[MEncoder-users] Need help to rip DVD to DivX

[The Wanderer]

On 11/26/2012 08:24 AM, Nagy Tibor wrote:

> I have an LG home movie system, which can play DivX files from USB (pen
> drive, hard disc), but the accepted file formats are quite limited (from the
> manual):
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> DivX file requirement
> **********************
> • Available resolution size: 800x600 (W x H) pixel

> • Bit rate: within 32 - 320kbps (MP3), 40 - 192kbps (WMA)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I'm unable to rip a DVD to a file which is accepted my LG player. Mencoder
> displays the following info for an accepted file:

> VIDEO:  [XVID]  720x400  24bpp  25.000 fps  1795.1 kbps (219.1 kbyte/s)
> [V] filefmt:3  fourcc:0x44495658  size:720x400  fps:25.000  ftime:=0.0400

> Mencoder displays the following info for this file not accepted by the LG
> player:

> VIDEO:  [FMP4]  720x416  24bpp  25.000 fps  1634.9 kbps (199.6 kbyte/s)
> [V] filefmt:3  fourcc:0x34504D46  size:720x416  fps:25.000  ftime:=0.0400

> The main difference are in this lines:
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> AVI: ODML: Building ODML index (2 superindexchunks).
> VIDEO:  [XVID]  720x400  24bpp  25.000 fps  1795.1 kbps (219.1 kbyte/s)
> 
> VIDEO:  [FMP4]  720x416  24bpp  25.000 fps  1634.9 kbps (199.6 kbyte/s)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> How can I achive, the format above (AVI: ODML and VIDEO: [XVID])?

Actually, those lines look OK at a glance (assuming the bitrate limitations
stated above are for audio, not video). The first thing I would check is the
fourcc.

Your "accepted" file has a fourcc of 0x44495658, which is 'XVID'. Your "not
accepted" file has a fourcc of 0x34504D46, which is 'FMP4'.

FMP4 is the default fourcc used by libavcodec's MPEG-4 encoder. Most hardware
video players don't recognize that fourcc, and therefore mistakenly think they
can't play the video format.

Try adding '-ffourcc XVID' to your MEncoder command line, and see what results
you get.

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