[Encode2mpeg-users] encoding for the Philips DVP642

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Hi Giacomo (and others),

I have a Philips DVP642 standalone DVD player (product spec sheet:
http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=3D654516&postcount=3D1 or
http://snipurl.com/ivaz ). It's supposed to be able to play DivX files, but
I'm having a little trouble encoding DivX video so it will play perfectly. =
I
know this isn't a Philips hardware forum, but you seem to be quite
knowledgeable about video encoding, and I thought something on the product
spec sheet would mean more to you than it means to me.

Here's an example I used recently:

encode2mpeg in.avi -o out -avionly -encode 3:1:2 -ffourcc DIVX -turbo 1
-setaspect 6

I then burn out.avi to a data CD or DVD, and the player is able to play the
file. The only problem is that (1) when there is a lot of movement, the
video gets choppy, and (2) the audio gradually slows down compared to the
video. Any ideas of options I might add to make this video a bit more
playable on this particular standalone player? The spec sheet mentions that
GMC and Q-Pel are not supported, but I don't think mencoder enables these b=
y
default, so this shouldn't be a problem. Video encoded with
Nandub/VirtualDubMod (Windows) seems to play perfectly.

Here's a little more info that might be helpful. The video in.avi (in this
case) was ripped from a DVD I own using the following command line:

mencoder dvd://1 -quiet -oac copy -ovc copy -o in.avi

And was subsequently encoded into DivX format using the aforementioned
encode2mpeg command line. When in.avi is played by mplayer, it reports the
following:

$ mplayer in.avi
...
MPlayer 1.0pre7-4.0.0 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
...
Playing in.avi.
AVI file format detected.
AVI: ODML: Building odml index (2 superindexchunks)
VIDEO: [] 720x480 24bpp 29.970 fps 3930.8 kbps (479.8 kbyte/s)
VIDEO: MPEG2 720x480 (aspect 2) 29.970 fps 8891.6 kbps (1111.5 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
Software: MEncoder 1.0pre7-3.4.3
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Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform
AC3: 5.1 (3f+2r+lfe) 48000 Hz 384.0 kbit/s
Using MMX optimized resampler
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 384.0 kbit/25.00% (ratio: 48000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [a52] afm:liba52 (AC3-liba52)
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vo: X11 running at 1024x768 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" =3D> local
display)
vo_xvmc: X-Video extension 2.2
vo_xvmc: No X-Video MotionCompensation Extension on :0.0
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Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES)
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.4.0b
Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
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Checking audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/s16le -> 48000Hz/2ch/s16le...
AF_pre: 48000Hz/2ch/s16le
AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bps)
Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/s16le -> 48000Hz/2ch/s16le...
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 480 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 720x480 =3D> 720x540 Planar YV12
...

When out.avi is played, mplayer reports the following:

$ mplayer out.avi
...
MPlayer 1.0pre7-4.0.0 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
...
Playing out.avi.
AVI file format detected.
VIDEO: [DIVX] 640x480 24bpp 24.000 fps 1951.2 kbps (238.2 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
Software: MEncoder 1.0pre7-4.0.0
Comments: encode2mpeg-0.5.2
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Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 40.0 kbit/2.60% (ratio: 5000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
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vo: X11 running at 1024x768 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" =3D> local
display)
vo_xvmc: X-Video extension 2.2
vo_xvmc: No X-Video MotionCompensation Extension on :0.0
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Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm:ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
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Checking audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/s16le -> 48000Hz/2ch/s16le...
AF_pre: 48000Hz/2ch/s16le
AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bps)
Building audio filter chain for 48000Hz/2ch/s16le -> 48000Hz/2ch/s16le...
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 640 x 480 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 640x480 =3D> 640x480 Planar YV12
...

Any ideas? Might I need to lower the quality of the audio or lower the
vbitrate?

Thank you,
-Adam

For reference, here are some related posts on other forums:
* http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=3D654516&postcount=3D1
http://snipurl.com/ivaz

*
http://forums.divx.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/531101651/m/505107852/r/50510=
7852
http://snipurl.com/ivb9

* http://forums.divx.com/eve/ubb.x/a/tpc/f/531101651/m/248100742/r/45610174=
2
http://snipurl.com/ivba

* http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=3D98463
http://snipurl.com/ivbc

--
Adam Monsen