MPEG Player Does not show my movie file?

[SataniK]

No no no I understand that Rockbox only supports Mpeg-1 and Mpeg-2 ok.  I have the .avi and it won't play on my COMPUTER I am not talking about my ipod.

[Llorean]

I can't even get them to play on my iPod the avi is showing up pix elated on my computer screen

In English, this can only be assumed to say "I can't get them to play on my iPod" and "The AVI is showing up pixelated on my computer" which suggests strongly that it's playing on your computer, but pixelated.

Please, try to carefully type out what you mean to say, we can only go by what's written and we aren't psychic so we have to depend on you giving us accurate information.

[SataniK]

Ok I am sorry I reworded my my situation in the above post do you now understand what I am trying to say?

And I don't think that was I typed was that confusing.  I was just stating
I can't get the videos to play on my ipod
and the avi file on my COMPUTER is pixelated.

[Llorean]

As I said, it's not really a Rockbox problem. You should go learn about video conversion, or read the PluginMpegplayer page more carefully.

[SataniK]

I understand it is not a Rockbox problem I know it is a problem I am making.  I just needed some help solving it.  I guess I just do it by my self than thanks for the help

[SataniK]

Good news got the video on there and it plays whoo hoo!  I have some frame rate issues do you guys recommend anything to help with that?

One last thing and this is kind of big.  When I put the video on there and tried to disconnect I received an error message saying it was in use and could not disconnect but I knew it was not in use so I unplugged it, no harm done to the iPod and the video played but my computer got a blue error screen and instantly restarted itself.  Is there a "safer" way to do this?

[bascule]

I have some frame rate issues do you guys recommend anything to help with that?

Again, you have failed to answer previous questions (did you use the the presets.xml file?) and you have not explained what your framerate issues actually are. Until you do, help is extremely difficult to give.

but I knew it was not in use so I unplugged it, no harm done to the iPod and the video played but my computer got a blue error screen and instantly restarted itself.  Is there a "safer" way to do this?

How did you know it was not in use? Sometimes file transfers have a delayed write to an external drive due to buffering/caching. You were lucky not to damage your iPod's file system.

The safer way is to try the disconnect again and wait until it says it is safe to disconnect.

[SataniK]

Yes I inserted the presets.xml file into the winff converter folder.  I and my frame rate issues seem to be the audio is off and sometimes the video is a little skippy in some parts.

I knew it was not in use because my file transfer had gone but I let it have its moment and I waited and waited but still no change so that is when I decided to just go ahead and unplug it.  The file transfered as I though but my computer errored out and restarted its self

[bascule]

Yes I inserted the presets.xml file into the winff converter folder.  I and my frame rate issues seem to be the audio is off and sometimes the video is a little skippy in some parts.

Ok, so now you should not have to select MPEG-2, correct? You are just selecting your player from the drop-down and letting it convert without any other intervention?

If so, they should play correctly. What are your MPEGPlayer settings?

Another question of mine you did not answer:

Does the Elephant's Dream video work for you?

[SataniK]

Yeah the video plays fine on my ipod just the audio is off now.  Elephants Dream links don't work so sorry I don't know and what are good general settings for playing video I screwed around with mine and have not gotten it running smoothly.  I have a question do you recommend using the original iPod firmware for watching video.  I think that getting it to work is not the issue but do you believe that is as good or better than the original one?

[Febs]

what are good general settings for playing video I screwed around with mine and have not gotten it running smoothly.

The settings in the presets.xml file.

[SataniK]

And how do I access those settings?  Are you describing the setting you can change from inside of the mpeg player?  Such as the frame rate?

[SataniK]

So what are some basic settings for fps and stuff that I should set to make my video play properly?

[bascule]

I'm sorry, but I still think that you have not yet managed to convert a video to the basic standards that Rockbox requires.

Elephant's Dream sample video is linked from this Wiki page and the iPod link works perfectly for me:
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/PluginMpegplayer#Sample_videos

Unless you can confirm that Elephant's Dream displays the same symptoms as your other files, I think the problem lies either in your source file or in the transcoding process(es) you are going through.

If you are using WinFF properly (with the presets.xml), the settings should not need to be changed.

Default MPEGPlayer settings on your iPod (which also should not probably need to be changed) are:
Display FPS     No
Limit FPS         Yes
Skip Frames    Yes

[SataniK]

Well I think I did it right if the video plays and I hear audio but the audio a little off.  I will try the sample video below and see if I receive the same symptoms.

Thanks!
Nate