[Eug-lug] PSP, Video, and mencoder...

[Linux Rocks!]

UPDATE: works as advertised... more testing require :)
Jamie
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 01:28 pm, Linux Rocks! wrote:
: UPDATE:
: Ive found that someone is using ffmpeg under linux, so Im compiling it (and
: faac)... will see how it works...
:
: This is the article:
: Converting movies in Linux
:
:
: A patch has been added to the ffmpeg program recently that adds
: compatibility with the PSP. You will need to download the latest version of
: ffmpeg from
:
: their CVS. Run this from a terminal window to get the sources:
: > cvs -z9 -d:pserver:anonymous at mplayerhq.hu:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg
:
: Now you can enter the ffmpeg directory and configure, compile and install
: the program, make sure to compile with at least the "--enable-faac" option
: (which means you also need the faac package).
:
: > ./configure --enable-faac
: > make
: > sudo make install
:
: If everything compiled and installed without problems you should now be
: able to create MP4 movies which work on the PSP. If you did encounter
: problems, you can check out the homepages of the programs for more
: information.
:
:
: Here is how to convert a movie to the MP4 format, using the new option
: added
:
: in ffmpeg:
: > ffmpeg -i sourcemovie.avi -f psp -r 14.985 -s 320x240 -b 768 -ar 24000
: > -ab
:
: 32 M4V00002.MP4
:
:
: This will create an MP4 movie with a frame rate of 14.985 (-r 14.985), a
: resolution of 320 by 240 (-s 320x240), a video bitrate of 768kbps (-b 768),
: an audio sampling frequency of 24000 Hz (-ar 24000) and an audio bitrate of
: 32 kbps (-ab 32).
:
:
: According to the English manual for the PSP from the FCC website that's
: circling the internet the maximum video bitrate the PSP can handle is 768.
: The maximum resolution is 320x240 for movies played back from the Memory
: Stick so don't go any higher than that. As a final note, the ffmpeg
: developer who added this PSP functionality mentions that there has been
: problems with other framerates than 14.985 so to be sure it will work you
: should stick with that. I've heard reports of other values working as well
: though, so you could try different rates if you want to experiment.
:
: On Wednesday 30 March 2005 12:43 pm, Linux Rocks! wrote:
: : So, Ive been trying to encode video that will work on the PSP. I havnt
: : gotten any of my videos to work, but I have gotten some downloaded videos
: : to work (they are encoded specificly for the PSP, but also playback with
: : mplayer).
: :
: : From what I can tell, i seem to want a mp4 (divx?) scaled to 320x240,
: : 15-29.97fps/384kbs, stereo audio at 64kbps
: :
: : Being a linux user, I figure mencoder would be the best app to re-encode
: : videos, but I havnt had any luck getting them to play on the psp.
: :
: : Mac Users seem to be using ffmpegX/mencoder, but its different on the
: : mac...
: :
: : Windows users seem to be using 3gp_Converter.
: :
: : Ive also found that this little device only plays videos if they are in
: : the right location (on the Memory stick), and named w/in a filename
: : convention (m4v?????.mp4).
: :
: : Anyway, I could use some help getting mencoder to output something usable
: : on the PSP...  if someone knows the right parameters and such for getting
: : the right output, I would like to know more...
: :
: : Jamie

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