Sansa e200 will not Play Videos

[ItTechy]

Installed build :SanDisk Sansa e200
r16468

Installed 3/1/08 Sansa e200 series 2Gig (Not e200r Series) w/ Micro SD 2 GB Card

Current Font & Theme packs loaded.

In main Menu VIDEO folder is visible, but when choosing FILES, no files shown

Video Format is original as converted by Sansa Media Converter before adding Rock Box.

Videos are visible in Windows Explorer, properties are not set to HIDDEN; Archive bit only set as normal.

Video Format as originally converted  

Videos are located in ROOT\VIDEOS\  (not on SD card)

(Did I miss installing a CODEC pack?)

Please assist,

Many Thanks,

ItTechy

Rock Box Rocks!

[Llorean]

Please see the section of the manual for Mpegplayer, you need to convert the videos for Rockbox, it will not play the videos for the original firmware.

[ItTechy]

Many Thanks!

ItTechy

[dattguy]

After installing RockBox on my Sansa e200 series player, I experienced the same issue. I found the files needed to change the settings for SanDisk Media Converter to convert photos and videos for the RockBox. Almost all the info you needed was in the RockBox manual and in the files found in the \Program Files\SanDisk\Sansa Media Converter\Profiles folder (and a little more in Wikipedia ). The AMC_Common.apr file gave the file format details. You just needed to update the SanDisk_E200_MSC.apr file to get the changes made.

Backup the original file by renaming it to a .OLD extension, then copy this code into a new SanDisk_E200_MSC.apr file (long):

Code: [Select]

[DEVICE]
HID=VID_0781&PID_7421
PhotoFolder=Photo
AudioFolder=Audio
VideoFolder=Video
DeviceIcon=hcata_e200
EnableAlbum=1
DefaultAlbum=My Album

[TRANSCODE]
FilenameLength=1000
FilenameExclude=
FilenameRenameCap=
UniqueFilename=0
PromptCompatible=0
CheckPhotoCompatible=1
CheckAudioCompatible=1
CheckVideoCompatible=1
UseArcAviWriter=0
ArcAviWriterMode=2
ArcAviWriterModeDesc=AVI_TIME(0),AVI_SAMPLE(1),AVI_CONTROL(2)
SplitTime=600

[OUTPUT_FORMAT]
PhotoFmts=Jpeg File(JPG),Bitmap File(BMP)
DefPhotoFmt=JPG
PhotoSaveMode=BMP(2),JPG(4)
AudioFmts=Mp3 File(MP3)
DefAudioFmt=MP3
VideoFmts=Motion JPEG B(MOV),MPEG1(MPG)
DefVideoFmt=MPG
VideoSaveMode=AVI(256),MPG(257),WMV(258),MOV(259),ASF(261)

[OPTIMIZE]
PhotoFmt=JPG
PhotoSize=176x220
PhotoQuality=100
AudioFmt=
AudioBits=
AudioSmpBits=
AudioChnl=
VideoFmt=MPG
Resolution=220x176
VideoEncoder=MPEG1
AudioEncoder=ArcSoft MPEG2Audio Encoder
VideoBitrate=1000
AudioBitrate=
AudioSmplrate=11025
VideoFps=25.00
RotateDegree=

[BMP]
FileExtName=BMP
SaveMode=2
Resolutions=320x240,640x480,720x480,800x600,1024x768
DefResolution=640x480

[JPG]
FileExtName=JPG
SaveMode=4
Resolutions=320x240,640x480,720x480,800x600,1024x768
DefResolution=640x480

[MOV]
FileExtName=MOV
SaveMode=259
VideoEncodes=MotionJPEGB Codec
DefaultVideoEncode=MotionJPEGB Codec
AudioEncodes=UnCompressed,16-bit big endian,16-bit little endian,32-bit floating point,64-bit floating point,24-bit integer,32-bit integer,MACE 3:1,MACE 6:1,IMA 4:1,.Law 2:1,aLaw 2:1
DefaultAudioEncoder=24-bit integer
Fps=15.00,20.00,24.00,25.00,29.97
DefaultFps=15.00
AudioBitrate=
DefaultAudioBitrate=
VideoBitrate=Lossless Quality(100),Max Quality(100),High Quatliy(75),Normal Quality(50),Low Quatliy(25),Min Quatliy(0)
DefaultVideoBitrate=4
AudioSmplrate=
DefaultAudioSmplrate=44100
Resolutions=208x160
DefaultResolution=208x160

[MPG]
FileExtName=MPG
SaveMode=257
VideoEncodes=MPEG1
DefaultVideoEncode=MPEG1
AudioEncodes=ArcSoft MP3 Encoder,ArcSoft MPEG-1 Layer-2(ArcSoft MPEG2Audio Encoder)
DefaultAudioEncoder=ArcSoft MPEG2Audio Encoder
Fps=24.00,25.00,29.97
DefaultFps=25.00
AudioBitrate=96KB(96),128KB(128),192KB(192)
DefaultAudioBitrate=128
VideoBitrate=500KB(500),1.0MB(1000),1.5MB(1500),2.0MB(2000),2.5MB(2500),3.0MB(3000)
DefaultVideoBitrate=1000
AudioSmplrate=
DefaultAudioSmplrate=
Resolutions=320x240,352x240,352x288,720x480,720x576,VGA(640x480)
DefaultResolution=352x288

Run Sansa Media Converter and your videos will be in MPEG1 format with a MPEG2 audio in a resolution of 176x220. Your photos will also be in the right JPG format for the included RockBox viewer, but may not always show full screen.

Hope this helps!

dattguy

[LambdaCalculus]

The Mpegplayer plugin page states:

MPEGplayer is an MPEG video player viewer plugin. It is currently capable of playing back MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video streams with MPEG audio multiplexed into .mpg files (MPEG Program Stream) and raw MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video streams.

We recommend using a program like VLC, WinFF, or Mencoder to transcode videos. Details are at the above link.

Also, any questions outside the realm of installation do not belong on this topic. Questions like that belong in the Plugins/Viewers topic.