converted video not apearing

[Blueduck]

When I convert a rm video to AVI Divix, ffmpegX says finished but the converted file does not appear in target location(or anywere else) using MPEG4 [.AVI] (memcoder)

If I use MPEG4 [.AVI] (ffmpeg) then it says failed, but the file does show up were it should(not working of course)

[Case]

1/ Did you install the binaries (mplayer, mencoder)?
2/ Did you install the extra reallib (PPC), as described on the website?
3/ The ffmpeg engine doesn't support RM. The mencoder engine can suppport it, as it uses mplayer, and reallib is a plug-in for mplayer.
4/ Does the left side of the Summary window recognize your source file as a RealMedia file?
5/ To test RM support, try the [Play] button in ffmpegX first.
6/ For diagnosing failed conversions, please post the Process Information log.
7/ If your source file is named foo.rmvb, try renaming it to foo.rm .

[Blueduck]

I did install the binaries, and the extra reallib

I did just realize the file is a .rv not an .rm but it does only play in realplayer
I don't know if this matters
ffmpegx says its an RV40

hitting the play button results in realplayer launching then crashing. Outside of ffmpegx the file plays fine.


process info

Encoding started on Sun Jul 20 18:55:48 EDT 2008
MEncoder dev-CVS-051126-18:35-3.3 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
Mac OSX static build for ffmpegX
AltiVec found
CPU: PowerPC
success: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0x5b5b877
REAL file format detected.

Thank for the help

[Case]

I think this version of mplayer for ffmpegX is picky about the suffix, so try renaming your source to .rm. It seems it doesn't like other suffixes for Real Media.
The fact that the Process Info doesn't show anything after REAL file format detected, is -to me- an indication that mplayer crashed again, because it encountered something it couldn't handle.
If your source file is video-only (no audio) then de-select Encode Audio in the Audio tab, to avoid that being the cause of trouble. I haven't come across any .rv file before, so I can't give suggestions based on experience.
The RV40 video codec should be decodable by reallib, so I think you're okay there.