mp2 44k to mp2 48k

[digisam]

when i try to load the mp2 in the main "open" of ffmpeg, mplayer bounces about in the dock then freezes, i have to force quit mplayer to get ffmpeg back.

this also happened when i tried to load an aiff to convert it to mp2, mplayer would freeze. do i need to reinstall mplay, it seems to work fine for video its only with audio that i have problems.

im trying to do a simple conversion of audio and it wont load the mp2 file (which was demuxed from an mpg using ffmpeg)

im trying to create a dvd using sizzle and mpeg-1 type files with 48k audio, is this the same as the s/vcd>dvd funtion in the registered version?

as that didnt work

thanks

ds

[major]

Try to enter this command in terminal mode, which result do you get?

ls -l /usr/bin/mplayer

[digisam]

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4597252 Sep 14 21:13 /usr/bin/mplayer

[major]

The size should be 4658648, so you should reinstall it.

[digisam]

i tried reinstalling the whole thing getting fresh mplayer etc

but when i run the command line it still give the same size

i have the mplayer osx but that looks like its a standalone player

when i found the files on sounforge there were a selection to choose from including one marked for use with ffmpeg, do i go for the ffmpeg bundle?

but i have found a work around, when i select the mp2 and then mplayer crashed, i force quit mplayer and that lets me use ffmpeg again, i then select from the presets audio file to mp2 (even though i knew that, perhaps ffmpeg thought it was a video file hence the mplayer thing) and that seemed to work, without selecting the preset it wouldnt.

ds

[major]

when i found the files on sounforge there were a selection to choose from including one marked for use with ffmpegX, do i go for the ffmpeg bundle?

The exact download link is given in the ffmpegX engines installer window.

[CGuy]

Hey Major,

I have the exact same problem where mplayer freezes up when trying to open an MP2 file. Force quitting mplayer and getting info on the MP2 file gives:

Audio : Mpeg 1 layer 2
Estimated Duration: 58:50.63s
224 kbps 44100 Hz
Frame size: 731 bytes
Stereo, No emphasis, copy

Checking mplayer as you suggested in the previous post gives:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4658648 Sep 10 2003 /usr/bin/mplayer

I went ahead anyway and downloaded a new copy of mplayer (same size, new mod date, obviously) and reinstalled all the engines. Still mplayer hangs. So I then reran the ffmpegx installer (v. 0.0.9b btw), same response. I tried both dropping the MP2 file on the ffmpegx icon in the dock, and using the Open button.

I next tried the trick of force quitting mplayer and going ahead with the conversion to 48k. It's queued up at the moment so I am not sure if this is going to work or not - but it looks promising.

I know I have done this conversion before - don't know what version of ffmpegx I used, obviously it was not the currently installed version.

Hope the info helps, it's a great app and your response to problems is also great.

Thanks, CGuy

[MooVMaker]

I have the latest mplayer, its byte count matches major's. Same problem, but when I force quit mplayer and get Info on the mp2 in ffmpegX the box reads, simply, "Alert:"

This will be an even bigger issue now that iTunes no longer accepts and converts .mp2s. The whole reason I'm here.

Hope this helps,

-MooVMaker

[major]

Which version of ffmpegX are you running?

[CGuy]

Forgot to follow up on this. The conversion did work as I detailed it in the above post.

And, BTW, I tried another mp2 conversion where mplayer froze up. I didn't force quit it immediately - in fact I was in the middle of something else and didn't get to it for awhile. After about 2-4 minutes mplayer ended up quitting by itself and everything was back to normal. Strange, huh?

CGuy