Why can't I resume a stopped AVI stream?

[goobie]

So I did a search and read all the posts about enabling "prompt for resume" under the "misc" tab, but still I cannot get an AVI stream to resume from where I pressed the MVP's stop button. Each I time I stopped it and pressed play again it starts all over.

Please somebody enlighten me, how do I do it so that I do not have to wait for the transcode to reach the last point watched and then have to skip all the way forward to that point and then pray that the audio and video is sync'ed!?

I'm using Ver 1.00.16. Much appreciated. Thank you.

[HtV]

It transcodes to a tempfile wich is deleted if you stop watching.
I added a MPG transcode profile to config.xml. Now I can transcode an avi or whatever to mpg (in videolibrary), it won't be deleted when you stop watching.

[sub]

Sorry, its just a limitation you'll need to live with when you're using files that need transcoding.

[stu8080]

HtV - I tried a similair thing. Using the command line settings for the MVP transcode didnt work, nor did adding some arguments from the FFMPEG documentation. What arguments have you used to convert Avi to MPEG?

[HtV]

hi Stu,
I'm not at home at the moment, I'll look for you tonight. PM me if I forget.

cya Hans

[stu8080]

Thanks... video encoding is a mysterious art to me! lol

[HtV]

Ok here we go,

As you can see I made 2 profiles, one for 4:3 and one for 16:9. If you want to edit the lines you can find the ffmpeg info here: http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/documentation.html

This are the lines I added to <CustomFFmpegConversions> in config.xml

Code:

<Conversion name="MPG-MVP 16:9" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -target pal-dvd -b 5000k -aspect 16:9 -s 720x576 -acodec mp2 -ab 224 -ac 2 -mbd 2 -qmin 2 -async 1 {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension="mpeg.mpg" />
    <Conversion name="MPG-MVP 4:3" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -target pal-dvd -b 5000k -aspect 4:3 -s 720x576 -acodec mp2 -ab 224 -ac 2 -mbd 2 -qmin 2 -async 1 {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension="mpeg.mpg" />
    <Conversion name="Wave" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -vn  -y  {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".wav" />
    <Conversion name="Mp3" cmd="-y -i {SOURCE_FILE} -vn -acodec mp3 -ac 2 -ab 160 -y  {DEST_FILE}" targetExtension=".mp3" />

The last 2 lines are for ripping the audio from a file, to wave or to mp3.

Good luck

[stu8080]

Cool, thank you.
By comparisson i was specifying a SVCD quality at only 2400kbps against your 5000 and also the wrong resolution, plus a handful of other variables ive not seen in the documentation.

Plus, your mp3 idea gives me an instant soundtrack! saves me scouring the internet for a song i hear on TV! Nice idea!

[HtV]

Glad you like it.