Howto convert avi to n95 compatible avi with embedded subtitle on Linux

[Sabutay]

Hi,

I've made some research to figure out how to convert some files to a compatible N95 avi file(320x240, small file size,embedded subtitle)

First of all you need mencoder to encode the files(if you have mplayer installed, than you have already mencoder on your system), and the latest DivX Mobile Player to watch the videos(visit DivX Mobile - Display Size to download).

mencoder -sub subtitle.srt -subcp latin5 -subfont-text-scale 4  -ffourcc dx50 -vf scale=320:240 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=256:vhq -oac copy -o creatednewfile.avi mymovie.avi

If you don't want embedded subtitle just remove:

-sub subtitle.srt -subcp latin5 -subfont-text-scale 4

Please change the vbitrate according your request, for me 384 is the best option, 512 is to slow for watching.

That's it. 230 mb video is at:

256 bitrate 70 mb
384 bitrate 105 mb
512 bitrate 130 mb

Hope it was helpful. Some pictures:

[Reemo]

Ahh a linux pal :)

Nice to see someone uses linux for his n95 videos.
I'm currently trying to figure out which x264opts stop realplayer from playing back x264 encoded mpeg4 files.

But for now, ffmpeg was the only utility working for this purpose (i will post some details later if i get ffmpeg working with mpeg2video again -.-).

You can find me on the n95users channel #n95 @ freenode, daytime (GMT +1) maybe we could get this thing working.

H264 is a great thing and i'd freak out if i get this working on my linux box...

[slack---line]

Woohoo! Other people using their N95 with Linux.

I was looking for a way of converting video and came across the following short script in the Gentoo forum

Might be useful for others...

#! /bin/bash
clear
if [ -n "$1"]; then
   echo "please specify file to convert"
   
else

   if [ -n "$2"]; then
      newName=$(echo $1 | cut -d '.' -f1)
   
   else
      newName=$2
   fi

   echo "coverting $1 to $newName.mp4"

   ffmpeg -i "$1" -f mp4 -vcodec mpeg4 -b 250000  -r 15 -s 320x240 -acodec libfaac -ar 24000 -ab 64 -ac 2 "$newName.mp4"

fi

[luh3417]

Thankyou. This has been great. Linux and N95 very nice combination. Running FUPPES - Free UPnP Entertainment Service fuppes for downloading those encoded divx files is good too.