.wmv to anything else with ffmpegX

[ericdudeus]

OK - total newbie time. I downloaded ffmpegX 0.0.9a and installed the binaries according to the instructions - I hope. What I would like to do is convert a .wmv file to anything else that quicktime could read. I did some forum searching and found posts saying that if mplayer could play the .wmv then ffmpegX could encode it as .avi...This is where I get stuck. Mplayer plays the file with audio, but getting usable results out of ffmpegX is another story.

It seems that no matter what option I choose in the video tab of ffmpegX, I either get processing for a split second and no resulting file or a failure message.

I need help, and I hope i'm in the right place. Thanks in advance!

[major]

Select DivX preset, hit encode and post the process output (blue "i" icon).

[ericdudeus]

The following is what was in the top text bar when I clicked the 'i':


printf "Encoding started on " && date && /usr/bin/mencoder /Volumes/Big\ Mac/Shared/CrystalMethod\ -\ borntoslow\ 1.wmv -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:vol=0 -aid 0 -ovc lavc -sws 0 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=18975:keyint=240:vqmin=2:vqm ax=9 -ofps 1000.000 -vop scale=352:240 -o /Users/ericreinhard/Movies/test.avi && printf "Encoding completed on " && date && printf "\a"

This was one of the split second process times.

[major]

Not the top bar, but the main window area. That's where the process output and error messages are printed.

[ericdudeus]

Ok here is what was in the main window:

Encoding started on Tue Jan 27 22:05:47 PST 2004


The ffmpegX progress says 'finished' and it made the ding sound, but there is no resulting file anywhere.

[major]

Try to open a Terminal window (open Applications/Utilities/Terminal) and copy/paste the command line you wrote above. Which result do you obtain?

[ericdudeus]

After copying and pasting I get the following in Terminal:

Encoding started on Wed Jan 28 22:16:27 PST 2004
dyld: /usr/bin/mencoder can't open library: /usr/local/lib/libvorbis.0.dylib (No such file or directory, errno = 2)
Trace/BPT trap

Any ideas?

[major]

Probably you didn't complete the 3 installation steps.

[ericdudeus]

I'll try re-installing the whole thing and post the results.

[ericdudeus]

I just completely reinstalled the whole ffmpegx setup, tried the conversion again and got the same results - a split-second process, with no resulting file...

[major]

After copying and pasting I get the following in Terminal:

Encoding started on Wed Jan 28 22:16:27 PST 2004
dyld: /usr/bin/mencoder can't open library: /usr/local/lib/libvorbis.0.dylib (No such file or directory, errno = 2)
Trace/BPT trap

Any ideas?

Do you still get this error? if yes, step 2 of the installation process was probably not successful.

[ericdudeus]

Step 2 was the problem! Thanks. The good news is that it gives me video, but the bad news is there is no audio on the file. I tried Divx Doctor, but there is no audio after that either.