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cmc2008
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Joined: 07 Apr 2008
Location: United States
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Hi -
I'm trying to use ffmpegX to convert a .rm file to any format I can use on QuickTime. I'm able to open other file formats, but ffmpegX seems to freeze if I attempt to open a .rm file (I've moved reallib over to the /Library/Application Support/ffmpegX folder as instructed).
Does anyone have any suggestions? My eventual goal is to be able to view videos at faster speeds, which seems easy to do in QuickTime, but I can't find a way to do it with RealPlayer (I have a Mac).
Thanks!
-c
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jpschuck
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Joined: 22 Apr 2006
Location: France
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| cmc2008 wrote: |
Hi -
I'm trying to use ffmpegX to convert a .rm file to any format I can use on QuickTime. I'm able to open other file formats, but ffmpegX seems to freeze if I attempt to open a .rm file (I've moved reallib over to the /Library/Application Support/ffmpegX folder as instructed).
Does anyone have any suggestions? My eventual goal is to be able to view videos at faster speeds, which seems easy to do in QuickTime, but I can't find a way to do it with RealPlayer (I have a Mac).
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If you downloaded the reallib from the ffmpegX website, it's probably still the PPC version which is not MacIntel compatible.
There is an Intel version available at the Mplayer official website. Look for the "Binary codec package" section and choose "Mac OS X x86".
1/ Once the download is completed, double-click the package in order to install it ; this will install the required codecs and enable RealMedia playback in Mplayer for OSX, but not for ffmpegX
2/ Under the Finder choose "Go to... > Go to folder..." , type /usr/local/lib and hit return ; this will open a hidden folder
3/ Copy the "codecs" folder (the "codecs" folder is a renamed version of "reallib") inside "/Library/Application Support/ffmpegX" and rename this copy "reallib" (don't forget to remove your previous version of reallib)
4/ Now ffmpegX should be able to deal with RealMedia files
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Last edited by jpschuck on Jun 11, 2008 01:22, edited 2 times in total
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Anicsi
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Joined: 09 Jun 2008
Location: Germany
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Hello! I had the same problem than cmc2008. I used the wrong version for the powermac... But now I installed everything the way you described, but it still doesn't work 
I described my situation already in this topic here, only that I have now the correct version of reallib. I think i must have done everything right, I really have no idea what to do.
Well, ffmpegX shows me "failed" when I try to convert it, and I can still only hear the audio of the video, without a picture.
Hope you are able to help me. Maybe it's the file itself?!
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Encoding started on Tue Jun 10 16:14:53 CEST 2008
MEncoder dev-CVS-060307-04:23-4.0.1 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
Mac OSX static build for ffmpegX
FIXME:Hardenabling SSE and SSE2 without detection
CPU: Intel (Family: 6, Stepping: 6)
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE SSE2
success: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0x5d0ab72
REAL file format detected.
Stream description: Audio Stream
Stream mimetype: audio/x-pn-realaudio
Stream description: Video Stream
Stream mimetype: video/x-pn-realvideo
Stream mimetype: logical-fileinfo
VIDEO: [RV40] 640x480 24bpp 23.000 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
Error: dlopen(/Library/Application Support/ffmpegX/reallib/drvc.so, 1): image not found
size:640x480 fps:23.00 ftime:=0.0435
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 64.1 kbit/4.54% (ratio: 8010->176400)
Selected audio codec: [ffcook] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg COOK audio decoder)
==========================================================================
Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
Error: dlopen(/Library/Application Support/ffmpegX/reallib/drv4.so.6.0, 1): image not found
Error: dlopen(/Library/Application Support/ffmpegX/reallib/drvc.bundle/Contents/MacOS/drvc, 1): image not found
Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x30345652.
er: [scale w=640 h=272]
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [realvid] RealVideo decoder
Read the RealVideo section of the DOCS!
VDecoder init failed 
Opening video decoder: [realvid] RealVideo decoder
Read the RealVideo section of the DOCS!
VDecoder init failed
Opening video decoder: [realvid] RealVideo decoder
Read the RealVideo section of the DOCS!
VDecoder init failed
Opening video decoder: [realvid] RealVideo decoder
Read the RealVideo section of the DOCS!
VDecoder init failed
Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
==========================================================================
Exiting...
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jpschuck
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Joined: 22 Apr 2006
Location: France
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Something probably went wrong during your installation. You can still hear the audio because this audio format is supported (=built-in) in ffpmeg without the additional reallib (that's the line "Selected audio codec: [ffcook] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg COOK audio decoder").
Let's check if everything is at the right place. Open a terminal window and paste this :
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Hit return, then tell us (copy/paste) what is printed.
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Anicsi
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Joined: 09 Jun 2008
Location: Germany
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Alright, here it is:
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Last login: Tue Jun 10 22:54:53 on ttyp1
Welcome to Darwin!
p54995791:~ Anna$ ls /Library/Application\ Support/ffmpegX/reallib/
codecs
p54995791:~ Anna$
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It's not much though, so I guess something went wrong  Thank you one more time!
Concerning the other topic with the wmv-files: Well, suppose that's bad luck, isn't it?
edit------
Oh I see it only now... "codecs" is the right folder, isn't it?
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jpschuck
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Joined: 22 Apr 2006
Location: France
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Yep, that's it ! The contents of the "codecs" folder should be placed directly inside the "reallib" folder (i.e. the "codecs" folder is the "reallib" folder).
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Anicsi
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Joined: 09 Jun 2008
Location: Germany
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Here we go again then!
So, I've replaced the reallib folder by the codecs folder (after renaming it)
Result is, that I am now able to watch the video, BUT the converter still does not work correctly.
Here's a screenshot to look at because now ffmpegX doesn't show "failed" anymore, but "finished" although the outcoming file has O kb (I think it was the same with my wmv videos...)
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jpschuck
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Joined: 22 Apr 2006
Location: France
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Your file has a .rmvb.txt extension. That is not a valid Realmedia file extension and it probably causes some trouble to ffmpegX.
In the Finder, use the "Get information" command on your video file, make sure that the "hide file extension" box is unchecked (in your case, it is probably checked as the file as a text file icon instead of a RealMedia icon), and rename the file to "KaSt-1.rm".
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Anicsi
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Joined: 09 Jun 2008
Location: Germany
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It works!! Thank you very, very much! Really, you helped me a lot!
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zamechek
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Joined: 30 Jun 2008
Location: United States
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| jpschuck wrote: |
If you downloaded the reallib from the ffmpegX website, it's probably still the PPC version which is not MacIntel compatible.
There is an Intel version available at the Mplayer official website. Look for the "Binary codec package" section and choose "Mac OS X x86".
1/ Once the download is completed, double-click the package in order to install it ; this will install the required codecs and enable RealMedia playback in Mplayer for OSX, but not for ffmpegX
2/ Under the Finder choose "Go to... > Go to folder..." , type /usr/local/lib and hit return ; this will open a hidden folder
3/ Copy the "codecs" folder (the "codecs" folder is a renamed version of "reallib") inside "/Library/Application Support/ffmpegX" and rename this copy "reallib" (don't forget to remove your previous version of reallib)
4/ Now ffmpegX should be able to deal with RealMedia files |
I have completed the steps detailed above, but have not been able to successfully encode any audio. The finished video has no audio track at all.
The audio codec is listed as a 'ffcook' which I am unfamiliar with. Any thoughts?
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jpschuck
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Joined: 22 Apr 2006
Location: France
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| zamechek wrote: |
| jpschuck wrote: |
If you downloaded the reallib from the ffmpegX website, it's probably still the PPC version which is not MacIntel compatible.
There is an Intel version available at the Mplayer official website. Look for the "Binary codec package" section and choose "Mac OS X x86".
1/ Once the download is completed, double-click the package in order to install it ; this will install the required codecs and enable RealMedia playback in Mplayer for OSX, but not for ffmpegX
2/ Under the Finder choose "Go to... > Go to folder..." , type /usr/local/lib and hit return ; this will open a hidden folder
3/ Copy the "codecs" folder (the "codecs" folder is a renamed version of "reallib") inside "/Library/Application Support/ffmpegX" and rename this copy "reallib" (don't forget to remove your previous version of reallib)
4/ Now ffmpegX should be able to deal with RealMedia files |
I have completed the steps detailed above, but have not been able to successfully encode any audio. The finished video has no audio track at all.
The audio codec is listed as a 'ffcook' which I am unfamiliar with. Any thoughts?
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I PMed you a partial answer. ffcook is just regular RealAudio sound. Recent versions of ffmpegX have a number of problems with MP4 multiplexing (or at least that's what I've experienced), this may be the cause of your missing audio track.
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tsnus
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Joined: 08 Jul 2008
Location: United States
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I've followed the instructions (very helpful) and I can now successfully view Real Video files, but when I encode my 34MB Real Video file, the progress result is immediate and I get a 0KB file for the conversion. The Hide Extension box is unchecked and I believe I have a legit .rm file. Any suggestions?
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mufngruf
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Joined: 25 Jan 2007
Location: United Kingdom
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I also have followed all the directions about codecs and such... converted some rms and rmvb but get zero kb files or a single screenshot.
But I just noticed that one of these posters has a screenshot that actually recognises Real media..that is, a file dropped onto the source format box reads "real" whereas, when I drop my files on this box it reads "Avi"
any ideas?
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jpschuck
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Joined: 22 Apr 2006
Location: France
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cykso
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Joined: 23 Jul 2008
Location: Canada
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Hi,
I have followed those procedures you mentions like
1) install the reallib in the library/application support/ffmpegX
2) rename the file extension from "rmvb" to "rm"
but I still end up a 0k result file.
Do you have any idea?
Below is the error message I got and a screen shot
Thanks in advance,
Last login: Wed Jul 23 17:34:32 on ttys000
/Applications/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/pbpaste | sh
christopher-sos-imac:~ christopherso$ /Applications/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/pbpaste | sh
Encoding started on Wed 23 Jul 2008 17:34:32 EDT
x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2
mp4 [info]: initial delay 0 (scale 25000)
movtoy4m
Copyright 2002-2006 Johan Lindström
All rights reserved..
ERROR: Could not open movie: /Users/christopherso/Desktop/Miscellaneous/14.rm
x264 [info]: final ratefactor: 50.17
Encoding audio..
usage: movtoway -o output.wav movie.mov
christopher-sos-imac:~ christopherso$
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jpschuck
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Joined: 22 Apr 2006
Location: France
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You can't use x264 or ffmpeg to convert RealMedia files. Only mencoder based presets will work with them. You can see which encoding engine is used in the target "video" box under the "summary" tab. If you need to use a special profile (iPod, iPhone...), you should first convert RM to MP4 using an mencoder preset, then convert this MP4 to the needed preset.
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riftcat
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Joined: 26 Jul 2008
Location: United States
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| jpschuck wrote: |
| I PMed you a partial answer. ffcook is just regular RealAudio sound. Recent versions of ffmpegX have a number of problems with MP4 multiplexing (or at least that's what I've experienced), this may be the cause of your missing audio track. |
Having the identical problem here, a RealAudio file where the ffmpegX Summary tells me the Audio Source is "ffcook, 44100Hz, 44kbps."
I was finally able to get the program to convert files like this, thanks to this thread and the extraordinary help of jpschuck! However, even after finally achieving success in converting the video, the resultant file still lacks audio. I'm guessing whatever information was contained in this PM may also prove helpful to me... unless that basically amounted to "Sorry Charlie." In any case, is there a way to get the audio to be included in the file?
Really would love a solution here if it's at all possible... I have a fairly large library of .rm files with this audio type that I would love to be able to port over to my various Apple devices. Thanks much in advance.
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