Pls HELP! Problem converting rmvb to mp4.

[cyanwater]

mplayer hangs everytime I tries to open a Real movie file with ffmpegX. Anyone has a solution???
Am using MacOS X, running on Tiger.
Thanks in advance.

[cyanwater]

No one?

[Case]

Did you install the Helix RealLib?

[cyanwater]

Thanks for coming to my rescue, Case.

I've downloaded the RealLib. So where do I place the folder?

[Case]

Copy the folder into /Library/Application Support/ffmpegX/

[cyanwater]

Thanks, Case!

Got it! Realized I should place the folder titled reallib within the reallib folder instead of renaming it as told at http://www.ffmpegx.com/download.html.

I supposed it's working as I can play it with ffmpegx BUT... conversion is still unsuccessful.
Unsupported video codec?

FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Tue Jul 4 00:34:21 GMT-8 2006
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
[NULL @ 0x45a630]Unsupported video codec
Input #0, rm, from '/Volumes/cyanwater/01.rmvb':
Duration: 00:42:38.4, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 547 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Audio: raac, 44100 Hz, stereo, 96 kb/s
Stream #0.1, 12.00 fps(r): Video: RV40 / 0x30345652, 624x352, 431 kb/s
Stream #0.2: Data: 0x0000
Codec type mismatch for mapping #0.0 -> #0.0[/b]

[Case]

Codec type mismatch for mapping #0.0 -> #0.0

The mismatch is because video and audio are in reversed order from what's expected. The Audio tab in ffmpegX has an "Invert mapping" checkbox to fix that.

[cyanwater]

I did as told. But conversion FAILED!

Encoding started on Tue Jul 4 00:53:05 GMT-8 2006
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
[NULL @ 0x45a630]Unsupported video codec
Input #0, rm, from '/Volumes/cyanwater/01.rmvb':
Duration: 00:42:38.4, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 547 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Audio: raac, 44100 Hz, stereo, 96 kb/s
Stream #0.1, 12.00 fps(r): Video: RV40 / 0x30345652, 624x352, 431 kb/s
Stream #0.2: Data: 0x0000
Output #0, mp4, to '/Volumes/angelfish@play/videos/Desperate Housewife/M4V01720.MP4':
Stream #0.0, 29.97 fps(c): Video: xvid, 320x240, q=3-9, 300 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 24000 Hz, stereo, 32 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.1 -> #0.0 [sync #0.0]
Stream #0.0 -> #0.1 [sync #0.1]
Unsupported codec (id=0) for input stream #0.0

[Case]

Weird. If you click Play in ffmpegX, do you see video and hear audio?

[cyanwater]

Yes, I do!

[cyanwater]

I seem to be able to convert the rm file to avi Divx but not mp4

[Case]

I seem to be able to convert the rm file to avi Divx but not mp4

I have no idea why that is.