Cannot play AVI with MVP!!

Databoy · 02-23-03, 04:57 AM

Hi Guys,

I ordered my Axim online but until I receive it I am still using my good ol' Casio E-125.
Now I have tried to convert a full movie using Virtual Dub with the recommended settings on this site. That all worked out just great and on my desktop it played well.

I installed an older version op pocket divx player because the MVP-site was down at the time. The film played but with a lot of blocks in the images, prob due to the old version of divx player and the fact I used divx code 5.

Now, yesterday I downloaded the MVP player from the official site, the program loads, and I can play MP3's so I guess I installed the right version correctly, but when I open the AVI from my Memory Card, when I press the play button, I get a black screen for a second or two and then my pocket pc switches to the today/settings screen...it seems it automatically closes the program MVP when trying to play my avi...

Close, but no cigar...!!!!

Any suggestions???

geezer · 02-23-03, 05:10 AM

screen resolution (320x240 or less)
aspect ratio (keep close to original)
frame rate (~250fps or less)
audio codec used (mp3 works for me)

Try to check these for starters. Encodes may be "close", but they will crash PMVP. (as you've seen...)

Jeff

Databoy · 02-23-03, 06:41 AM

So it is possible that because the settings I used to encode are not the way they should be, it will run on the former pocketdivx player (except the blocks due to codec 5 divx) but MVP will crash on the movie???

I will re-encode tonight and test this...keep you guys informed.

fibrizo · 02-23-03, 01:10 PM

Use the test file in the guide thread and see if your pocket mvp works if not, you might have some leftover dlls from pocketdivx.

Databoy · 02-24-03, 03:39 PM

I encoded MI2 with these settings

250 kb/s
mp3 layer
15 frames/sec
rest of settings like in doc on this site

Output file came out as 380 MB, too much for my 256 Mb flashcard.

Now I am encoding on 150 kb/s to reduce the size...

let's see what happens!!!!

geezer · 02-24-03, 06:17 PM

Just curious, databoy, stereo or mono?

I'm looking at 2mb/minute for a minimum goal for movies. At that rate you should get ~2 hours on a 256 card. What is the run time for MIB-2?

fibrizo · 02-24-03, 06:59 PM

For High quality stuff for me I use this...

192kb 2 pass divx5.0.3
64kb 44khz mono mp3
frame rate 12-15 fps

and my files are about 1.9megs / minute

Looks great to me... I've done some trailers this way I can upload and demo them if you'd like.

Databoy · 02-25-03, 12:12 PM

I used the following settings

video compression: Divx codec 5 (the latest) 250 kb/s
320x240
15 f/s

audio conversion 22050 hz/8 bit mono
audio compression mpeg layer 3 32kbit/s 22050 hz mono

i saw these settings on a forum and they should be ok
but i still het a movie with 380 MB

I tried lowering the 320x240 to 240x180 and the output file is even larger...

fibrizo · 02-25-03, 04:08 PM

Do you use Original 2 pass vbr? If not your file sizes are going to vary... 2 pass vbr sets a constant bitrate for the entire movie and uses more or less depending on the complexity... the 1 pass methods will produce a bigger file for about the same quality.

Databoy · 02-26-03, 06:17 AM

I used 1 pass so I started encoding the same movie in 2-pass, we'll see what happened tonight...

andystud · 02-27-03, 07:59 AM

I got the same thing happen on my Axim last night. It was the first time i had used and hadn't installed any previous pocketDivX player. The screen went black and the previous program i was using appeared. I had to perform a soft reset in order to get out of pocketmvp.
let me know if you find a way round it.

Databoy · 02-27-03, 03:58 PM

I rigorously followed all the steps in the manual on this site, except for the 2x 2pass method, got some .dll error msg when starting the 2 pending jobs, so I tried 1 pass, came out with a file of about 130 Mb so this should do it, it fit well on my 256 CFlash.

When trying to play the file on my pda, I get a black screen for an instant and then I return to my Start/Program Files screen...

When I scroll the bar under the video I can see each frame, so ...

Don't know what to do

Databoy · 02-27-03, 04:34 PM

Meanwhile I did a hard reset on my device to make sure no old dll files would interrupt, but the problem still occurs...

fibrizo · 02-27-03, 06:43 PM

Did you try to play a divx encoded with bidirectional frames?

Databoy · 02-28-03, 07:43 AM

I used Precise Bicubic (A=-1.00) as mentionned in the manual, also tried some of the other settings in this list...

don't know what to do, gettings pretty desperate, a year ago i encoded many movies and they worked fine with divx 4 and the old pocket divx player,

now with divx 5 and the new player and can't seem to get it work

damn