[MEncoder-users] nsv to avi problems

[charl marais]

Hello Help

I have scoured the internet to find an nsv to avi 
converter and so far I am impressed with the 
capabilities of mencoder.

I have more or less figured out a pile of thing on my 
own ,however I am now stuck.

Here is the problem... I have downloaded a nsv file 
using Hidownload <http://www.streamingstar.com/> 
the total file size is 8.2mb and the bitrate is 350.
(don't know whether it's sound or video). 

The result:
1. song registers as 2:30 long song, but plays through
   in 3 seconds.(could be hidownload that does this?)
   (or simply the nsv copy protection?)
2. when I try to convert the song using mencoder I
   end up with a 60kb to 70kb file that is 1 sec long
   and the video is corrupt.(this I know happens 
   durring mencoder procces)(could be that I don't 
   have the correct codecs)
(step 2 happens even when I convert from http source)

Could someone please tell me how you got nsv files
converted to avi correctly? If possible what codecs
you used and how you installed the codecs on a winXp
system. 

Thanks Glitch 

Below is the command line I used and the output from
mencoder.

I am using WinXp, and have downloaded the latest
windows-all-codecpack.

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Command line 
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C:\temp\temp\mplayer>mencoder -oac mp3lame 
-lameopts br=128:cbr -ovc xvid 
-xvidencopts bitrate=350
c:\hidownload\linkinpark_crawling_120.nsv -o
c:\hidownload\link.avi
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Output 
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MEncoder 1.0pre6-3.2.3 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP/XP-M Barton
(Family: 6, Stepping: 0)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1
SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this
is not optimal!
To get best performance, recompile MPlayer with
--disable-runtime-cpudetection.
File not found: 'frameno.avi'
Failed to open frameno.avi
success: format: 0  data: 0x0 - 0x2e7955
Nullsoft Streaming Video file format detected.
VIDEO:  [VP50]  320x240  24bpp  18.000 fps    0.0 kbps
( 0.0 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:36  fourcc:0x30355056  size:320x240 
fps:18.00  ftime:=0.0556
==========================================================================
Cannot find codec for audio format 0x20424C56.
Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
==========================================================================
xvid: using library version 1.0.1 (build xvid-1.0.1)
Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1  (-1=autodetect) osd: 1
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [vfwex] Win32/VfWex video
codecs
Loading codec DLL: 'vp5vfw.dll'
Loaded DLL driver vp5vfw.dll at 10000000
VDec: vo config request - 320 x 240 (preferred csp:
Packed YUY2)
[PP] Using codec's postprocessing, max q = 9.
VDec: using Packed YUY2 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
videocodec: XviD (320x240 fourcc=44495658 [XVID])
xvid: par=0/0 (vga11), displayed=320x240,
sampled=320x240
xvid: CBR Rate Control -- bitrate=350kbit/s
Selected video codec: [vp5] vfm:vfwex (On2 VP5
Personal Codec)
==========================================================================
Writing AVI header...
ODML: vprp aspect is 4:3.
New_Face failed. Maybe the font path is wrong.
Please supply the text font file
(~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf).
subtitle font: load_sub_face failed.
ODML: vprp aspect is 4:3.
demux_nsv: sync lost( 0%)   0fps Trem:   0min   2mb 
A-V:0.000 [0:0]
demux_nsv: sync lost( 0%)   0fps Trem:   1min   2mb 
A-V:0.000 [0:0]
demux_nsv: sync lost(23%)   0fps Trem:   0min   0mb 
A-V:0.000 [0:0]
demux_nsv: sync lost(35%)   0fps Trem:   0min   0mb 
A-V:0.000 [0:0]
demux_nsv: sync lost(60%)   0fps Trem:   0min   0mb 
A-V:0.000 [0:0]
demux_nsv: sync lost(81%)   0fps Trem:   0min   0mb 
A-V:0.000 [0:0]
Pos:   0.9s     19f (86%)   0fps Trem:   0min   0mb 
A-V:0.000 [0:0]
Flushing video frames

Writing AVI index...
Fixing AVI header...
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