[MEncoder-users] MPEG4 (Simple Profile)

[Hans-Carl Oberdalhoff]

Re,

On 3/22/06, Lennart Börjeson <Lennart.Borjeson at cinnober.com> wrote:
> That will give an AVI container with an mpeg4 video stream, which I don't
> believe the P2000 supports. I found the following on
> http://www.epson.co.uk/products/digital_cameras/product_spec/P2000.htm. I
> interpret the listing to mean that most of the codecs and containers listed
> are supported only by the bundled Photo! application, and that the P2000
> itself only supports MPEG-4 in a .mp4 container and MJPEG in mpeg container.
>
> ...and I don't know how to make .mp4 containers either...
>
Right now, MEncoder is not able produce "complete
standards-conforming" .mp4 files. Means: You can try, but don't expect
your device to like the file....
See http://gpac.sf.net for an full-fledged .mp4 muxer (file-creator).

>
> Supported Media
>   Photos        JPEG(1), RAW(3)
>   Movies        MPEG-4 (up to 30fps @ VGA), Motion JPEG (up to 30fps @ VGA)
>   Music         MP3(4), AAC(4)
>   Media Conversion Support
>         The following file types are supported through Epson Photo!(4) v1.8
>         File types  AVI, .MOV, .MPG, .MP4 File Format supported(5)
>         Codecs supported(5)
>         Video
>                 DV, MotionJPG, Cinepac, MPEG-1, MPEG-2(6), MPEG-4(7)
>         Audio
>                 ALaw,µ Law, PCM, AAC, MPEG1 Layer1/2, ADPCM (G.726)
>
> Output file format
>  MPEG-4 AAC(.mp4), Frame rate:24fps, Frame size:640x480, Bit rate: ~ 2Mbps
>
> (1)     Maximum Image Size: 17.8 MegaPixels
> (2)     JPEG within RAW file header is used for display
> (3)     Supports Nikon D100 / D1H / D2H / D1X / D70 (.nef), Canon EOS 300D / D60 /
> D30 / 10D / 20D / 1D Mark II / 1Ds Mark II, Olympus E-1 / E-300 (Olympus RAW
> files can only be displayed in the thumbnail screen, not as a full screen
> image), Konica Minolta Dynax 7 Digital, Pentax ist*DS / ist*D, Epson R-D1.
> (4)     320kbps max bit rate Approx.
> (5)     Input data which is supported by Photo!4 is based on QuickTime spec
> (6)     Requires QuickTime MPEG-2 plug-in component
> (7)     Only MPEG4 files with a resolution greater than VGA are resized to VGA

As far, as I understand, this bundled software will allow you to
convert a lot of stuff, including avis, in a fitting format for your
device. Depending on what kind of source of video you have, you might
try converting it directly with that software.
Otherwise you might use MEncoder to convert your video to mpeg4 in avi
and then mux it into .mp4 using this software or gpac.

Hope this helps :)

hco