Re: tovid issues

[grepper]

On 26/11/15 03:52 PM, Richard Konrad wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> I had some issues with Tovid in the past - got busy and couldn't follow
> through with it.
>
> I'm back with Linux Mint (version 17.2) and tried Tovid out again.
> Unfortunately, ffmpeg (default encoder now which is great) is giving me
> blank mpg files. I've installed all the dependencies listed on the wiki
> site and am quite at a loss. I've attached the makempg.log for you.
> I've also tried this with other video file types (ie mkv). I love this
> programme and have used it much in the past!
>
> I've got the lastest version which I downloaded from Git. Version
> 0.35.0-89-gd3595a7
>
> Cheers!
>
> Richard

Hi Richard,
It looks like avconv no longer accepts the format of -vf
"fps=30000/1001", as you can see from the log. I would recommend using
ffmpeg from ffmpeg.org as it is better supported. It is available in
15.04 ubuntu, but may not be available in your version of linux Mint.
But you can get static binaries from http://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/.
I would use the 2.8.2 version for best compatibility. Put ffmpeg and
ffprobe somewhere in your PATH like /usr/local/bin and tovid should
prefer it over avconv/avprobe.

Let me know if this solves the problem.

cheers,
Robert

[grepper]

Hi Richard,
Sorry, I've been busy lately and didn't have a chance to look into it.
It appears that the latest tovid git has a problem with identifying
matroska/webm files properly. Specifically idvid is not finding the
correct channels to pass to makempg, so it ends up with a command like
-map -map rather than eg. -map 0:0 -map 0:1 or similar.

The idvid script was changed so that it used ffprobe/avprobe, as that is
those programs intended purpose, and you have found a regression bug. I
don't know when I'll have a chance to fix it, but thanks for the report!

In the meantime you could try converting the file with tovid-0.35.2
(that should work) then if you really need 'soft' subtititles you could
try using the resultant file with the git version of tovid.

Please reply to the tovid group as others can get info that way.

all the best,
Robert
On 04/12/15 09:43 AM, Richard Konrad wrote:
> Thanks Robert. I immediately got the static version of ffmpeg 64,
> placed the executables where you suggested and encoding was successful
> for an mp4 file. I haven't been able to work with other file types though.
>
> Here's one for a project using mkv files.. Thanks again!
>
> On Nov 27, 2015 2:25 PM, "grepper" <gre...@gmail.com

> <mailto:gre...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> On 26/11/15 03:52 PM, Richard Konrad wrote:
> > Hi Robert,
> >
> > I had some issues with Tovid in the past - got busy and couldn't
> follow
> > through with it.
> >
> > I'm back with Linux Mint (version 17.2) and tried Tovid out again.
> > Unfortunately, ffmpeg (default encoder now which is great) is
> giving me
> > blank mpg files. I've installed all the dependencies listed on
> the wiki
> > site and am quite at a loss. I've attached the makempg.log for you.
> > I've also tried this with other video file types (ie mkv). I
> love this
> > programme and have used it much in the past!
> >
> > I've got the lastest version which I downloaded from Git. Version
> > 0.35.0-89-gd3595a7
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Richard
>
> Hi Richard,
> It looks like avconv no longer accepts the format of -vf
> "fps=30000/1001", as you can see from the log. I would recommend using

> ffmpeg from ffmpeg.org <http://ffmpeg.org> as it is better