xvidenc syntax

[andrew.46]

Does seem a little odd. MP3 should be a safe bet then with xvidenc but do you have playback with mp3 files with media players like vlc on your setup? This is often missing by default in Ubuntu.

[Langstracht]

Yes I regularly play mp3 files.

With vlc. And with Banshee and Mplayer.

[andrew.46]

Hmmm.... in that case I am not entirely sure. My last thought is that pehaps you could try the following:

xvidenc -r

This has the following actions:

-r     Reset configuration file. As of version 7.9.5, xvidenc  uses
              a  configuration  file  which contains the paths to the pro-
              grams needed for its correct operation.  This  option  tells
              the  script to remove and recreate the config file using the
              default values. It can be used to restore the original  val-
              ues  of the config file in case the user has modified it and
              wants to get rid of those modifications.  It  is  also  used
              for resetting the config file in case the user has installed
              a required program after xvidenc has  generated  its  config
              file.  If this is the case, the config file will not contain
              the path to the newly installed program so one has to  reset
              the  file  in  order  to find it. This is because the config
              file is generated/updated only once: if it's  not  available
              on the user's system and during config version updates.  The
              configuration  file  is  located   in   /home/username/.xvi-
              denc/config

and if that does not work I am afraid that I am out of ideas .

[Langstracht]

I knew about the command (thanks to you it has to be said) but since I haven't added or changed anything I didn't think there would be any need to use it.

However I'll give it a try and see how we go.

It's too bad that there's no way of judging/assessing the success of a session without having to wait for it to end and see (hear!) what you've got.

That said, can I assume that the quality levels will not change anything other than the quality. That is, if I were to run 1 pass very low quality and got sound, would you expect that I would also get sound at "ehq". Or if not then not at the higher level either. If so then I can get a handle on the outcome a bit quicker.

Thanks again.