lokster, you helped me last month.
I have a VX858 and have tried at least a dozen programs and all different settings within those programs.
Got --~~~~~ off and got a VX747 and like it a lot, I still want to get 858 working though.
ViDrop works the best but still after about 8min into the movie it starts getting out of sync.
I'm using viDrop, preset rocketchip 320x240 medium
FFS 22, Motion search precision 6, Bitrate 309, Audio:codec mp2, SRate44100, channels 2, normalize.25, Bitrate 112, also in the extra parameters: mencoder -audio-preload 0.8 -delay 0.1.

Like I said, this gets the best but just no cigar.
Any other things I can try?
Thanks ediii

Honestly... I don't know :)

However, I have an idea:
For video codec select "none", and then add -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=$VBITRATE$ in Extra parameters -> mencoder.
This will override the xvid codec settings that viDrop uses, and will use the standard default codec settings.
Maybe the problem is there... but I am not sure at all... :)
I am not very familiar with VX747, and don't know what A/V codecs it can play. If it can play different codecs (other than xvid/mp2), then it is a good idea to try some other Audio/Video codec combination.

Weird/wrong characters in final movie.
 

Hi guys,

I realy like this program: viDrop.
Though I still have a problem. Some characters in the subtitles are projected wrongly. I will give you an example:

In dutch, we have a word: éénrichtingsverkeer.

In the subtitle, the é's are spelled correctly. But when I make a movie with the integrated subtitle, it will come out with some russian or something. Some kind of ñ is showed:

http://www.evonise.nl/downloads/pb.jpg

How can I fix this?

Thanks in advance!

Matthijs "EmperoR" Jansen

@EmperoR88 check your PM :)
I have explained there, and I am too lazy to write it here again... :D

Re: Free Open-Source converter for RockChip MPEG4 (XVID) pla
 

good afternoon,
i have some problems with setup.
my first, the most urgent, problem, is that: i want rip DVD with movie(Snatch) and with Subtitles-Cz. If i tried the all viDrop options (PanScan, Kepp aspect, Add Borders and Don't resize) subtitle weres OK, but the result(video) was bad (video is deformed :( ). if i use (in extra parameters line) '-vf-add scale=320:180 -vf-add expand=320:240:-1:-1:1', result(video aspect) is OK, but the same subtitles on this video are double :( )

thank you very, very much, for yours help
p.
=================================================
my second mysterious is that: if i was convert some movie (DVD) with vers.0.55(and i was use mencoder.exe and mplayer.exe thats built-in on the install pack) my convert speed is ca 60fps, the result is OK for my MP4player, but i cannot play this result (converted movie) in the PC. I try VideoLAN player, MediaPlayerClassic and others. These all players shows the playing time some absurd numbers, nothing played and crashed. BUT if i remove these original files (mplayer and mencoder) and i use these files from the older installation of vidrop (i think 0.53) the converting speed is slowly (cca 30fps) but the result(for my MP4player is OK) i can play also on pc by MPC or VLC.
===============================================
and my last question - I need use viDrop on PC with Win2000. program give me error mess.abou "...Win Init failed...". What should I do to fix it ??

greenh007,

about your first problem: - the resizing filters in mencoder sometimes have problems with DVDs (or mpeg files). In such cases extra tweaking is needed... (different every time....) Try setting the Resize method to "Do not resize", and then use the same additional mencoder parameters -vf-add scale=320:180 -vf-add expand=320:240:-1:-1:1

about your second problem: again, this is mencoder problem, but try checking "Rebuild avi index" (I doubt that this will help...). Also, after the conversion ends, select the "Fix broken AVI index.ini" preset, and open the converted file (yes, the file you just ceated). Then convert again (it will process very fast), and see if the new file plays on windows (it should be with _converted_converted.avi suffix).

about your third problem: EXACTLY what is the error message displayed?
(and btw viDrop is not tested under Windows 2000...)

Good luck... (you will need it) :)

Hi. I just want to say thank you for sharing such a great utility. I'm using v0.55 and it works perfectly on my Titan US-071, much better than the AVIConverter that came in the original CD.

I've found that the best settings for me are:
frames/seg.: 25
Video bitrate: 300
Audio bitrate: 112 (problems with audio sync occur when I use 128 or higher)
Normalize: 0.25

Ripping a DVD was very easy, literally a piece of cake!

Have you developed other applications for this type of MP4 Players? I'd love to change the graphics interface of my player, but I guess that's quite complicated and I'd have to mess with the original firmware.

Anyway, thank you again for your generosity. I'm looking forward to any new changes you might make to the program.

Re: Free Open-Source converter for RockChip MPEG4 (XVID) pla
 

Hello, need some help here.

I tried running v0.55 but after I double clicked the exe file, I encountered the following error:

_MemInit: Invalid window handle [0x00000000]

What should I do?

I'm using windows 2000 though.

Thanks.

Re: Free Open-Source converter for RockChip MPEG4 (XVID) pla
 

Hi,
I have the same error message as 'GeneBlade' on my Win2000 oper.system.

Can you help us ?
thanks

Also, how to I convert realmedia?? I tried looking for the RealMedia Section in the DOCS as mentioned but I cannnot find it..

This is using a winxp though. with realplayer 10.5 installed..


C:\Program Files\viDrop>mencoder "realmedia.rmvb" -idx -fo
rceidx -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=300:me_quality=6:max_bframes=0:quant_type=
h263:turbo:nochroma_me:notrellis:vhq=0 -vf scale=320:181 -vf-add expand=320:240:
-1:-1:1 -vf-add eq2=1.1:1:0:1.2:::: -ofps 22 -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp2:ab
itrate=128 -af volnorm=2:0.25 -af channels=2 -srate 44100 -o "ondaclone.avi" -vf-add harddup -of lavf -lavfopts format=rm
MEncoder 1.0rc2-4.2.1 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ (Family: 15, Model: 75, Step
ping: 2)
CPUflags: Type: 15 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
success: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0xd19f52b
REAL file format detected.
Stream description: Audio Stream
Stream mimetype: audio/x-pn-realaudio
[real] Audio stream found, -aid 0
Stream description: Video Stream
Stream mimetype: video/x-pn-realvideo
[real] Video stream found, -vid 1
Stream mimetype: logical-fileinfo
VIDEO: [RV40] 656x372 24bpp 23.000 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:11 fourcc:0x30345652 size:656x372 fps:23.00 ftime:=0.0435
================================================== ========================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 96.5 kbit/6.84% (ratio: 12058->176400)
Selected audio codec: [ffcook] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg COOK audio decoder)
================================================== ========================
** MUXER_LAVF ************************************************** ***************
REMEMBER: MEncoder's libavformat muxing is presently broken and can generate
INCORRECT files in the presence of B frames. Moreover, due to bugs MPlayer
will play these INCORRECT files as if nothing were wrong!
************************************************** *****************************
OK, exit
xvid: using library version 1.1.3 (build xvid-1.1.3)
Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
Opening video filter: [harddup]
Opening video filter: [eq2=1.1:1:0:1.2::::]
Opening video filter: [expand w=320 h=240 x=-1 y=-1 osd=1]
Expand: 320 x 240, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
Opening video filter: [scale w=320 h=181]
================================================== ========================
Opening video decoder: [realvid] RealVideo decoder
Error loading dll
ERROR: Could not open required DirectShow codec drvc.so.
Read the RealVideo section of the DOCS!
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [realvid] RealVideo decoder
Error loading dll
ERROR: Could not open required DirectShow codec drvc.dll.
Read the RealVideo section of the DOCS!
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [realvid] RealVideo decoder
Error loading dll
ERROR: Could not open required DirectShow codec drv4.so.6.0.
Read the RealVideo section of the DOCS!
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [realvid] RealVideo decoder
Error loading dll
ERROR: Could not open required DirectShow codec drv43260.dll.
Read the RealVideo section of the DOCS!
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [realvid] RealVideo decoder
Error loading dll
ERROR: Could not open required DirectShow codec drvc.bundle/Contents/MacOS/drvc.

Read the RealVideo section of the DOCS!
VDecoder init failed :(
Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x30345652.
Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
================================================== ========================

Exiting...

Re: Free Open-Source converter for RockChip MPEG4 (XVID) pla
 

Can I ask to everybody: If you converted anything in version 0.55 - haven't you any problem's with this converted AVI files, nonsense in playing time or anothers error's, in windows avi players ? For ex.MedialPlayerClassic, VideoLAN...???

Thank you v.much


P.S. And, very please, what about yours experiences with vidrop and w2k ?

I have a problem with the time index yes.
Synchronization is fine but the players in both my mp4player and in windows think the converted files are 30+ minutes long (while in fact they're only 3m long). This does make it very hard to scroll through a file, as the moment i want to skip forward it does so for 5 minutes (which is outside the video's range)

any input on this will be greatly appreciated! (So far i love the converter)

Try again with the "Motion Search Precision" set to Zero instead of Six.

Not sure if that answer was meant for me so i tried it anyway ;)
No succes: the file has shrunk somewhat but is still 26m long according to the computer- and mp4player. (instead of 3m)

Dear Lokster,

I've tried converter 0.55 not only for my Rockchip AUM player, but also with general resolutions, and it worked very well. A wonderful software!

Unfortunately I've found a problem with sound. It appears to be connected with MP2 only. THERE IS NO SOUND in the converted movie. at the same time MP3 and "copy" modes work fine. I have installed also the old version 0.3. It does not have this problem. Thus, it is a certain bug.

Another problem which I have seen few times is as follows. After the converter finishes the task, following an attempt to open the produced file, a window of the AVI Chunk Player Viewer appears announcing that
"This avi file was not prepared for sequential reading ..."
I close the window twice, then the playback starts. Note that the preview function works well.

Has anybody else these problems?

Thanks.

One more bug.

When ripping DVD I consistently obtain avi files with wrong aspect ratio. In particular, ripping a DVD for my COWON A3 (I have a Rockchip AUM player as well) I get from
the original resolution 852x480
the resolution 800x534
instead of the right 800x451.

I've got the reason: strangely the program (mencoder?) reads the resolution of the DVD Vob file as 720x480 instead of the correct 852x480 (that is the resolution reported by the Classik Media Player)..
Taking this wrong resolution 720x480 exactly obtain the above 800x534.

Addition to my two previous posts (see close above).

To the first post:
The same "not prepared for sequential reading" problem appears with flv files. There is no such a problem with the 0.3 version.

To the second post:
The same resolution problem appears with many (not all) MKV x264 movies. It looks like the converter does not accept the frame width larger than 720 and simply replaces it by 720.

Re: Free Open-Source converter for RockChip MPEG4 (XVID) pla
 

Dear ariel56,

your problems without sound in converted videos maybe solved by replacing the mencoder.exe by an older version of mencoder.exe in the installationfolder of viDrop 0.55. This replacement has worked well on my PC: viDrop 0.55 produces now perfect videos with mp2-audio inside.

rgrds, lca77

Thanks lca77,

I don't think that is the problem, since version 0.3 doesn't have any problems with MP2 (it has others, for it is an older version), though it is based on the same mencoder version. It is a certain bug. Nevertheless I'll try older mencoder version.

Once more:
1. the resulting video files are "not prepared for sequential reading" if the output audio track is MP2.
2. The source resolution is read wrong for some VOB or MKV files. It seems that the program replaces the source frame width with 720, if the frames are wider than it. As a result the aspect ratio is invalid.

Thanks Ica77,

I was wrong: the 0.3 version is indeed based on the earlier version of mencoder. I've replaced the mencoder in the distribution of 0.55 by the mencoder version from 0.3, which is dated August 2006. The issues with MP2 are indeed resolved. The issue with the resolution persists.

Mencoder wrongly reads the source aspect ratio of many VOB and MKV files.

I think that Lokster can resolve the problem adding the option of resizing without preserving the ratio. The new exact size is to be custom. That option works fine with CloneDVD Mobile, though it is also based on Mencoder and fails in evaluating the right aspect ratio.

As for the MP2 bug, I suspect that the codec configuration file is outdated. At least it is what appears in the Mencoder window when the new version of mencoder is used. Moreover, GOM player reads the output file with good sound, while other players are silent. GOM player is based on Mplayer, the mencoder brother, and comes with its own codecs.

Re: viDrop - free open-source converter for RockChip players
 

Here the spanish Latinamerican translation.
Lokster if you say to me where can I send you the file, I will.
Thanks

[strings]
INFORMATION=Traduccion al Español LatinoAmericano (LA) por mchoaib

Button1=...

Button2=...

Button3=...

Button4=Agregar
Button5=Correr
Button6=Limpiar
Button7=...

Button8=i

Button9=Convertir

Button10=Previa
Button11=Borrar

Button12=Salvar
Button13=Por Defecto

Button14=Chequeo de Actualizacion

Button15=Descargador de Web video...

Button16=Haga una donacion!

Button17=Cancel
ar
Checkbox1=Rearmando AVI index

Checkbox2=Autoagregado al batch

Checkbox3=Normalizar

Checkbox4=Extra stereo

Checkbox5=Desabilitar
Checkbox6=Use el intervalo de tiempo seleccionado

Checkbox7=Sharpen/Blur

Checkbox8=Rotar
Combo5=|deshabilitado|90 grados horarios|90 grados antihorario
Group1=Video

Group2=Audio

Group3=Subtitulos

Group4=Entrada archivo A/V

Group5=Salida archivo A/V
Group6=Parametros extras
Group7=Metodo de rescalamiento
Group8=Ingrese subtitulo

Group9=Batch

Group10=Archivo Actual

Group11=Propiedades de Imagen

Group12=Intervalo de Tiempo
Group13=Seteos para DVD / Videos alternativos

Group14=Version

Group15=Filtros de Video

Group16=MPlayer path

Group17=MEncoder path
Group18=Ejecute despues de la conversion...

Group19=Lenguaje
Label2=Gamma

Label4=Bitrate

Label6=Bitrate
Label7=Descargando Actualizacion

Label8=Ancho
Label9=Alto

Label10=Buscando precision de video

Label12=Fuente
Label13=FPS

Label14=SRate

Label15=Codec

Label16=Codec

Label17=Codificando

Label18=Posicion (%)

Label19=Ancho (%)

Label23=Preseteo:

Label24=Contraste

Label26=Brillo

Label28=Saturacion
abel32=Tamaño (%)

Label34=Rotacion

Label36=Directorio (Si no esta seteado, el directorio del archivo de inicio sera usado)

Label37=Nombre del Archivo (sin path)

Label38=PostAgregado al archivo

Label39=Canales
Radio1=Pan&Scan

Radio2=Mantener aspecto
Radio3=Agregar Bordes
Radio4=No reescalar
TabSheet1=Seteos Generales

TabSheet2=Seteos Avanzados

TabSheet3=Otros...

TabSheet4=Informacion

Label41=Elija archivo A/V de entrada

Label42=Sites soportados: \n http://www.mp3.bg \n http://vbox.bg \n http://vbox7.com \n http://youtube.com \n http://video.google.com \n http://www.metacafe.com\n\nEnter the video URL (something like http://youtube.com/watch?v=A5Yj6ImVc1k)\nEl video sera descargado y despues se abrira viDrop

Label43=Limpiar las tareas del archivo batch?

Label45=Tamaño del archivo de Salida

Label46=Cargando. Por favor, espere...

Label47=Convirtiendo Archivo

Label48= de

Label49=Ejecutando archivo batch

Label50=Error

Label51=Confirmar

Label52=No se eligio profile.

Label53=Borra este profile?

Label54=No fue dado ningun nombre!

Label55=Error al chequear actualizacion! Quizas su conexion de Internet no este funcionando?

Label56=Pregunta

Label57=La siguiente actualizacion es descargable. Desea descargarla?

Label58=Informacion

Label60=La actualizacion no fue descargada correctamente. Por favor intentelo nuevamente.

Label61=La actualizacion fue descargada. Desea instalarla?(Nota: La version anterior del Vidrop sera eliminada.)

Label62=Donde desea guardar este archivo?

Label63=Error sobrescribiendo el siguiente archivo!

Label64=URL incorrecto o mala conexion de internet.


Edit3=Este programa es FREEWARE y siempre lo sera. Esta distribuido bajo los terminos de la licencia tipo GPL v3. Sin embargo, si usted lo desea, puede realizar una donacion para ayudar al autor para futuras actualizaciones. Donaciones son aceptadas via PayPal.

Label65=Sitio

Label66=Licencia GPL:

Label41=Archivo de Audio

Label44=Subtitulos


Label67=Titulo / Capitulo

Label68=FourCC code

Label69=Formateo

Label72=La resolucion de video elegida no es valida para este codec! Las unicas resoluciones validas son 176x144 y 352x288. La resolucion sera corregida.

Label73=El seteo de FPS no es valido para este codec para video. Valores validos son: 5,10,12,15,24,25,30. El seteo de FPS sera corregido.

I have the same problem with some characters(diacritics), they are replaced with what seem to be Russian characters. Could you be so kind to share with us what is the reason for this?

Thank you lokster in advance.

Best regards.

****
Never mind, I figured it out (Advanced Settings tab, footer(Subtitles), Encoding box: I googled and found what ISO code corresponds to my language and selected it accordingly), it's a good thing that it is included.

Re: viDrop - free open-source converter for RockChip players
 

Greetings.

I would prefer to have the result(movie) splitted in 20-30 minutes fragments.

Can this option be used in the encoding process with ViDrop?

If yes, how?

Thank you in advance.

Re: viDrop - free open-source converter for RockChip players
 

Thanks for share :lol:

Having this weired thing with ver .54 and .55. All the videos i convert with viDrop, they have a duration of 51hrs and when I try to play them the video plays plays at the super speed like 32X. But the audio is normal.

Any idea what causes this??

Thanks

Hi lokster,

I downloaded viDrop v0.55 AVI XVid Converter, for my Mini MP4 player because I could not play any AVI file. Always with error file format error.

With your genious program i'm now a proud onwer of MP4 and I'm now able to listen to AVI file.

TKS a million

You save the Mp4 from my frustration, I would had put the hammer wright trought it.

_wa_wa - ( Richard )

Re: viDrop - free open-source converter for RockChip players
 

I got a cheap generic digital mp4 player from e-bay and was getting a message 'warning: file format error' with every avi file i uploaded. viDrop is the only software that worked. thank you so much lokster i owe you.

Re: viDrop - free open-source converter for RockChip players
 

Hello to all,

viDrop is a very good conversation tool for me, so here my 2 cents

Translation for 0.55 in German:

de.lang.txt
cut -----------------------------------------------------------------
[strings]
INFORMATION=Deutsche Übersetzung von Detlef
Button1=...
Button2=...
Button3=...
Button4=Hinzufügen
Button5=Starten
Button6=Leeren
Button7=...
Button8=i
Button9=Konvertieren
Button10=Vorschau
Button11=Löschen
Button12=Sichern
Button13=Vorgabe
Button14=Nach Updates suchen
Button15=Web video downloader...
Button16=Eine Spende machen!
Button17=Abbrechen
Checkbox1=AVI Index erneuern
Checkbox2=Automatisch zu Batch hinzufügen
Checkbox3=Normalisieren
Checkbox4=Extra Stereo
Checkbox5=Deaktivieren
Checkbox6=Zeitintervall auswählen
Checkbox7=Schärfe/Unschärfe
Checkbox8=Umdrehen
Combo5=|ausgeschaltet|90° im UZS|90° entgegen dem UZS
Group1=Video
Group2=Audio
Group3=Untertitel
Group4=Eingabe A/V Datei
Group5=Ausgabe A/V Datei
Group6=Extra Parameter
Group7=Methode der Grössenanpassung
Group8=Eingabe Untertitel
Group9=Batch
Group10=aktuelle Datei
Group11=Bildeinstellungen
Group12=Zeitintervall
Group13=DVD Einstellungen / Alternative Streams
Group14=Version
Group15=Video Filter
Group16=MPlayer Pfad
Group17=MEncoder Pfad
Group18=Nach der Umwandlung ausführen...
Group19=Sprache
Label2=Gamma
Label4=Bitrate
Label6=Bitrate
Label7=Update herunterladen
Label8=Breite
Label9=Höhe
Label10=Präzision der Bewegungssuche
Label12=Schriftart
Label13=FPS
Label14=SRate
Label15=Codec
Label16=Codec
Label17=Enkodierung
Label18=Position (%)
Label19=Breite(%)
Label23=Voreinstellung:
Label24=Kontrast
Label26=Helligkeit
Label28=Sättigung
Label32=Größe (%)
Label34=Drehung
Label36=Verzeichnis (wenn nicht gesetzt, Verzeichnis der Eingabedatei)
Label37=Dateiname (ohne Pfad)
Label38=Dateiendung
Label39=Kanäle
Radio1=Pan&Scan
Radio2=Seitenverhältnis beibehalten
Radio3=Ränder hinzufügen
Radio4=Größenverhältnis nicht ändern
TabSheet1=Haupteinstellungen
TabSheet2=Erweiterte Einstellungen
TabSheet3=Andere...
TabSheet4=Information
Label41=A/V Datei auswählen
Label42=Unterstützte Seiten: \n http://www.mp3.bg \n http://vbox.bg \n http://vbox7.com \n http://youtube.com \n http://video.google.com \n http://www.metacafe.com\n\nGeben Sie die Video URL ein (zum Beispiel http://youtube.com/watch?v=A5Yj6ImVc1k)\nDas Video wird heruntergeladen und in viDrop geöffnet.
Label43=Batch Jobs leeren?
Label45=Ausgabegröße
Label46=Lade, bitte warten...
Label47=Dateikonvertierung
Label48= of
Label49=Laufende Batch
Label50=Fehler
Label51=Bestätiguen
Label52=Kein Profil gewählt.
Label53=Diese Profil löschen?
Label54=Kein Name angegeben!
Label55=Fehlerprüfung für Update! Ist Ihre Internetverbingung aktiv?
Label56=Frage
Label57=Folgendes Update ist verfügbar. Wollen Sie es herunterladen?
Label58=Information
Label60=Das Update wurde nicht korrekt heruntergeladen. Bitte versuchen Sie es noch einmal.
Label61=Update wurde heruntergeladen. Wollen Sie dieses Update installieren?(Hinweis: Die alte Version von viDrop wird überschrieben.)
Label62=Wo wollen Sie diese Datei sichern?
Label63=Fehler beim Überschreiben der Datei!
Label64=Falsche URL oder schlechte Internetverbindung.

Edit3=Dieses Programm ist FREEWARE und wird immer Freeware bleiben. Es wird unter den Bedingungen der GPL v3 Lizenz verteilt. Wenn Sie es mögen, können Sie eine Spende geben um den Autor und die weitere Entwicklung zu unterstützen. Spenden werden über PayPal akzeptiert.
Label65=Ort
Label66=GPL Lizenz:
Label41=Audio Stream
Label44=Untertitel

Label67=Titel / Kapitel
Label68=FourCC Code
Label69=Format
Label72=Die ausgewählte Videoauflösung ist für diesen Codec nicht zulässig! Gültige Auflösungen sind 176x144 und 352x288. Die Auflösung wird korrigiert.
Label73=Die ausgewählte Bildwiederholrate ist für diesen Video Codec nicht zulässig. Zulässige Werte sind: 5,10,12,15,24,25,30. Die Bildwiederholrate wird korrigiert.
cut--------------------------------------------------------

Greetings from Germany

Detlef

dualchannelaudio
 

Hi,
i'd like to know if its possible to choose the language (if yes, how), if i'd like to convert a dual sound channel .ogg video into .avi, because the programme automatically converts it with the 1st audio channel. :?:
Thanks for your help in advance: cuko

viDrop 0.56 is out now ! Use the "Check for Update"-function inside of your installed viDrop to get this new version...

Hi everybody!
It's been a while since the last release... I was too busy with other things / projects, and had very little time to work on viDrop.
The new version has some improvements, some bugs fixed, and some new bugs still to be found... (as always).

The included mencoder version is 1.0rc2-4.2.1, which does not have problems when converting with mp2 audio - the bug from 0.55, when the output file wont play correctly in WMP / MediaPlayer Classic etc.

For mp2 compression I now use twolame codec - it's better than libavcodec's, and is playable on rockchips.

Added a new Resize method - Simple, which just resizes the output video, ignoring the source aspect ratio.

Another improvement is the option to show graphical indication of the mencoder progress and hide the console window.

And finally - there is an experimental option for 2-pass encoding - but it is not working with all codecs or audio/video codec combinations.

There are some other improvements, mostly internal but I can't remember them... :D

Good luck with the new version!

Re: viDrop - free open-source converter for RockChip players
 

Good to see the two pass option on v0.56, however I didnt get that far because when trying to download a clip from an URL, a small window appeared and invited me to rickclick the FLV file and save as - which promptly failed to find the said location. I reinstalled version 0.55 which is wonderful. Any ideas why? TIA.

Bytebug, actually you encountered a bug... Which is now fixed (i released a minor update - 0.56.1).

For everyone wondering what happened with Web video downloader feature - in this version I use the online service for downloading web videos - keepvid.com. It supports a lot of sites (youtube, etc...).
viDrop now handles internally only the download from the three bulgarian sites - mp3.bg, vbox.bg, vbox7.bg.
I realized that most of the video sites change their code too frequently and I don't have enough time to change the code and release an update every time some of them changes.

Re: viDrop - free open-source converter for RockChip players
 

Tried version 0.56.1 and it allows download from URL.
Once again great piece of code.

Gesundheit !

Here are some things that I've noticed:
- when trying to load several files for batch conversion the source directory is not remembered
- converter uses only 1 processor my Core 2 Duo computer that actually makes the whole process longer...can this be improved?
- I manually modify the command lines from notrellis to trellis and nocroma to croma, does that have any real impact on the process?

BTW lokster, your instincts were absolutely correct, there is really no use in converting 2-pass for MPx devices...I see much more use in being able to split the final result in several pieces as a part of the batch conversion process...

Once more congratulation for the fine work!

Re: viDrop - free open-source converter for RockChip players
 

Lokster... I have a more simple question:

Why there is no support for Divx?

Is there some copyright reason of Mencoder? or...
It's simply that mencoder is for rockchip players... now rockchip is supporting RMVB

Re: viDrop - free open-source converter for RockChip players
 

Just to update on vidrop 0.56.1 - the web downloader option has reverted back to a small window asking for me to rightclick either FLV or MP4. I assume this is due to the various sites changing their settings? and not Vidrop! This is still my prefered convertor because there are very few youtube videos that do not convert to xvid 320x240. I now use Download Helper which is a firefox plug-in to grab FLV. Keep up the great work Loks.

Re: viDrop - free open-source converter for RockChip players
 

Hi lokster

I have downloaded and installed the program and see it installing to Program files/vidrop but I cannot find any directory like that or any program or exe file to run. What could my problem be?

Regards
Wolflock

Hi Wolflock,

the Exe is called vidrop.exe and lays as usually in \Program Files\vidrop. Please try to build a shortcut on your desktop to this vidrop.exe: C:\Program Files\vidrop\vidrop.exe

rgrds, lca77

Hi ICA77

It somehow did not even install the program. But not to worry, downloaded the updated file at the beginning of this thread and installed that. WORKS perfectly. Many many thanks guys. You are geniuses of geniuses. You are Kings! The program works perfectly and I know have vids on my MP4 player, where before I just had a large collection of Converters on my PC and no working vids on my MP4 player. I am eternally grateful.

Regards
Wolflock