Just a couple questions, ibelwich:
1. What version of gtkpod are you using?
2. What options did you use to encode the video?
3. What's the filename of the video?
Just a couple questions, ibelwich:
1. What version of gtkpod are you using?
2. What options did you use to encode the video?
3. What's the filename of the video?
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Thanks for the reply Endersshadow,
To answer ytour questions:
1. Gtkpod version 0.99.8
2.I used the default options in vive here's the output from the terminal:
ffmpeg -y -f mp4 -vcodec mpeg4 -b 700k -aspect 4:3 -s 320x320 -acodec aac -ac 2 -ab 192k -i "/home/scott/dvd/vive_dvd_temp1-1.vob "home/scott/dvd/trueromance.mp4"
3. as you can see this is the filename created by vive when I originally inserted the dvd vive_dvd_temp1-1.vob
and then I am encoding this to trueromance.mp4
Thanks
Rename it trueromance.mov and try again. It seems silly, but that's the way it is.
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Thanks endersshadow,
that solved it partially. gtkpod recognises the .mov file and I can copy it to the ipod, but the behaviour is the same blank screen for 30 seconds and then returns back to the menu.
I am going to play around with it a bit see if I can nail it. If you have any other idea's let me know I give them a go.
one thing I have noticed and I am not sure if this is normal or not but in the vive terminal I see the following line
ffmpeg version SVN -rUNKNOWN
Not sure if this is a red-herring or an indication that I did not quite follow your instructions on building ffmpeg correctly
cheers
It's not unusual w/ ffmpeg to have that version.
As for the video, does it play correctly on your computer?
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Yup plays perfectly on the pc...
Enders this is a fantastic program! I got everything working fine but have one issue.
Neither the video nor audio plays when I try on my iPod.
I encoded 1min 56 secs of a DVD just fine. Plays fine on my Feisty laptop, plays fine *from* the iPod under Feisty or iTunes/WinXP w/ Quicktime. But nothing plays on the iPod, it's just a blank screen and no sound for 1min 56 secs.
80GB video iPod f/w 1.2.1 using Vive 2.0.0 and gtkPod 0.99.8. The file name is blahblahblah.mov, I used Vive iPod/PSP presets.
Any ideas?
Last edited by joe_bling; July 29th, 2007 at 08:06 PM.
Hey Joe,
Thats interesting I am getting the same kinda behaviour on my ipod... 60 gb firmware 1.2.1....maybe there is an issue with version of firmware on the ipod. Enders may know
ibelwich that is an odd coincidence.
I should also mention that when I try to import my .mov into the iPod via iTunes, it will not import, iTunes reports "iPod cannot play this format".
Try bumping the Audio Bitrate down to 128kbps. I see in the tech specs that it's only allowed to play up to 160kbps, so that may be the problem. The video codecs and bitrates all look good.
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