depam

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Hi!

I have AVI and Mpeg files on my PC which I want to convert to both DVDs and VCDs. Is that possible? If so, what programs do I need to install. I am using Mepis 3.4.3...I also interested if you the application can split two avi videos into two discs. For example, I have a avi file movie which I pressume will not fit into one cd if i convert it to VCD. How am I going to split it? Thanks.

muddywaters

I have made a few vcds using the method shown here

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Create_a_VCD_or_SVCD

This is probably the quickest way to do it. Not much to install app-wise. Also ffmpeg is very fast compared to some other methods. I think (haven't tested this) that the mpeg created can be run through an app like dvdauthor if you want dvd format. All of this was done using Mepis 3.3.1

I'm now using Tovid (on Mepis 3.3.4) and very impressed. To make this run as intended alot of helper apps must be installed. The Tovid site has a deb available if you are interested.

depam

Hi! I've tried ffmpeg but I get the following errors:

ffmpeg: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libavcodec.so.0: undefined symbol: faacDecOpen.

Another thing, where can I get the debian package of tovid. Can you please tell me what repositories I need to add. Thanks.

muddywaters

Tried the gentoo wiki method for the first time since installing 3.4.3 (typo-ed that in the previous post). The file was;
Last Man on Earth, video: DivX 5, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3
This worked fine. The mpeg created is about 20% larger than the original avi.

I am no expert on apt or debian packaging. If what follows carries some danger someone please correct me.

Open synaptic and do a search for the packages ffmpeg, libavcodecccvs, libpostproccvs51. I'm using version 3:20060323-0.1 of all of these, available from the Marrillat repositories. If you do not have the Marrillat repositories enabled check the mepis wiki for the howto.

ffmpeg is used by Tovid. I would suggest sorting ffmpeg out before attempting to install Tovid.

More information on Tovid can be found on the project homepage under install.

depam

muddywaters,

I've tried the gentoo-wiki. I tried to split the avi into 2 files. I wasn't able to finish even the first part because it took me an hour and finished only the 12 mins clip from avi. What I noticed is that the video became taller and not the same orientation compared to the original. I did burn the file in K3B and it became a VCD. I was wondering why I got a bad video orientation? Is it because I cancelled the file?

I also tried installing the tovid. As per the instruction after the ./configure from Tovid, I should install mjpegtools, transcode and ffmpeg. I successfully installed mjpegtools however I could not finish installing transcode because it asks for ffmpeg. I browsed www.ffmpeg.org but could not download svn. I don't really have any idea how to get svn. I tried installing ffmpeg thru synaptics but still it seems that transcode is looking for the ffmpeg eventhough its installed already. I just wish that tovid compiled the dependencies and packages so that everyone won't have a hard time installing it. Do you have any idea on how to install tovid the easiest possible?

My main goal is to convert avi or mpeg into both VCDS (if possible one movie to be split into two discs) and convert AVI to DVD format. I am a newbie on this so I really need someone's help. I can convert it easily on Windows but I would like to learn how in Linux. I heard about dvdauthor but I would like to do things faster using GUI. Another thing, does it really take that long to convert avi to mpeg. I mean an hour for a 12 mins avi video is almost forever. Have any ideas on how to fix orientation screen? Thanks.

muddywaters

Sorry for the long delay. Here's something you could try , mostly to find out what is working (or even installed) on you system.

Go here
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...83267829297106
download the file and place it in a handy directory.

Change to that directory in konsole, then enter this command
ffmpeg -i HarddriveinAction.avi -target pal-vcd Hard.mpg

Then use k3b to burn it.
file>new video cd project>drag in Hard.mpg. Burn.
This created a vcd playable in my standalone dvd player.

If that worked try this:
ffmpeg -i HarddriveinAction.avi -target pal-dvd Hard2.mpg

To work with this mpeg first create a template as shown here
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/17/2058219

Replace the vob file line in the sample with this (kate works well for this)
<vob file="Hard2.mpg" />
Save this as Hard.xml to the same directory the video files are located.

Now working from that directory run
dvdauthor -o Hard_dvd -x Hard.xml

If all goes well you should be able to use k3b;
file>new video dvd project>drag in the AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders (directories)from the newly created Hard_dvd directory. Burn.
This created a simple dvd that also plays in my standalone player.

OTOH you could try installing Acidrip using synaptic.
As far as the distorted video, have you tried replacing pal with ntsc in the above commands?
As far as splitting the video, try splitting the avi after conversion to mpeg with mpgtx (as shown at the gentoo wiki).

Edit/ Just took a closer look at Acidrip. Don't think it will be much help for what you need to do.

Edit/Edit/ Rereading this I can see you're off on a bit of a tangent. Partly my fault I'm afraid.
If you are still interested respond back. Installing Tovid is possible entirely through apt/synaptic.

depam

Thanks man..Very neat.

ionmich

I did that exactly and it failed with the error...ffmpeg: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libavformat.so.50: undefined symbol: dlopen

I am using ffmpeg Version: 0.4.9-7.pm.svn20061008@i686 using kernel 2.6.16.21-0.13-default

I searched on "dlopen" and apparently this is a continuing problem in ffmpeg. Can you tell me what version of the ffmpeg rpm actually worked for you? I'm not prepared to re-compile ffmpeg from scratch. I've had a lot of frustrations with compilations.

Thanks.

depam

Hi! I think you've downloaded a rpm that has not yet been compiled with some libraries. Try installing from source. Im using Ubuntu at that time of installation, and I have installed: libavcodec0, libtheora, mjpegtools. Try installing these packages and reinstall the program. If it still didn't work, you will need to instal from source.

muddywaters

Hello ionmich

Assuming this is a Suse question? My Suse installation is kind of old and neglected but...
kernel 2.6.8-24.21-default
ffmpeg 0.4.9-6.pm.svn2006071 (from packman)
libffmpeg0 0.4.9-6.pm.svn2006071 (from packman)

The output of "ffmpeg -version" returns this
I've also done all the usual nonsense needed to get multimedia working in Suse. The avi->mpeg conversion outlined in the previous post works just fine on this setup. In fact I have used ffmpeg both packaged and compiled in 3 different distros without running into the problem you have described. Maybe some needed library is not installed, but then wouldn't the package manager (YAST?) have complained?

Hopefully something above offers a clue, the problem is likely out of my depth.