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09-24-2005, 02:10 PM	#1
JAmerican Why Does Palm Disappoint? Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,909	Convert to MP4 using FFMPEG!! I created a guide on how to convert your video to MP4. Its really long so I'll just redirect you guys to my forum where you can read it and post your replies here. http://jamerican.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5 If you guys find any errors, mistakes or if it doesn't work, reply here. It would be a pain to make you guys register to my site to post replies. JAmerican __________________ JAmerican Handspring Treo 90 --> Royal RG135nx --> T-Mobile Sidekick --> T-Mobile Sidekick Color --> PEG-UX40 -- > PEG-UX50--> Samsung T629 (Returned) -- > Palm TX (SOLD)/T-Mobile Sony Ericsson T610(Defective) --> T-Mobile Dash(Broken Screen) --> ASUS EEE 1000H Black/Treo 800w/PEG-VZ90 Accesories: Transcend 16GB SDHC \| 8GB Transcend microSD Last edited by JAmerican : 12-26-2005 at 03:22 AM.

09-24-2005, 06:40 PM	#2
rcxAsh Do you Gentoo? Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: GTA/Waterloo Posts: 1,315	Haha, thanks for mentioning my name, JAmerican Man, I would have loved to have a guide like this back when the whole ffmpeg/mp4 scene was still a whole mystery to everyone lol. Just one question/clarification. For as long as I can remember, the stock and/or CVS versions of ffmpeg were not able to produce playable files at resolutions such as 480x320. For these, I had to use the MobileHackerz version. Has this changed now? If not, it may be worth mentioning. __________________ /* rcxAsh / SJ20 ..> TG50 + WiFi MS ..> UX40 + SGH-E730 ..> SE P990i ..> Lifebook T4010D* + Nokia 5800 XM Let's hope that's the end for me...

09-24-2005, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by rcxAsh

Haha, thanks for mentioning my name, JAmerican

Man, I would have loved to have a guide like this back when the whole ffmpeg/mp4 scene was still a whole mystery to everyone lol.

Just one question/clarification. For as long as I can remember, the stock and/or CVS versions of ffmpeg were not able to produce playable files at resolutions such as 480x320. For these, I had to use the MobileHackerz version. Has this changed now? If not, it may be worth mentioning.

Really, where is that version located, I will update it in my link on my forums. Thanks for informing me.

JAmerican

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Accesories: Transcend 16GB SDHC | 8GB Transcend microSD

09-24-2005, 06:57 PM	#4
rcxAsh Do you Gentoo? Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: GTA/Waterloo Posts: 1,315	If I recall correctly, you can get a binary from the MobileHackerz site, as well as the source patches, etc. Though, if the stock ffmpeg is working, then it shouldn't matter. (I was just asking if it was? It's been a while since I've used ffmpeg) __________________ /* rcxAsh / SJ20 ..> TG50 + WiFi MS ..> UX40 + SGH-E730 ..> SE P990i ..> Lifebook T4010D* + Nokia 5800 XM Let's hope that's the end for me...

09-24-2005, 06:58 PM	#5
JAmerican Why Does Palm Disappoint? Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,909	I updated the FFMPEG file on my site. I just replaced it with the one I was using to make sure no conflicts arise. BTW, no problem. Its all because of you that I use FFMPEG fluently now Also, I got a BT dongle now and I use it to browse the web on my UX. So much faster. Feels like WiFi. My WiFi died on my device so I've been using BT ever since. Just got the dongle like 3 days ago. JAmerican __________________ JAmerican Handspring Treo 90 --> Royal RG135nx --> T-Mobile Sidekick --> T-Mobile Sidekick Color --> PEG-UX40 -- > PEG-UX50--> Samsung T629 (Returned) -- > Palm TX (SOLD)/T-Mobile Sony Ericsson T610(Defective) --> T-Mobile Dash(Broken Screen) --> ASUS EEE 1000H Black/Treo 800w/PEG-VZ90 Accesories: Transcend 16GB SDHC \| 8GB Transcend microSD

09-30-2005, 03:43 PM	#6
jukin Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Montreal Posts: 25	Hello JAmerican, just a quick note to let you know I did your mod for FFPMEG and it works great. Now I can just right click on a file and it will transfer it to MP4. I also did the same trick for AVI files and it works great. (It was an XVID video) I guess it will also work for DIVX files. Thanks again, Bye :-) Jukin

09-30-2005, 04:50 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jukin

Hello JAmerican,

just a quick note to let you know I did your mod for FFPMEG and it works great. Now I can just right click on a file and it will transfer it to MP4. I also did the same trick for AVI files and it works great. (It was an XVID video) I guess it will also work for DIVX files.

Thanks again,
Bye :-)
Jukin

Glad to see it worked out

Yay lol

JAmerican

09-30-2005, 10:08 PM	#8
JOEKILLA Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Daly City, CA Posts: 24	I did everything in the instruction, but I cannot play it in my UX? WHat player are you guys using?

09-30-2005, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by JOEKILLA

I did everything in the instruction, but I cannot play it in my UX? WHat player are you guys using?

Do you have the MP4 codecs? If you are using the Media Launcher, your files have to be palced in the MP_ROOT/100MNV01 and must have a file name like M4V00001.MP4 for example. I use FullMoviePlayer

. Make sure to take off the extra extension at the end as well. This will make your video file invisible in FMP.

JAmerican

10-02-2005, 12:38 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jukin

how did you use this for AVI files?

if i right click on the AVI file i don't see the option covert to MP4

10-02-2005, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by johnj2803

how did you use this for AVI files?

if i right click on the AVI file i don't see the option covert to MP4

You need to go to Folder Options > File Types > Select AVI and do the same thing as you did for MPG/MPEG.

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10-02-2005, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by JAmerican

You need to go to Folder Options > File Types > Select AVI and do the same thing as you did for MPG/MPEG.

JAmerican

oh thanks JAm!!!!

Brilliant

10-10-2005, 08:15 PM	#13
thorjeep Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 9	Help: Can't see MP4 files. Ok, This is what I did: Installved FMP v2 and MP4 encoders via install tool. I could not see MP4 files (all caps .mp4) tried to remove encoders, could not delete. Restored system, and found instruction to use Palm Insider Pro to install encoders. Installed FMP 2 via install tool, dragged all yhe encoder filesfiles in Palm Insider Pro to the ROM (I think), FMP only shows .MQV files (and yes, I can play them now) What did I do wrong? TIA Last edited by thorjeep : 10-11-2005 at 10:11 AM.

10-11-2005, 11:08 AM	#14
thorjeep Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 9	RE: help I just noticed all the files in Palm Insider have a little dark icon to the right to them except the Avx MP4Parser, I can't find out what that means, as the docs on Palm Insider are sparce. The icon seems to look like a chip slanted to the right. Hope this helps.

10-14-2005, 10:15 PM	#15
Madcap710 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 8	Jamerican, I need your help. I've been trying to use FFMPEG to create an MP4 from DVD VOB files. I use the following command line arguments to get pretty good results: ffmpeg.exe -y -i C:\Temp\vts_04_2.vob -f psp -s 320x240 -b 384 -v 150 -r 29.97 -ar 24000 -ab 64 Test.mp4. It plays great on my UX50. However, from reading your comments, you were able to get full 480x320 conversion. When I try to change -s argument, my Full Movie player pops up a MessageBox saying "Unsupported movie format." I think I might need a more current version of FFMPEG. Every version I've been able to get my hands on has produced the same bad results. I went to your excellent web site and downloaded your version, but it only comes with the executable. No dll's were included in the zip file. What do you think could be the problem? TIA Jam