[MPlayer-users] kino audio problem with mencoder files

[Bradley Rosser]

I'm trying to use mencoder to convert videos in various formats - mpeg-1,
mpeg-2, DivX, etc - into AVI-type-2 digital video files which can be read
by 'kino' and then exported by kino to a camcorder via its IEEE1394
interface (I can't use libdv's dvconnect because I've found that libdv's
'dvavi' completely disrupts any audio/video synchronization).

I produce the AVI-type-2 files with mencoder as follows:

  mencoder -vop scale=720:576 -ovc libdv -oac pcm -o test.avi video.mpg

I can quite happily play this output file - test.avi - with both mplayer
and xine.

Unfortunately kino has problems discerning the audio track - it reports
that the audio is "16 bits, 0KHz, 0 samples" and then, not surprisingly,
prints a series of "Impossible Frequency" errors when downloading the
file to the camcorder (the video works fine).

If anyone can offer any help I would be greatly appreciative.  This is my
last attempt to use Linux to 'play' videos down to the camcorder; all
other attempts have failed.

I've attached the output of a 'mplayer -identify test.avi' for the
AVI-type-2 file that mencoder produced.

Many thanks,


Brad Rosser
b_rosser at yahooNOSPAM dot com

------  identify of AVI-type-2 - kino can't read the audio ----

MPlayer 0.90rc5-2.95.3 (C) 2000-2003 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS)

CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville (Family: 6, Stepping:
6)
Detected cache-line size is 32 bytes
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE

Reading config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file or
directory
Reading config file /u/root/.mplayer/config
Reading /u/root/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open
'/u/root/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: 50 audio & 136 video codecs
font: can't open file: /u/root/.mplayer/font/font.desc
Font /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
Using Linux hardware RTC timing (1024Hz).
Can't open input config file /u/root/.mplayer/input.conf : No such file or
directory
Can't open input config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/input.conf : No such file
or directory
Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config

Playing wish_2.avi
AVI file format detected.
VIDEO:  [dvsd]  720x576  24bpp  23.98 fps  27620.2 kbps (3371.6 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
 Software: MEncoder 0.90rc5-2.95.3 
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 176400->176400 (1411.2 kbit)
Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm:pcm (Uncompressed PCM)
==========================================================================
ID_FILENAME=wish_2.avi
ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=dvsd
ID_VIDEO_BITRATE=27620232
ID_VIDEO_WIDTH=720
ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT=576
ID_VIDEO_FPS=23.976
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=0.0000
ID_AUDIO_CODEC=pcm
ID_AUDIO_FORMAT=1
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=1411200
ID_AUDIO_RATE=44100
ID_AUDIO_NCH=2
ID_LENGTH=59


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