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Can I convert a divix/xvid avi into a video file supported by rockbox?

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AlexP:
Yes, that is fine.  Check out google or wikipedia or something for a description of the difference between MTP and MSC, but basically MSC makes it just act like a hardrive, which is great for rockbox.  You cannot delete any important files this way, the system files are on a different partition.  Rockbox will also see music files put on via MTP.

Please do not double post, use the modify button if no-one has posted since you.

beatnik:
I just tried to convert a file using WinFF and when it was done I got Good Audio but the video was random green and other colored squares. Is this because I did it incorrectly or was the file I started with incomputable? Should I try another program to do this?

The file I used to start with was an xvid .avi  592x256 audio was 143 kbps lame mp3 and the video was 23 frames a sec 137kbps 12 bit xvid

GodEater:
Where did you observe this ? On your player, or on your computer ?

beatnik:
 I checked it on my pc then I checked the sample file "elephants dream" to make sure I had all the codecs and what not. The sample video looked good so I figured If my pc couldn't play it then i didn't think my player would. Right now as I type this I am encoding the same file with MediaCoder and I will see how that comes out.

 I have decoded xvid avis before and WinFF did it faster than I have ever seen it done in the past. Mediacoder is taking longer than WinFF, closer but still faster than my previous decodes (I would think because of the size reduction) which makes me thing it might work. I don't know maybe its just hope.

I have a feeling by the question you asked that you want me to try the WinFF encoded file on my rockboxed player so I will do that if that is your suggestion, unless MediaCoder works fine.

Addition:

I finished the encode with MediaCoder but all it did was convert it into a .Mp4 file and did not change anything else so I must have done it wrong I am now going to try to Use WinFF again and test it on my player.

Addition:

  Thank you all for your help WinFF is Perfect after I did it again and placed it on my player I couldn't be happier. It took a 2 and a half hour movie, made it look Great,sound great, and reduced the size to under 250 MB all in under a half hour.

Thanks guys all the work you do to make this easy for the users is just awesome. I will recommend to anyone that if they are going to get a MP3 Player get one that rockbox supports and you will love it. RockBox makes my Sansa e260 10 times better than it was with the original firmware.

I have only one suggestion I don't know Much about Wikis but I think that the Mpg Plug-In page should say. Windows users should use WinFF and not to try playing it on their pc as it will work on the player. Although maybe most people are smarter than I am.

Thank you all once again

Llorean:
Well, whether it plays back in Windows depends an awful lot on your codecs.

The default windows MPEG2 codec is remarkably horrible (in my experience). If you have ffdshow or other filters installed though, you might have one that'll play it fine.

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