[MEncoder-users] mpeg-4 - no video on Pioneer dvd player

[Andrius Meidus]

Solved, it works!
Thank you very much!
I'm glad to say its Pioneer's, not mencoders issue. Main problem was
the resolution limitation.

2007/10/27, James Hastings-Trew <jimht at shaw.ca>:
> ameidus wrote:
> > Some other ideas?
> > Should I post more details on the quicktime file I'm trying to convert,
> > or on the file which is OK on my dvd player?
> >
> > Anyway, thanks for the comments.
> >
> >
> There is some information here:
>
> http://www.pioneerfaq.info/english/dv585.php?player=DV-585A&question=DivX
>
> Upshot is that files cannot be larger than 2Gb, and cannot have pixel
> resolutions higher than 720 x 576. They also mention troubles with
> b-frames in the video stream but the command line I suggested to you
> won't make use of b-frames (b-frame troubles in memory/cpu limited
> set-top devices is a common problem).
>
> Get the file that works and try the following command line in mplayer:
>
> mplayer FILETHATWORKS.avi -identify -frames 0
>
> This should spit out information on the ffourcc, codecs used, pixel
> dimensions, framerate, etc.Make your new file as much like that you can,
> and see if you can find the caramilk secret.
>
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