[MEncoder-users] encoding video for the ipod 5g

[Grozdan]

2009/7/13 Sebastiaan van Erk <sebster at sebster.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I know this question has been asked and answered 1000 times, and I searched
> the archives and tried pretty much everything I could find, but I still
> can't get it working.
>
> PROBLEM:
>
> My iPod only plays the audio track but does not show the video.
>
> DESCRIPTION:
>
> I tried both the MPEG4 and H264 codecs for video. The mencoder commands I
> used are listed below, and I make the mp4 file with mp4creator because the
> -of lavf -lavfopts format=mp4 was not working (even nautilus did not
> recognize the file when I created it with mencoder, it listed the codec as
> unknown; also gtkpod-aac refused to upload it to the ipod). So I used the
> procedure described in the mencoder docs at
> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/menc-feat-quicktime-7.html#menc-feat-quicktime-7-remux
> to create the final mp4.
>
> The commands I used:
>
> MPEG4:
>
> mencoder $INFILE -sws 9 -of avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts
> vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=300 -o /tmp/$INFILE.$$ -oac faac -vf
> scale=320:-2,expand=320:240:0:0:1::,harddup -faacopts mpeg=4:br=128:object=2
> -srate 44100 -channels 2 -sub $SUBS -subalign 0 -subpos 75 -ofps 25
> mplayer /tmp/$INFILE.$$ -dumpvideo -dumpfile /tmp/$INFILE.$$.divx
> mplayer /tmp/$INFILE.$$ -dumpaudio -dumpfile /tmp/$INFILE.$$.aac
> mp4creator -create=/tmp/$INFILE.$$.divx -rate=25 $3
> mp4creator -create=/tmp/$INFILE.$$.aac $3
> mp4creator -list $OUTFILE
> rm -f /tmp/$INFILE.$$*
>
> When I do mp4creator -list I get:
>
> $ mp4creator -list sample.mp4
> Track   Type    Info
> 1       video   MPEG-4 Simple @ L1, 61.000 secs, 299 kbps, 320x240 @
> 25.000000 fps
> 2       audio   MPEG-4 AAC LC, 61.068 secs, 126 kbps, 44100 Hz
>
> When I look at the specs of the 5g at
> http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/consumer_electronics/stats/ipod-5th-generation-enhanced-specs.html
> it seems to me it should be compatible:
>
> Video Support:  Apple reports that the iPod 5GE models support "H.264 video,
> up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels*, 30 frames per sec., Baseline
> Low-Complexity Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo
> audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320
> by 240 pixels, 30 frames per sec., Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with
> AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov
> file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per
> sec., Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio
> in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats."
>
> H264:
>
> I also tried using H264, using the following commands:
>
> mencoder $INFILE -sws 9 -of avi -ovc x264 -x264encopts
> bitrate=300:vbv_maxrate=768:vbv_bufsize=244:nocabac:level_idc=13:me=umh:trellis=1:direct_pred=auto:level_idc=13:threads=2
> -o /tmp/$INFILE.$$ -oac faac -vf scale=320:-2,expand=320:240:0:0:1::,harddup
> -faacopts mpeg=4:br=128:object=2 -srate 44100 -channels 2 -sub $2 -subalign
> 0 -subpos 75 -ofps 25
> mplayer /tmp/$INFILE.$$ -dumpvideo -dumpfile /tmp/$INFILE.$$.h264
> mplayer /tmp/$INFILE.$$ -dumpaudio -dumpfile /tmp/$INFILE.$$.aac
> mp4creator -create=/tmp/$INFILE.$$.h264 -rate=25 $3
> mp4creator -create=/tmp/$INFILE.$$.aac $3
> mp4creator -list $OUTFILE
> rm -f /tmp/$INFILE.$$*
>
> This gives a file which mp4creator -list describes as follows:
>
> $ mp4creator -list sample.mp4
> Track   Type    Info
> 1       video   H264 Baseline at 1.3, 60.960 secs, 298 kbps, 320x240 @
> 25.000000 fps
> 2       audio   MPEG-4 AAC LC, 61.068 secs, 126 kbps, 44100 Hz
>
> OTHER INFO:
>
> My system info is:
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux blauwoor 2.6.27-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Jun 30 19:57:39 UTC 2009 i686
> GNU/Linux
>
> $ lsb_release -a
> No LSB modules are available.
> Distributor ID: Ubuntu
> Description:    Ubuntu 8.10
> Release:        8.10
> Codename:       intrepid
>
> $ mencoder
> MEncoder 2:1.0~rc2-0ubuntu17+medibuntu1 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
> CPU: Genuine Intel(R) CPU           T2400  @ 1.83GHz (Family: 6, Model: 14,
> Stepping: 8)
> CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
> Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
> No file given
>
> $ mp4creator -version
> mp4creator - mpeg4ip version 1.6
>
> Any suggestions, tips, ideas are welcome.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Sebastiaan
>

Use MP4Box with the -ipod switch to create MP4s for iPods. mp4creator
is highly outdated and a dead project

Also, you're using a mencoder/mplayer version which is 2 years old.
Upgrade to SVN. Ubuntu surely knows how to screw its users :)

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