MPEGplayer help

[ratchetfps]

I have converted several different files using this:  VLC-transcode.bat from the wiki page.  My iriver views the files, but when I select it, the screen says "Buffering", then it does nothing else.  Im using an iRiver H10.  Help please.

[maretard]

almost the same issue as me, but i'm having trouble FINDING mpegplayer o_O
where'd you get the plugin?!?

[Febs]

Like all supported plug-ins, it is included in the daily builds.

[maretard]

weeeird, i can't find it in my plugin list o_O
is it like a launchable plugin, or an integrated viewer?

[safetydan]

It's a viewer. You should just be able to select the video file and the player will open it. To quote the wiki page http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/PluginMpegplayer:

To play a video file, you just select it in the Rockbox file browser. If your file does not have the .mpg extension, you will need to use the "Open With..." context menu option and choose "mpegplayer.

[hsyed26]

hey,

sorry if this is old news. what's the largest file size that the mpeg plugin can play?

on a gigabeat, i've managed to get a 2 mb file to play but anything larger than that doesn't load. a black screen shows up with the words buffering and then the screen returns to the main menu of the player.

is this related to the plug-ins ability to only handle a 25mb cache size?

thanks,

hsyed26

[gnu]

On my ipod nano, a 20 MB file played without any problems.

[markun]

I just tried elephants dream (60MB) on my Gigabeat F40 and it plays fine

[hsyed26]

hmmm, weird then. i have no clue why it won't play the larger files.

would resetting to the original config files help? or should i look for the newest bootloader?

thanks,

hsyed26

[xlarge]

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/PluginMpegplayer

"Current limitations

Audio decoding and .mpg file parsing were added to mpegplayer on 1 January 2007. This is still a work-in-progress and is missing the following major features:

    * Rebuffering - mpegplayer just buffers as much video as it can fit into your player's memory, plays it and then stops. It doesn't refill the buffer and continue playing.
..."

Don't know if it's updated to reflect the status of mpegplayer as of today though. But, still.

[linuxstb]

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/PluginMpegplayer
Don't know if it's updated to reflect the status of mpegplayer as of today though. But, still.

Yes, that wiki page is 100% up to date.

[Kinkoz]

I know the problem, go into the VLC converter batch file and set the fps to 25-30. That shoudl fix the problem. I know with higher FPS videos, the gigabeat CPU cant handle it.

[johnson4]

still not working for me
did I edit the file wrong?

Code: [Select]

"C:\Progra~1\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" %1 --sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vb=%VIDBR%,width=%WIDTH%,height=%HEIGHT%,acodec=mp3,ab=%AUDBR%,samplerate=44100,audio-sync,fps=25}:std{access=file,mux=ps,url=%1.mpg} vlc:quit

[gnu]

What doesn't work? Replace %width% and %height% as well as %vidbr% with the actual values. What player do you have?

[johnson4]

what should %vidbr% be for my gigabeat?