping_1':
Duration: 00:01:18.0, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng), 10.00 fps(r): Video: flv, yuv420p, 320x240
Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: mp2, 22050 Hz, mono
Stream #0.2(eng): Audio: WMA2 / 0x32414D57, 44100 Hz, stereo
Stream #0.3(eng), 30.00 fps(r): Video: wmv2, yuv420p, 320x240
Output #0, avi, to '/Users/akjamesal/Desktop/Movie_Clipping_1.ff.avi':
Stream #0.0, 23.98 fps(c): Video: msmpeg4, yuv420p, 640x480, q=2-15, 940 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 128 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
bench: utime=0.081s
#0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
ream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Sun Apr 27 18:29:09 AKDT 2008
ng stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
ecoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
[flv @ 0x45a630]Bad picture start code
[flv @ 0x45a630]header damaged
Error while decoding stream #0.0
video:0kB audio:1kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 1160.156250%

I can't help thinking I'm doing something wrong that's simply an overlooked option.

Any help?

Thanks

[Stonechatz]

Connect your source video direct to the Archos - it will convert direct, and on the fly, into mpeg4 (Divx 4.0), without needing any intervening software or codec package.