HOWTO: Converting your movies to DPG format for moonshell on the Nintendo DS

[Kierek]

Hi.

I have a problem with this script. It seems that it doesn't see files which I want to convert.

desktop:/home/kierek/DPG# python dpgconv-9.py dbk31.avi  
mpeg_stat -- MPEG Analyzer for MPEG I video streams (version 2.2b) 
MPlayer SVN-r30075 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team 
Error: 
MPlayer SVN-r30075 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team 
No file given 
 
Exiting... (error parsing command line)

Am I doing something wrong?

PS.
It doesn't work through nautilus script, too. >_>

Sorry for my crappy English.

[hibliss]

This works great as others have said. The sit ehosting the Python script was not working for me, so I found it on Google and copied it to a blank document, naming it appropriately.

Here it is, just copy and paste to an empty doc:

#! /usr/bin/python
# DPG Converter by Anton Romanov (c) 2006
# released under GPL-2
# 
"""A script to transcode video files to DPG format suitable for
   Nintendo DS (tm)
   
dpgconv.py file1 file2 file3 ... fileN
command line options:
	--dpg
		0,1,2 sets DPG version.. default is DPG2
	
	--pf
		sets pixel format, default is 3
		0        RGB15
		1        RGB18
		2        RGB21
		3        RGB24 

	-q,--hq
		high quality video
	-l,--lq
		low quality video(takes no effect when --hq,-q is set)]
	default is normal quality
	
	-v,--vbps xxx
		sets video stream bps in kb/s(default: 256)
	-a,--abps xxx
		sets audio stream bps kb/s (default: 128)
	-f,--fps xx
		sets video frames per second (default:15)
	-z,--hz
		sets audio frequency (default:32000)
	-c,--channels
		2 - stereo, 1 - mono
		default is to leave as is unless input audio channels
		number is bigger then 2 ... then default is stereo
	--aid n
		use audio track n
	--height xxx
		destination video height
	--width xxx
		destination video width

	--mv
		additional parameters for mencoder for video

	--ma
		additional parameters for mencoder for audio
	
	Hardcoding subtitles
	--nosub
		do no try autoloading of subtitles
		(default is to try to load subtitle with matching filename)
	--sub,-s xxx
		Specify subtitles for hardcoding into video output
		(is obviously only usable if you specify one file at a time)
	--sid n
		use subtitle track n
	--subcp xxx
		specify subtitles encoding
	--font xxx
		specify font for subtitles
  EXAMPLE:
    --font ~/arial-14/font.desc
    --font ~/arialuni.ttf
    --font 'Bitstream Vera Sans'

  You can specify font, subcp and other additional mencoder parameters in
	~/.mplayer/mencoder.conf
  EXAMPLE:
	font=/usr/local/share/fonts/msfonts/comic.ttf
	subcp=cp1251

"""
import sys, os, optparse
MP2TMP="mp2tmp.mp2"
MPGTMP="mpgtmp.mpg"
HEADERTMP="header.tmp"
GOPTMP="gop.tmp"
STATTMP="stat.tmp"

MENCODER="mencoder"
MPLAYER="mplayer"
MPEG_STAT="mpeg_stat"




#Print a help message if requested.
if "-h" in sys.argv or "-help" in sys.argv or "--help" in sys.argv:
	print __doc__
	raise SystemExit

def cleanup_callback(a,b):
	print "Removing temporary files"
	if os.path.lexists ( MPGTMP ):
		os.unlink ( MPGTMP )
	if os.path.lexists ( MP2TMP ):
		os.unlink ( MP2TMP )
	if os.path.lexists ( HEADERTMP ):
		os.unlink ( HEADERTMP )
	if os.path.lexists ( GOPTMP ):
		os.unlink ( GOPTMP )
	if os.path.lexists ( STATTMP ):
		os.unlink ( STATTMP )

def conv_vid(file):
	if options.dpg == 0:
		v_pf = "format=rgb24,"
		options.pf = 3
	elif options.pf == 3:
		v_pf = "format=rgb24,"
	elif options.pf == 2:
		v_pf = "format=rgb21,"
	elif options.pf == 1:
		v_pf = "format=rgb18,"
	elif options.pf == 0:
		v_pf = "format=rgb15,"
	else:
		v_pf = "format=rgb24,"
		options.pf = 3

	if options.hq:
		v_cmd =  ( " \""+ file +"\" -v -ofps " + `options.fps` + " -sws 9 -vf " + v_pf + "scale=" + `options.width` + ":" + `options.height` +":::3 -nosound -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video:vstrict=-2:mbd=2:trell:cbp:mv0:cmp=6:subcmp=6:precmp=6:dia=3:predia=3:last_pred=3:vbitrate=" + `options.vbps` + " -o " + MPGTMP + " -of rawvideo" )
	elif options.lq:
		v_cmd = ( " \"" + file + "\" -v -ofps " + `options.fps` + " -vf " + v_pf + "scale=" + `options.width` + ":" + `options.height` + " -nosound -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video:vstrict=-2:vbitrate=" + `options.vbps` + " -o " + MPGTMP + " -of rawvideo" )
	else :
		v_cmd = ( " \""+ file +"\" -v -ofps " + `options.fps` + " -sws 9 -vf " + v_pf + "scale=" + `options.width` + ":" + `options.height` + ":::3 -nosound -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video:vstrict=-2:mbd=2:trell:cbp:mv0:cmp=2:subcmp=2:precmp=2:vbitrate=" + `options.vbps` + " -o " + MPGTMP + " -of rawvideo")
	
	if options.nosub:
		if options.sub != None:
			v_cmd = " -sub \"" + options.sub + "\" " + v_cmd
	else:
		basename = os.path.splitext ( file )[0]
		if options.sid != None:
			v_cmd = " -sid \"" + str(options.sid) + "\" " + v_cmd
		if options.sub != None:
			v_cmd = " -sub \"" + options.sub + "\" " + v_cmd
		elif os.path.exists ( basename + ".***" ):
			v_cmd = " -sub \"" + basename + ".***" + "\" " + v_cmd
		elif os.path.exists ( basename + ".srt" ):
			v_cmd = " -sub \"" + basename + ".srt" + "\" " + v_cmd
		elif os.path.exists ( basename + ".sub" ):
			v_cmd = " -sub \"" + basename + ".sub" + "\" " + v_cmd
		elif os.path.exists ( basename + ".ssa" ):
			v_cmd = " -sub \"" + basename + ".ssa" + "\" " + v_cmd
	
	if options.subcp != None:
		v_cmd = " -subcp " + options.subcp + v_cmd
	if options.font != None:
		v_cmd = " -font \"" + options.font + "\"" + v_cmd

	v_cmd = MENCODER + " " + v_cmd
	v_cmd = v_cmd + " " + options.mv
	#print v_cmd 
	proc = subprocess.Popen(v_cmd,shell=True,stdout=subprocess.PIPE,universal_newlines=True,stderr=open('/dev/null', 'w'))
	
	p = re.compile ("f (\(.*%\))")
	for line in proc.stdout:
		m = p.search( line )
		
		if m:
			print "Transcoding video: " + m.group(1) + "\r" ,



	print "Transcoding video:   done"

def conv_aud(file):
	a_cmd = ( MENCODER + " \"" +file + "\" -v -of rawaudio -oac lavc -ovc copy -lavcopts acodec=mp2:abitrate=" + `options.abps` + " -o " + MP2TMP )
	identify = commands.getoutput( MPLAYER + " -frames 0 -vo null -ao null -identify \"" + file + "\" | grep -E \"^ID|VIDEO|AUDIO\"")
	p = re.compile ("([0-9]*)( ch)")
	m = p.search( identify )
	if m:
		c = m.group(1)
		if options.channels == None:
			if c > 2:
				a_cmd = a_cmd + " -af channels=2,resample=" +`options.hz`+ ":1:2"
			else:
				a_cmd = a_cmd + " -af resample=" +`options.hz`+ ":1:2"
		elif options.channels >= 2:
			a_cmd = a_cmd + " -af channels=2,resample=" +`options.hz`+ ":1:2"
		else:
			a_cmd = a_cmd + " -af channels=1,resample=" +`options.hz`+ ":1:2"
	else:
		print "Error running mplayer:"
		print identify

	if options.aid != None:
		a_cmd = a_cmd + " -aid " + str(options.aid)

	a_cmd = a_cmd + " " + options.ma
	#print a_cmd

	proc = subprocess.Popen(a_cmd,shell=True,stdout=subprocess.PIPE,universal_newlines=True,stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)

	v_out = ""
	
	p = re.compile ("f (\(.*%\))")
	for line in proc.stdout:
		m = p.search( line )
		if m:
			print "Transcoding audio: " + m.group(1) + "\r" ,
	print "Transcoding audio:   done"


def write_header(frames):
	print "Creating header"

	audiostart=36
	if options.dpg == 1:
		audiostart += 4
	elif options.dpg == 2:
		audiostart += 12
	
	audiosize = os.stat(MP2TMP)[stat.ST_SIZE]
	videosize = os.stat(MPGTMP)[stat.ST_SIZE]
	videostart = audiostart + audiosize
	videoend = videostart + videosize
	f=open(HEADERTMP, 'wb')
	DPG = "DPG" + `options.dpg`
	headerValues = [ DPG, int(frames), options.fps, 0, options.hz , 0 ,int(audiostart), int(audiosize), int(videostart), int(videosize) ]
	
	f.write (struct.pack( "4s" , headerValues[0]))
	f.write (struct.pack ( "<l" , headerValues[1]))
	f.write (struct.pack ( ">h" , headerValues[2]))
	f.write (struct.pack ( ">h" , headerValues[3]))
	f.write (struct.pack ( "<l" , headerValues[4]))
	f.write (struct.pack ( "<l" , headerValues[5]))
	f.write (struct.pack ( "<l" , headerValues[6]))
	f.write (struct.pack ( "<l" , headerValues[7]))
	f.write (struct.pack ( "<l" , headerValues[8]))
	f.write (struct.pack ( "<l" , headerValues[9]))

	if options.dpg == 0:
		f.write (struct.pack ( "<l" , options.pf ))
	if options.dpg == 2:
		gopsize = os.stat(GOPTMP)[stat.ST_SIZE]
		f.write (struct.pack ( "<l" , videoend ))
		f.write (struct.pack ( "<l" , gopsize))
		f.write (struct.pack ( "<l" , options.pf ))


	f.close()
def mpeg_stat():
	p = re.compile ("frames: ([0-9]*)\.")
	s_out = commands.getoutput( MPEG_STAT + " -offset " + STATTMP + " " + MPGTMP )
	m = p.search( s_out )
	if m:
		frames = m.group(1)
		if options.dpg == 2:
			gop=open(GOPTMP, 'wb')
			stat=open(STATTMP, 'rb')
			frame = 0
			for line in stat:
				sline = line.split()
				if sline[0] == "picture" :
					frame += 1
				elif sline[0] == "sequence":
					gop.write (struct.pack ( "<l" , frame ))
					gop.write (struct.pack ( "<l" , int(sline[1])/8 )) # mpeg_stat shows bit offsets
			gop.close()
			stat.close()
	else:
		print s_out
		return 0
	return frames

def conv_file(file):
	if not (os.path.lexists ( file )):
		print "File " + file + " doesn't exist"
#		return
	print "Converting " + file
	conv_vid (file)
	conv_aud(file)
	frames = mpeg_stat()
	if frames == 0:
		print "Error using mpeg_stat ... see error above"
		cleanup_callback (0,0)
		return
	write_header(frames)
	dpgname = os.path.basename ( os.path.splitext ( file )[0] ) + ".dpg"
	
	print "Creating " + dpgname
	commands.getoutput( "cat \"" + HEADERTMP + "\" \"" + MP2TMP + "\" \"" + MPGTMP + "\" > \"" + dpgname + "\"")
	if options.dpg == 2:
		commands.getoutput( "cat \"" + GOPTMP + "\" >> \"" + dpgname + "\"")
	
	cleanup_callback (0,0)
	print "Done converting \"" + file + "\" to \"" + dpgname + "\""



from optparse import OptionParser
parser = OptionParser()
parser.add_option("-f","--fps", type="int", dest="fps" , default=15)
parser.add_option("-q","--hq",action="store_true", dest="hq", default=False)
parser.add_option("-l","--lq",action="store_true", dest="lq", default=False)
parser.add_option("-v","--vbps", type="int", dest="vbps", default=256)
parser.add_option("-a","--abps", type="int", dest="abps", default=128)
parser.add_option("--height", type="int", dest="height", default=192)
parser.add_option("--width", type="int", dest="width", default=256)
parser.add_option("-z","--hz", type="int", dest="hz", default=32000)
parser.add_option("-c","--channels", type="int", dest="channels")
parser.add_option("--subcp", dest="subcp")
parser.add_option("-s","--sub", dest="sub")
parser.add_option("--font", dest="font")
parser.add_option("--mv", dest="mv",default="")
parser.add_option("--ma", dest="ma",default="")
parser.add_option("--nosub",action="store_true", dest="nosub", default=False)
parser.add_option("--dpg", type="int" , dest="dpg", default=2)
parser.add_option("--pf", type="int" , dest="pf", default=3)
parser.add_option("--sid", type="int" , dest="sid")
parser.add_option("--aid", type="int" , dest="aid")
(options, args) = parser.parse_args()

import signal

signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, cleanup_callback)
signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, cleanup_callback)

import commands,re,stat,struct,subprocess
if options.dpg > 2:
	options.dpg = 2
if options.dpg < 0:
	options.dpg = 2


test = commands.getoutput ( MPEG_STAT + " --" )
m = re.compile ("mpeg_stat --(.*)").search(test)
if m:
	print m.group(0)
else:
	print "Error:"
	print test
	exit (0)
test = commands.getoutput ( MPLAYER )
m = re.compile ("^MPlayer.*").search(test)
if m:
	print m.group(0)
else:
	print "Error:"
	print test
	exit (0)
test = commands.getoutput ( MENCODER)
m = re.compile ("^MEncoder.*").search(test)
if m:
	print m.group(0)
else:
	print "Error:"
	print test
	exit (0)
print "It seems we found all programs :)...continuing"
print "______________________________________________"

for file in args:
	conv_file(file)

[sebbytek]

I' on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 and it does not work
this is the message I got

bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
MPlayer SVN-r1.0~rc3+svn20090426-4.4.3 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
Usage: mplayer [options] [url|path/]filename

Basic options: (complete list in the man page)
-vo <drv> select video output driver ('-vo help' for a list)
-ao <drv> select audio output driver ('-ao help' for a list)
vcd://<trackno> play (S)VCD (Super Video CD) track (raw device, no mount)
dvd://<titleno> play DVD title from device instead of plain file
-alang/-slang select DVD audio/subtitle language (by 2-char country code)
-ss <position> seek to given (seconds or hh:mm:ss) position
-nosound do not play sound
-fs fullscreen playback (or -vm, -zoom, details in the man page)
-x <x> -y <y> set display resolution (for use with -vm or -zoom)
-sub <file> specify subtitle file to use (also see -subfps, -subdelay)
-playlist <file> specify playlist file
-vid x -aid y select video (x) and audio (y) stream to play
-fps x -srate y change video (x fps) and audio (y Hz) rate
-pp <quality> enable postprocessing filter (details in the man page)
-framedrop enable frame dropping (for slow machines)

Basic keys: (complete list in the man page, also check input.conf)
<- or -> seek backward/forward 10 seconds
down or up seek backward/forward 1 minute
pgdown or pgup seek backward/forward 10 minutes
< or > step backward/forward in playlist
p or SPACE pause movie (press any key to continue)
q or ESC stop playing and quit program
+ or - adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 second
o cycle OSD mode: none / seekbar / seekbar + timer
* or / increase or decrease PCM volume
x or z adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 second
r or t adjust subtitle position up/down, also see -vf expand

* * * SEE THE MAN PAGE FOR DETAILS, FURTHER (ADVANCED) OPTIONS AND KEYS * * *


Help me please ! It was working on 9.10

[aglauser]

I' on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 and it does not work
this is the message I got

bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)

I too ran into this problem.

I found the solution on LinuxQuestions by googling "bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed".

The short answer is to remove the package "bluez-alsa". It seems that ALSA is trying to access Bluetooth audio devices even though none are attached.

[xdzzz]

Hi.

I have a problem with this script. It seems that it doesn't see files which I want to convert.

desktop:/home/kierek/DPG# python dpgconv-9.py dbk31.avi  
mpeg_stat -- MPEG Analyzer for MPEG I video streams (version 2.2b) 
MPlayer SVN-r30075 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team 
Error: 
MPlayer SVN-r30075 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team 
No file given 
 
Exiting... (error parsing command line)

Am I doing something wrong?

PS.
It doesn't work through nautilus script, too. >_>

Sorry for my crappy English.

BUMP. I'm having the EXACT same error! I followed the directions exactly. We might be missing a dependency or something. but I checked EVERYTHING. mpeg_stat GOOD. ffmpeg GOOD. mencoder GOOD. mplayer GOOD. dpgconv-10.py GOOD. I still get that same error. If i use dpgconv-0.3.py it converts it to a .mpg file but not a .dpg

[asifior]

Thank you, Skatertjah, for sharing this. And thanks to hibliss for providing the script.
I was able to make it work like a charm under Ubuntu 11.04.

Here is the complete package, just follow the directions from the first post (starting from the make).

http://goo.gl/Vq9rV