Salty Kevin
04-26-2007, 04:48 PM
Hi.
First of all, I'm really sorry that this is such a long thread-starter, but I was trying to include any and all information that could be relevant. I'm sorry if I include too much, but I just don't know any better.
I originally posted my problem within another thread but I still don't know how to fix my problem.
I've looked at the faq and a lot of suggestions and diagnoses that other people have given for other people's problems, but so far nothing's worked. Sorry if you read the old post in the other thread because I'm going to repeat myself a bit here. When I put videos through the converter, they finish converting, except for the couldn't-add-to-iTunes error. That they finish converting before the error, I think it might be important to notice that; most other people seem to barely get underway in their converting before the error message. I've tried manually adding the converted videos to iTunes using file-->add file, but to no avail.
The converted videos play in VLC, but in winamp I get just the sound and in windows media player I get nothing. Quicktime almost is able to do audio only, but ultimately fails. Meanwhile, the original videos play as audio only in windows media player. I plugged the converted videos and the originals into GSpot (as Midiman suggested to another person, timo67; I feel a bit of credit is owed for the idea), yet for both it tells me "Codec Status Undetermined," among a good deal of other information some of which I understand, some of which I don't. Now, here's a log:
EXEC: C:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter\Tools\MediaInfo\mediainfobatch.bat "C:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter\Tools\MediaInfo\MediaInfo.exe" "C:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter\Tools\MediaInfo\parameters.txt" "C:\Documents and Settings\Nate\My Documents\Movies\TeleVision\X-Men\X-men TAS Season 2\x-men_-_2x13_-_reunion_-_part_2_[vpc].avi"
PlayTime=00:20:42.160
Width=432
Height=324
AspectRatio=1.333
FrameRate=25.000
MediaInfo Command line, MediaInfoLib - v0.7.4.5
MSG - OS - Version: Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
MSG - Converter - Version: 2.19
MSG - Converter - Profile: H.264 QVGA 768kbps Stereo/128kbps
MSG - MediaInfo - Length: 1242s
MSG - MediaInfo - Width: 432 pixels
MSG - MediaInfo - Height: 324 pixels
MSG - MediaInfo - Aspect Ratio: 1.333
MSG - MediaInfo - Framerate: 25 fps
MSG - Converter - Automatically Resizing Resolution
MSG - Converter - New Width:320 | New Height: 240
MSG - Converter - Automatically Generating Framerate
EXEC: C:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter\Tools\FFmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -y -i "C:\Documents and Settings\Nate\My Documents\Movies\TeleVision\X-Men\X-men TAS Season 2\x-men_-_2x13_-_reunion_-_part_2_[vpc].avi" -f mp4 -title "x-men_-_2x13_-_reunion_-_part_2_[vpc]" -timestamp "2007-04-25 05:03:10" -vcodec h264 -level 13 -s 320x240 -b 768k -bt 768k -bufsize 2000k -maxrate 768k -g 250 -coder 0 -acodec aac -ac 2 -ab 128k "C:\Documents and Settings\Nate\My Documents\Converted Videos\iPod\H264\x-men_-_2x13_-_reunion_-_part_2_[vpc].mp4"
FFmpeg version SVN-r8731, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-pp --enable-swscaler --enable-pthreads --enable-liba52 --enable-avisynth --enable-libdts --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libnut --enable-libogg --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-x264 --enable-xvid --enable-amr_nb --enable-amr_wb --cpu=i686 --enable-memalign-hack --extra-ldflags=-static
libavutil version: 49.4.0
libavcodec version: 51.40.3
libavformat version: 51.12.1
built on Apr 15 2007 00:37:23, gcc: 4.3.0 20070330 (experimental)
Input #0, avi, from 'C:\Documents and Settings\Nate\My Documents\Movies\TeleVision\X-Men\X-men TAS Season 2\x-men_-_2x13_-_reunion_-_part_2_[vpc].avi':
Duration: 00:20:42.1, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 940 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: msmpeg4, yuv420p, 432x324, 25.00 fps(r)
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 160 kb/s
Output #0, mp4, to 'C:\Documents and Settings\Nate\My Documents\Converted Videos\iPod\H264\x-men_-_2x13_-_reunion_-_part_2_[vpc].mp4':
Stream #0.0: Video: h264, yuv420p, 320x240, q=2-31, 768 kb/s, 25.00 fps(c)
Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, 128 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
[h264 @ 009BC940]using cpu capabilities MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 3DNow!
Press [q] to stop encoding
Back in that other thread (http://www.redkawa.com/forums/showthread.php?t=937&page=7), Midiman told me the following:
VLC, winamp and winmed don't count for anything. Your source video should be able to be played in Windows Media Player, the output file should be playable in Quicktime. I've seen videos here encoded with whatever that msmpeg4 codec is and they've been problems.
and then
If an avi file won't play in Windows Media Player, it won't encode properly. You're missing the codec for whatever is creating these msmpeg4 videos. I don't know what it is but it's similar to Xvid & Divx... mpeg4 video in an avi container.
Which I'm grateful to know and all... even though I'm not exactly sure what it means. But does anyone have any specific suggestions about where I could go from here?
Thanks in advance for any of your help.
First of all, I'm really sorry that this is such a long thread-starter, but I was trying to include any and all information that could be relevant. I'm sorry if I include too much, but I just don't know any better.
I originally posted my problem within another thread but I still don't know how to fix my problem.
I've looked at the faq and a lot of suggestions and diagnoses that other people have given for other people's problems, but so far nothing's worked. Sorry if you read the old post in the other thread because I'm going to repeat myself a bit here. When I put videos through the converter, they finish converting, except for the couldn't-add-to-iTunes error. That they finish converting before the error, I think it might be important to notice that; most other people seem to barely get underway in their converting before the error message. I've tried manually adding the converted videos to iTunes using file-->add file, but to no avail.
The converted videos play in VLC, but in winamp I get just the sound and in windows media player I get nothing. Quicktime almost is able to do audio only, but ultimately fails. Meanwhile, the original videos play as audio only in windows media player. I plugged the converted videos and the originals into GSpot (as Midiman suggested to another person, timo67; I feel a bit of credit is owed for the idea), yet for both it tells me "Codec Status Undetermined," among a good deal of other information some of which I understand, some of which I don't. Now, here's a log:
EXEC: C:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter\Tools\MediaInfo\mediainfobatch.bat "C:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter\Tools\MediaInfo\MediaInfo.exe" "C:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter\Tools\MediaInfo\parameters.txt" "C:\Documents and Settings\Nate\My Documents\Movies\TeleVision\X-Men\X-men TAS Season 2\x-men_-_2x13_-_reunion_-_part_2_[vpc].avi"
PlayTime=00:20:42.160
Width=432
Height=324
AspectRatio=1.333
FrameRate=25.000
MediaInfo Command line, MediaInfoLib - v0.7.4.5
MSG - OS - Version: Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
MSG - Converter - Version: 2.19
MSG - Converter - Profile: H.264 QVGA 768kbps Stereo/128kbps
MSG - MediaInfo - Length: 1242s
MSG - MediaInfo - Width: 432 pixels
MSG - MediaInfo - Height: 324 pixels
MSG - MediaInfo - Aspect Ratio: 1.333
MSG - MediaInfo - Framerate: 25 fps
MSG - Converter - Automatically Resizing Resolution
MSG - Converter - New Width:320 | New Height: 240
MSG - Converter - Automatically Generating Framerate
EXEC: C:\Program Files\Red Kawa\Video Converter\Tools\FFmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -y -i "C:\Documents and Settings\Nate\My Documents\Movies\TeleVision\X-Men\X-men TAS Season 2\x-men_-_2x13_-_reunion_-_part_2_[vpc].avi" -f mp4 -title "x-men_-_2x13_-_reunion_-_part_2_[vpc]" -timestamp "2007-04-25 05:03:10" -vcodec h264 -level 13 -s 320x240 -b 768k -bt 768k -bufsize 2000k -maxrate 768k -g 250 -coder 0 -acodec aac -ac 2 -ab 128k "C:\Documents and Settings\Nate\My Documents\Converted Videos\iPod\H264\x-men_-_2x13_-_reunion_-_part_2_[vpc].mp4"
FFmpeg version SVN-r8731, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-pp --enable-swscaler --enable-pthreads --enable-liba52 --enable-avisynth --enable-libdts --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libnut --enable-libogg --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-x264 --enable-xvid --enable-amr_nb --enable-amr_wb --cpu=i686 --enable-memalign-hack --extra-ldflags=-static
libavutil version: 49.4.0
libavcodec version: 51.40.3
libavformat version: 51.12.1
built on Apr 15 2007 00:37:23, gcc: 4.3.0 20070330 (experimental)
Input #0, avi, from 'C:\Documents and Settings\Nate\My Documents\Movies\TeleVision\X-Men\X-men TAS Season 2\x-men_-_2x13_-_reunion_-_part_2_[vpc].avi':
Duration: 00:20:42.1, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 940 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: msmpeg4, yuv420p, 432x324, 25.00 fps(r)
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 160 kb/s
Output #0, mp4, to 'C:\Documents and Settings\Nate\My Documents\Converted Videos\iPod\H264\x-men_-_2x13_-_reunion_-_part_2_[vpc].mp4':
Stream #0.0: Video: h264, yuv420p, 320x240, q=2-31, 768 kb/s, 25.00 fps(c)
Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, 128 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
[h264 @ 009BC940]using cpu capabilities MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2 3DNow!
Press [q] to stop encoding
Back in that other thread (http://www.redkawa.com/forums/showthread.php?t=937&page=7), Midiman told me the following:
VLC, winamp and winmed don't count for anything. Your source video should be able to be played in Windows Media Player, the output file should be playable in Quicktime. I've seen videos here encoded with whatever that msmpeg4 codec is and they've been problems.
and then
If an avi file won't play in Windows Media Player, it won't encode properly. You're missing the codec for whatever is creating these msmpeg4 videos. I don't know what it is but it's similar to Xvid & Divx... mpeg4 video in an avi container.
Which I'm grateful to know and all... even though I'm not exactly sure what it means. But does anyone have any specific suggestions about where I could go from here?
Thanks in advance for any of your help.