Mplayer and codecs
 

i was thinking about adding codics to the Mplayer or the other player that the N800 has

is there a way to do that would it work :confused:

i would be very happy to get your feed back about this after all you can do it on a Linux Box why not here and i think :confused: it is just a folder that contains the win32 codec's right ??

Re: Mplayer and codecs
 

don't worry about anything i will test anything out there just tell me where to put it

"i hope it works coz i don't wana kill my N800 . . . i just got it a week ago" ;-)

Re: Mplayer and codecs
 

The biggest difference between your Linux box and the N800 is the CPU.
The win32 codecs are written for a x86 CPU. The N800's ARM CPU cannot run the win32 codecs, unfortunately.

Re: Mplayer and codecs
 

screener:
pycage is right, using x86 binary codecs is not possible on ARM cpu.

By the way, mplayer can play most of the formats natively anyway (if properly configured). What kind of codecs would you like to have supported? The build of mplayer for maemo may have some of the codecs not compiled in (like theora support), some of the codecs may have problems on ARM (as they are rarely used on this platform and may be poorly tested because of this), some codecs may be too slow (nonoptimized) and unusable because of this. Adding support for more (natively compiled) codecs should be possible, but may require some work in some cases.

Re: Mplayer and codecs
 

Here is the main things I would like to be able to do.
1. Copy a movie from a dvd to my sd card and watch it on my n800
2. watch divx (even if it has to be converted) on my sd card
3. same with wmv.. the converted that is.

I have found vauge references to mediaconverter, which I just installed. Except for the copy dvd to n800 will this do 2 and 3?

Any way to do that dvd bit?

Re: Mplayer and codecs
 

If it is this (https://garage.maemo.org/projects/mediaconverter/ ) Media converter, then: Yes.

I honestly can't tell if Media Converter takes in vob files, but you could always use one of the many free dvd-to-divx converters. Ther internets are teeming with them.

Re: Mplayer and codecs
 

If you have a Linux box, chances are that you can rip the DVD with mencoder. This worked quite well for the few DVDs I have tested this with.

The following are good settings for the Nokia 770. For the N800 you should be able to set the quality and resolution a bit higher.

Re: Mplayer and codecs
 

pycage: that's exactly what I've done with 770-encode (it works on Windows and Mac OS X to, but requires some familiarity with the command line).

The advantage of 770-encode over mencoder direct, is that it handles working out the aspect ratio and scales for you, and has presets for various different qualities.

For example:

HTH,

Andrew

Re: Mplayer and codecs
 

Serge

sorry i hade no idea that the x86 binary codecs is not possible on ARM cpu.

not that good with code stuff and things "just a normal user"

any way i had a problem with WMV and divx

i have the MPlayer 1.0rc1maemo.9 it,s too slow in starting things plus it only plays in full screen all the time and i just cant control it to move the video forward or back . . . . and things like that

for the incoding part why not use something "software" like AcidRip or dvd::rip
every one is talking about using the command line for that . . . way ?

Re: Mplayer and codecs
 

MediaConverter is a GUI application which produces 770/N800-compatible videos.

770-encode is a command line application. There's a time and a place for both.

AcidRip or dvd::rip (not heard of them, really) are theoretically possible, but you'll have to work out and remember the resolutions and bitrates yourself.

Re: Mplayer and codecs
 

Is there a best resolution and best bitrate For the N800 ??
and also for the 770 . . . so every one could fix his videos to what ever device he or she owns