To major: User Guide for ffmpegX?

[changwei]

First of all, I would like to thank you for creating this awsome program. Your hardwork is much appreciated. However, I am new to video encoding and have been trying to do DVD -> VCD and haven't had any luck so far. Is there any chance that you can write a guide or make a FAQ on how to do that with OSEx and ffmpegX? I hope this is not too much to ask. Thanks again.

changwei

[Wizeman]

I am writing a User Manual for ffmpegx with the Majors help. It'll be posted here as soon as it's done, and - I am quite certain - often revised

/Wizeman a.k.a. El Rocho of the Movie Madhouse

[changwei]

Thanks Wizeman. I am looking forward to it

By the way, the following is what I alway get when I tried to do a DVD -> VCD by converting the .vob file that I ripped using OSEx. Can anyone help?

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pbpaste | sh
Welcome to Darwin!
[Henry-Chungs-Computer:~] hchung% pbpaste | sh
mpeg2dec-0.2.1 - by Michel Lespinasse <walken@zoy.org> and Aaron Holtzman
Using altivec for IDCT transform
INFO: [yuvscaler] yuvscaler (version 1.7.0) is a general scaling utility for yuv frames
INFO: [yuvscaler] (C) 2001-2002 Xavier Biquard <xbiquard@free.fr>
INFO: [yuvscaler] yuvscaler -h for help, or man yuvscaler
Using altivec for motion compensation
Frame rate code = 116111
MPEG in libvo = 63 aspect_code=83496
a52dec-0.7.4 - by Michel Lespinasse <walken@zoy.org> and Aaron Holtzman
No accelerated IMDCT transform found
INFO: Opened WAV file, freq = 48000 Hz, channels = 2, bits = 16
INFO: format = 0x1, audio length = 4294967256 bytes
INFO: slots/frame = 672
INFO: frac SpF=0.000, tot bitrate=224 kbps, s freq=48.0 kHz
INFO: System is big endian
246066 frames in 3924.77 sec (62.70 fps), 32 last 0.81 sec (39.51 fps)
246071 frames decoded in 3924.78 seconds (62.70 fps)
INFO: Avg slots/frame = Inf; b/smp = Inf; br = Inf kbps
INFO: Encoding with psychoacoustic model 2 is finished
INFO: The MPEG encoded output file name is "/Volumes/BBA/COUNT_OF_MONTE_CRISTO/movie.mp2"
INFO: [mplex] mplex version 2.2.1 ($Date: 2002/04/20 19:08:30 $)
**ERROR: [mplex] File /Volumes/BBA/COUNT_OF_MONTE_CRISTO/movie.m1v unrecogniseable!
INFO: [mplex] File /Volumes/BBA/COUNT_OF_MONTE_CRISTO/movie.mp2 looks like an MPEG Audio stream.
**ERROR: [mplex] Unrecogniseable file(s)... exiting.
-2 is not a valid mpeg file
(Super) VideoCD xml description created successfully as `/Volumes/BBA/COUNT_OF_MONTE_CRISTO/movie.mpg.1.xml'
++ WARN: initializing libvcd 0.7.12 [darwin5.2/powerpc]
++ WARN:
++ WARN: this is the UNSTABLE development branch!
++ WARN: use only if you know what you are doing
++ WARN: see http://www.hvrlab.org/~hvr/vcdimager/ for more information
++ WARN:
**ERROR: could not stat() file `/Volumes/BBA/COUNT_OF_MONTE_CRISTO/movie.mpg-1.mpg': No such file or directory
(Super) VideoCD xml description created successfully as `/Volumes/BBA/COUNT_OF_MONTE_CRISTO/movie.mpg.2.xml'
++ WARN: initializing libvcd 0.7.12 [darwin5.2/powerpc]
++ WARN:
++ WARN: this is the UNSTABLE development branch!
++ WARN: use only if you know what you are doing
++ WARN: see http://www.hvrlab.org/~hvr/vcdimager/ for more information
++ WARN:
**ERROR: could not stat() file `/Volumes/BBA/COUNT_OF_MONTE_CRISTO/movie.mpg-2.mpg': No such file or directory
Encoding complete!
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[major]

Unfortunately I doesn't have much time right now, and when I got some, I prefer to improve ffmpegX than to write docs, though I understand both are essential.

Wizeman, Tyler and others offered to write docs or guides and I'll gladly help and support such efforts. macmercy wrote a nice DVD->SVCD guide using ffmpegX at http://mac.mercy.bei.t-online.de/index.htm which is in german, it would be good to translate it to english.

[Ender11]

I would just like to add that I am also impressed with the ffmpegx program (as much as I can with the little knowledge I have so far of all this) but would very much appreciate a manual too which explains to me what the (many) options mean and what effect they have so I can make a good decision. I am now trying many different settings (haven't managed to create a VCD yet, have managed a 5 min SVCD but with choppy image, good sound) and it is really like I am totally in the dark. Still, I shouldn't complain because till recently I was made to believe I needed a PC to do the mpeg2 encoding so.... am looking forward to a user guide also!

Ciao!

E.

[MMarv]

I'm new to the world of DVD --> SVCD (meaning I haven't tried it yet). I'm looking forward to using Major's software.

While I can't translate German, Google can do an almost understandable job.

Check out: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmac.mercy.bei.t-online.de%2Findex...language_tools

I hope this helps some people (and maybe gives someone a head start on a translation).

-MM

[Wizeman]

Thanks for the tip - I know no German whatsoever, but thanks to Google this is now not only possible to undeerstand, but also easy to convert into proper English :P

Incorporating it into the ffmpegx Manual

/W