AMV conversion using Linux?

[JohnKFT]

Just bought my son an iStream nano clone and discovered that all videos have to be converted to AMV with the enclosed AMV-tool. Sadly I cannot get it to work in Linux using Wine, I cannot find any other way of converting to AMV, even using a copy of XP that came with a second-hand laptop, as it is unregistered so I cannot upgrade the DirectX to 9. Can anyone help or point me somewhere that might be able to?

[admin]

You can download DirectX 9 from our site: http://www.mympxplayer.com/dload.php...ile&file_id=20. Then install it on that WinXP machine and it should get you going.


Also, what version are you trying to install on Wine? Try ver 3.68, it's more stable.

[tadad1]

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Just bought my son an iStream nano clone and discovered that all videos have to be converted to AMV with the enclosed AMV-tool. Sadly I cannot get it to work in Linux using Wine, I cannot find any other way of converting to AMV, even using a copy of XP that came with a second-hand laptop, as it is unregistered so I cannot upgrade the DirectX to 9. Can anyone help or point me somewhere that might be able to?

This is all i could find on the net

How to encode on linux
It DOES work in wine(0.9.7 or more recent), but you need to install Windows Media Player 9 (not 10) first.

Follow these steps:

Run "winecfg" and change Windows version to Windows 98.
You will first need msxml.dll, quartz.dll, and qedit.dll (google for the files and copy to ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32 and run "regsvr32 msxml.dll" etc.).
Run "winecfg" and add a native DLL overrides for "quartz" "msiexec.exe", and "msi" (exactly as typed without quotes).
Install WMP9 (don't worry if it doesn't start).
Install Windows Installer by running InstMsiA.exe that comes with the MP3 Player Utilities
Install the MP3 Player Utilities by running the setup.exe or whatever
Install other codecs for XviD/DivX etc (e.g. ffdshow) so you can convert AVI files.
Things to note about using AMV tools:

The Settings window (to change encoding settings) doesn't display unless you press the Alt key TWICE. Very weird.
The AMV convert tool is slowwhen displaying progress so minimise the window when converting so it doesn't get slowed down.
You might not be able to change the output folder. The default is "C:\" (so ~/.wine/drive_c).
(original on the forums by trisk)

Hope this is helpful

[JohnKFT]

Thanks ever so both of you. I'll have a go at both those this week, as the son also has a Windows program that needs DirectX-9. I'll report back on how it all went, as it may help others in the same spot.

Incidentally admin, I use Opera and have to spoof as IE6 in order to view your site. Is that intentional? Opera just shows a few little font type squares at top left.

John

[admin]

JohnKFT

Ok, let us know of the result. If it solves your problem, then please put a [solved] in the subject of your original post.

Not entirely sure about Opera and our site. Nothing intentional that's for sure. I use IntegraMOD as the basis of the site. I'll check to see why it's not displaying in Opera and try to fix it. Thanks for pointing this out.