How can I transcode video to work with my Zen v plus player?

quincy_the_penquin · 04-29-2007, 08:40 PM

How can I transcode video to work with my Zen v plus player? I haven't really found out how, and I reeally don't want to have to go to Windows to use the prepackaged software every time I want to put a video on the thing. I found some code to encode videos for the player that didn't work:

Code:

mencoder file1.avi -o test1.avi -vf scale=320:240 -oac mp3lame -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=800

When I put the encoded video onto my zen player, though, it told me the format was unsupported. Can somebody tell me how to get this to work?

osor · 04-30-2007, 07:21 PM

My guess would be to take a file you know works, find all its encoding setting (i.e., “midentify this_vid_works.avi”), and use exactly the same settings.

quincy_the_penquin · 04-30-2007, 07:29 PM

It turns out that, aside from bitrate/size needs, which I can handle, the zen v plus can only handle uncompressed .avi files. HOW CAN I CREATE UNCOMPRESSED AVIs?