rm video

[kusuku]

This video (warning: porn) played fine x years ago. Today it only plays in MPC from real alternative. How can I convert it?

[kusuku]

Bump.

[Selur]

assuming the file is not buggy/encrytped/... and without having tested it:
a. install the directshow filter from real alternative
b. use DirectShowSource in either Avisynth or Vapoursynth for decoding
c. use a tool which supports using DirectShowSource and convert with it

alternatively use mencoder:

mencoder "PATH TO hc32_-_Winner_Takes_All.rm" -vid 1 -aid 2 -ni -o "g:\Output\test_v1_a2_ni.mp4" -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1200 -oac mp3lame -lameopts br=128

works fine here (audio seems to be mono; use aid 2 and vid 1)

[kusuku]

Thanks!

Is there a working mediainfo for this file?

[Selur]

Is there a working mediainfo for this file?

not really sure what you are looking for, but I don't think MediaInfo really knows how to analyse RealVideo, but

mplayer -identify  "path to clip"

and

ffmpeg -i "path to clip"

give basic infos about the audio&video streams of such files, i.e.:

Input #0, rm, from 'c:\Users\Selur\Desktop\hc32_-_Winner_Takes_All.rm':
  Metadata:
    Audiences       : 256k DSL or Cable;768k DSL or Cable;
    audioMode       : music
    Creation Date   : 8/16/2007 10:12:43
    Generated By    : RealProducer(R) Plus 11.0 for Windows, Build 11.0.0.2013
    Keywords        : Hard Caning Spanking
    Modification Date: 8/16/2007 11:27:01
    videoMode       : normal
    ASMRuleBook     : #($Bandwidth < 700000),Stream4Bandwidth = 180900, Stream5Bandwidth = 44100;#($Bandwidth >= 700000),Stream4Bandwidth = 603532, S
    title           : hardcaning
    author          : Kooboo Entertainment Inc
    copyright       : (C) 2007
    comment         :
  Duration: 00:06:46.81, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 933 kb/s
  Stream #0:0: Data: none, 603 kb/s
  Stream #0:1: Data: none, 96 kb/s
  Stream #0:2: Video: rv40 (RV40 / 0x30345652), yuv420p, 720x576, 180 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 1k tbn
  Stream #0:3: Video: rv40 (RV40 / 0x30345652), yuv420p, 720x576, 603 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 1k tbn
  Stream #0:4: Audio: cook (cook / 0x6B6F6F63), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 44 kb/s
  Stream #0:5: Audio: cook (cook / 0x6B6F6F63), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 96 kb/s
  Stream #0:6: Video: rv40 (RV40 / 0x30345652), yuv420p, 720x576, 180 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 1k tbn

Cu Selur

[kusuku]

What's the information about? There aren't 3 video and 2 audio streams.

[Selur]

ffmpeg finds an plays those streams from the looks of it it's a multi-bit-rate RealMedia file like you would use for streaming which would allow the realvideo streaming server to chose one of the streams depending on the bandwidth available.

[kusuku]

So does the file contain all streams from this? Or not?

[Selur]

Looks like it, to me. Since ffmpeg can find and play those streams. I'm no expert in the real media container to analyse the content by hand, but such files are not uncommon.

[kusuku]

How to view it then? Looks like this info is rubbish.

[Selur]

Assuming you have no RealMedia streaming server or a RealMedia player, your could use mplayer (that is what I did here).
see: https://linux.die.net/man/1/mplayer for mplayer documentation.
But assuming you just want to convert the content usually only the streams with the highest bit rate are interessting, so I would simply use those.

Looks like this info is rubbish.

Nothing I can do about that.
I leave this thread now and wish you luck with your endeavour.
I think the necessary info (at least hints) on how you could convert such files into different formats was provided.

Cu Selur

[kusuku]

rm is complicated and very poorly supported in tools. Who will ever put multiple video streams with same content into a downloadable file?!

[kusuku]

Do you know how mpc chooses the right stream? It doesn't offer any way to choose.

How can I find out mplayer stream ids with bitrate?