viDrop - free open-source converter for RockChip players
 

This is better than the default software that comes with most of the rockchip players - has more options, and CAN embed subtitles in movies.
MPlayer & MEncoder based.

Download links: The latest version 0.57.3 is here:

http://www.vidrop.vpunk.co.uk/vidrop-0.57.3-install.msi
ftp://guest%40learnfree%2Eeu:guest@l....3-install.msi


Currently there is no helpfile, but the gui is self-explanatory (just look at the hints that show up when you hover the cursor over some option).

Screenshots:
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/9...8487yg3.th.jpg

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/459...3907ap0.th.jpg

If you encounter bugs, or have comments - send me a PM or post here.

Thanks for sharing this lokster.

Did you create the software yourself? Is there any more information about who created the software etc....?

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

Yes, I created this software. It's made in the AutoIt scripting language. For those interested - the source code is included in the installer. It's the "viDrop.au3" file.

I must say here, that the encoding itself is made in mencoder. viDrop is just a GUI frontend to mencoder (which is only command line application). And the installer is so big, because it includes mplayer and mencoder.

lokster,

Thanks for sharing this.
Can it convert Real Media files to .avi as well?

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

Fantastic...no more editing convert.ini files !... thank you...

Is it possible to add a feature whereby a number of files to be converted can be selected at once and then all converted using a single setting selection such as your medium.ini? ... as opposed to having to load each file individually to the batch...thanks...

Your medium.ini setting is what I independently found to work well for my player...the 96 kbps audio is a noticeable improvement over 64 kbps when listening to video using the built in speakers on my OptimusX/Vista rockchip...

This feature already exists - check "Auto add to batch", and then just select all the needed files in windows explorer, and drag&drop them to the green input box.
Finally, hit "Run batch"

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

This is a very good front-end as far as I can see. :)

But to make it the best all around add an option to rotate resulting video, which is Mencoder option rotate=2, if I am not wrong.

There is lot of Rockchip devices... and Meizu M6... that work with image rotated to the right.

I am sure you'll be a success!!! :D

Tried converting a video clip for my T29 which uses Xvid too, but could not play. Not very sure where the problem lies.

Is it my computer, that the converted videos do not have sound? i've tried both "mp2" and "copy" options, but the final conversion ends up with no sound.

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

lokster: Thanks for the reply. Missed having to drop the batch directly on the green box.

A couple of things I've noticed. Will convert flv files but must manually change extension to .avi and sometimes aspect is not 320x240 but could be 320x242 or 318x240. These won't play on my rockchip but if run them through AVIConverter will correct to 320x240 which will play.

Also, for the same file your converter takes about 20% longer to convert than with AVIConverter. Any idea why?

Thanks. Its great to have all the conversion parameters that you've included that can be changed incrementally as well as to have the drag and drop batch function. Well done.

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

lokster:

Forgot to ask if there is any way to increase audio volume during processing with viDrop?

Thanks.