HowTo: Encode Video for iPod Video

[putte30]

Anyone got a solution for my problem?

Observe, choosing liba52-0.7.4-dev instead of liba52-dev

Builddependency for ffmpeg could not be satisfied.

(Translated from Swedish )

Solved! The problem was a conflikt with Kubuntu, I uninstalled it and now it works!

[quietglow]

Again, wonderful guide!

Just a note that may save someone some serious messing around time:

If you don't already have a /usr/local/include folder, you need to make one before you start this whole process:

sudo mkdir /usr/local/include

If you don't, when you do this:

sudo cp mpeg4ip_config.h /usr/local/include

You'll get a file (not a directory) with the content of mpeg4ip_config.h.

This will cause havoc with your compiler!

[quietglow]

I know this is cheating, but after my third unsucessful attempt to compile mpeg4ip I got desperate and found this:

http://rarewares.org/debian/packages...0-0.0_i386.deb

Compiled gtkpod and I have video transfer! Now on to converting my own stuff...

[endersshadow]

I know this is cheating, but after my third unsucessful attempt to compile mpeg4ip I got desperate and found this:

http://rarewares.org/debian/packages...0-0.0_i386.deb

Compiled gtkpod and I have video transfer! Now on to converting my own stuff...

That's not cheating, that's just what you call "better" haha.

I'll post it in the guide as an alternative, because I know that mpeg4ip is a pain and a half sometimes with dependencies and the like.

Thanks!!!

Oh, and a quick sneak peak into what I'm working on now: A program to rip straight from DVD to iPod format. Stay tuned

[quietglow]

Oh, and a quick sneak peak into what I'm working on now: A program to rip straight from DVD to iPod format. Stay tuned

Man that would rock! I'm finally getting round to watching some podcasts (diggnation rules) and would LOVE to be able to go directly from DVD to ipod. Imagine the Family Guy episodes!

[Iandefor]

Man that would rock! I'm finally getting round to watching some podcasts (diggnation rules) and would LOVE to be able to go directly from DVD to ipod. Imagine the Family Guy episodes!

Don't just stop at Family Guy! Go for something like Invader Zim or Neverwhere!

[endersshadow]

As promised, I've written the GUI for this.

Check it out in the original post

[Iandefor]

And don't forget to mention you need vobcopy for the encoding script to work !

[endersshadow]

And don't forget to mention you need vobcopy for the encoding script to work !

I added it to the install scripts to automatically install it.

Thanks for the heads up!

Edit: It uses cpdvd, as well. I added the apt-get install in the scripts, as well.

vobcopy and cpdvd are installed in both the baseinstall and install scripts.

Thanks Iandafor!

Another edit: Added a question dialog asking if you would like to delete the VOB...again, thanks to Iandafor

[pestilence4hr]

Since you are modifying debian/rules, shouldn't you be building with

fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage

Doing ./configure && make doesn't pick up the options that you modified debian/rules to specify.