ipod video mpeg player

[jacobts]

i know this isnt but i really need help and dont want to get mixed up anywhere else,

there is an exe is the videolan\vlc  folder,

im not sure but this is it right  vlc.exe.manifest

[jacobts]

Specified COMMAND search directory bad
Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001

ok, i put something in bold, do you think that is whats wrong because ive tried just going C:\programfiles and nothing so i tried C:\program files and still nothing
thanks for your help in advance if this doesnt work i dunno, i guess ill just use a different program that yoyu buy but i want to see if i can get this to work before i buy an actuall program

[xlarge]

what about putting "" around c:\program files\

like this:

"c:\program files\videolan\vlc\vlc.exe"

[L]

You are supposed to put cd before the directory.

For example if you are at C:\

You are supposed to type

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cd Program Files\videolan player

if that is your folder's name

[soap]

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cd Program Files\videolan player

1-You need to use quotes around any part of a path with a space in it -> When you are running a program.
2-You don't need to use quotes around paths including a space when you are using the CD command to change directory.
3-As xlarge said, "c:\program files\videolan\vlc\vlc.exe" (with the quotes) should run vlc.exe from anywhere.
4-Assuming he has VLC installed, his initial attempt would have worked IF he had typed "program files" instead of programfiles.  (The quotes can be around the part of the command with a space, or around the whole command I believe).

[L]

Ah sorry, I assumed that was a command prompt window and that he was just trying to reach the folder

[jacobts]

umm i tried both ways, programfiles and program files

[jacobts]

ok, this has become confusing, im talking about making the videos playable through rockbox by resizing them and making them .m2v. so im not sure what to do, when i type in "c:\program files\videolan\vlc\vlc.exe" it opens videolan player like its playing striaght from a dvd, when i try putting in
 cd programfiles\videolan\vlc the command prompt tells me too many peramaters.

again hopefully someone can explain this too me.

thanks

[soap]

 cd programfiles\videolan\vlc the command prompt tells me too many peramaters.

That command (with the missing slash) will only work if you are in the root directory.
Again you need to type program files (with a space) not programfiles.
You also don't just run VLC, you need to enter all the parameters of the conversion in the command line.


So:
1- Copy the file you wish to convert to the VLC folder (not necessary, but please do to make this simpler)
2- type (from the command line):

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CD \Program Files\videolan\vlc

3 - type (from the VLC folder you just CDed (changed directory) to)

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vlc < input > --sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vb=600,width=< the width >,height=< the height >}:es{access-video=file,mux-video=es,dst-video=< filename >.m2v}

All one line,
replacing < input > with the name of the file you wish to convert.
replacing < the width > with the width in pixels of your player's screen
replacing < the height > with the height in pixels of your player's screen
replacing < filename > with the name you wish to call the output file.

Edited by Llorean: Remember to be careful with < and >

[jacobts]

ok, here we go, as i have said before

here is what happened and i tried other ways

Specified COMMAND search directory bad
Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.

C>CD \Program Files\videolan\vlc
Too many parameters - Files\videolan\vlc

C>CD \Program Files\videolan\vlc
Too many parameters - Files\videolan\vlc

C>CD\program files\videolan\vlc
Too many parameters - files\videolan\vlc

C>CD \program files\videolan\vlc
Too many parameters - files\videolan\vlc

[soap]

Maybe the Windows 2K prompt I have been testing on works different than yours.
One last time, try

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C>CD \"Program Files"\videolan\vlc

If that doesn't work I am out of ideas.
Are you on Windows 98/ME?

[Llorean]

cd "C:\Program Files\videolan\vlc"

Or better yet, "cd C:\pr" then hit the tab key, so that it fills in, then "cd vid" and hit the tab key, then "cd vlc".
You don't HAVE to do it as all one big cd.

[jacobts]

ok, im running windows xp, here are the results  

Specified COMMAND search directory bad
Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.

C>cd "C:\Program Files\videolan\vlc"
Parameter format not correct -  "C:\Program

C>cd C:\pr      "cd vid"        "cd vlc"
Too many parameters - "cd

C>CD \"Program Files"\videolan\vlc
Too many parameters - Program

[Llorean]

I thought windows XP had tab completion enabled at the command prompt by default.

Try:
cd progra~1
cd videolan
cd vlc

[jacobts]

like the same this as before use tabs in-between or just type them sepperate