[Beds] Re: dv2jpg compilation (and various video questions...) - UPDATE

[Darren Parkinson]

Hi Dave,
 Thanks for the feedback... I think you are right... I tried to open the
file with Pinnacle Studio on Windows too (which came with my 1394 card) and
that couldn't open it either... Microsoft must have definitely done
something to break that surely -- don't know why I'm so surprised really...
Can't believe that they still insist on only allowing certain formats...
I've spent more time trying to write to a VCD than actually editing the
video -- it's crazy... I think I'll try persevering with Cinelerra from now
on (unless anyone has any other specific recommendations...)
 I tried Virtual Dub and it did actually manage to open it, but I've nearly
finished re-editing the video in Pinnacle for now -- need to get it out this
weekend... One other thing I'll mention which I just learned is that
Pinnacle was refusing to load an MP3 that I was trying to include. The
reason : I had an image attached to the MP3 in iTunes. Spent some time
working that one out, I can tell you!!
 Anyone, thanks again for the feedback.
 Darren.


 On 9/23/05, Dave Hill <dave at hillcroft.org.uk> wrote:
>
> On 21 Sep 2005, at 16:25, Darren Parkinson wrote:
>
> > Well, it seems I managed to get dv2jpg to compile by trying every
> > version of libdv available, even though the docs say to use 0.4... ho
> > hum.
> >
> > Unfortunately, this doesn't cure my problem. dv2jpg has the same
> > problem -- it can read my original avi file, but not the new one. If
> > I "file" both, they produce the following output, which is a bit odd!!
> >
> > Any thoughts welcome... thanks...
> >
> > Can open with avidemux:
> > tempfile.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 720 x 576, 25.00 fps,
> > video:, audio: uncompressed PCM (stereo, 32000 Hz)
> >
> > Cannot open with avidemux or dv2jpg:
> > Movie.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 0 x 0, 25.00 fps,
>
> Hmm, that looks like your problem, your AVI file is corrupt or
> incomplete. Can you open it on Windows?
>
> AVI is a container format, just like Quicktime .mov files, so the
> contents can be formatted using lots of different codecs.
>
> Maybe Windows Movie Maker produced an invalid (== non-standard) AVI
> file (nah, it wouldn't do that would it!).
>
> I found a web-page http://www.beyondtv.org/training/real_media/ which,
> although it is about encoding to RealMedia, says that Virtualdub (free,
> GPL, Windows) can process dv-avi files. Might be worth a try to see if
> it can read your file.
>
> Dave
>
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>
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