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Problem with ffmegx | ||
| jadewolf posted 2009 Oct 11 08:06 | ||
| I've been looking for a video converter like this for ages, without success. I thought I'd finally found a good one now, so downloaded ffmegx. But no I discover it hardly works.
My first conversion, an avi to 3gp, worked. But I found it too low quality, after upping the quality I tried again. ffmegx informed me that the conversion was instant, and it created a not working file. So I twiddled around with the video kb/s box, and after 20 or so tries, I got my .3gp high quality video. But now I'm trying to convert .mp4 to.avi, and also .wmv to .avi . Neither work. Both attempts (I've tried inverting the audio thing like specified in other topics here) give an instant conversion, and yield no file at all at the other end, not even a nonfunctional one. Please, can anyon help a newbie to video converting? JW | ||
| Case posted 2009 Oct 11 14:50 | ||
| Please post the Process Information log (accessible by clicking the blue "i" in the ffmpegX Progress window). It may hold clues and error messages that may help overcoming your conversion issues. | ||
| jadewolf posted 2009 Oct 16 00:20 | ||
It seems to be empty. Sorry for my delay replying. ^^ | ||
| Case posted 2009 Oct 16 12:02 | ||
If you have the required binaries (mplayer, mencoder, mpeg2enc) installed, then the log should contain something more than just the date. | ||
| jadewolf posted 2009 Oct 16 13:56 | ||
| Aha, I think I don't have them installed. Will edit when the dl has finished. | ||
| jadewolf posted 2009 Oct 16 14:58 | ||
| /bin/sh: /Library/Application Support/ffmpegX/mencoder: cannot execute binary file
Encoding started on Fri Oct 16 21:54:13 CEST 2009 | ||
| Case posted 2009 Oct 17 06:00 | ||
Did you unzip fmpegXbinaries20060307.zip ? (There are some posts on this forum that suggest unzipping wasn't obvious to everyone.) | ||
| jadewolf posted 2009 Oct 18 23:21 | ||
| I downloaded them from
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mplayerosx/ffmpegXbinaries20060307.zip and for mencoder http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mplayerosx/ffmpegXbinaries20060307.zip like it indicated on the "ffmegx components self installer" window which comes up. I tried unzipping them just now, both come up with folders containing mencoder and mplayer files, just when I select them in the self installer window, the installation fails. I'm downloading from that new link now. EDIT: Tried the same after unzipping the new file, "installation not successful". And it doesn't let me chose the folder. The self-installer window does however say mpeg2enc has installed, and the other two haven't. | ||
| Case posted 2009 Oct 20 15:09 | ||
| The link for mplayer and mencoder is the same, because the .zip archive contains both binaries. You only need to download it once. Leave the binaries in their default download location (the installer will copy them). Point the installer to the respective binary files (select the file, not the folder) (screengrab). Install. | ||
| jadewolf posted 2009 Oct 28 13:20 | ||
| Sorry about my long delay answering, internet problems. I live in the middle of nowhere, see.
Here's my new log:
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| Case posted 2009 Oct 28 13:47 | ||
Try using a different preset (e.g. ffmpeg) and activate 'Decode with QT', while having the free Flip4Mac WMV playback component installed. That should work for most WMV files. | ||
| jadewolf posted 2009 Nov 05 09:13 | ||
| Right; that seems to work OK. Thanks a lot! |
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