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.
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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.
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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
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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)
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** 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]
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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!
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Exiting...