PSP video encoding thread

[dc-arena]

I've not tried iPSP for Mac yet - whats the encoding quality like?

[martTM]

I wouldn't know... like I said, I'm not using it (although I suspect you're not directing your question at me... )

[wonderboy]

Hey martTM.

Did you encode Hero in 3GP, yet ? If so what size did it come in at ?
How long's the film, plus i guess plenty of movment, eh ? Haven't seen
it myself, but you should be able to get it down, to fit on a 512mb MS.
Well 460mb (bit of a rip, eh)...

I've no Mac dc-arena, so i'm no help, sorry...

[dc-arena]

No probs guys, I'll give it a go myself when I get the USB cable, and I'll post my results.

[martTM]

Hey martTM.

Did you encode Hero in 3GP, yet ? If so what size did it come in at ?
How long's the film, plus i guess plenty of movment, eh ? Haven't seen
it myself, but you should be able to get it down, to fit on a 512mb MS.
Well 460mb (bit of a rip, eh)...

Well, it all appears to have gone tits up, wonderboy - the AVI's done, but it weighs in at a hefty 4.6GB. What's more, iPSP won't do anything to it; iPSP says the output file will be 0Mb no matter what the setting (so I'm guessing it doesn't like it). I'm just trying 3GP now, but I get the feeling it's not going to like it... I haven't modified 3GP at all, so there's none of that second pass stuff in there (I'm just going with 368x208/29.97fps/768kbps Stereo/128kbps). If you've got any advice if it doesn't work (it's up to 16Mb already at 3% done) then please, fire away.

[MonkeyWrench]

Mart there's a new version of iPSP (v2.0.4), give that a try.

http://www.kaisakura.com/iPSP4Win32/index.html

[martTM]

Will do. Actually, after posting above, I cancelled the job (it was getting silly... over 60Mb at only 6%done) and edited the 3GP technical stuff using wonderboy's 2-pass additions back on page... er, 30 or so. Left it running at home while I'm here at work, so you never know what might be waiting when I get back. Probably a melted PC and a torched house, most likely.

[martTM]

Gents (and possibly ladies...) - the results are...

It works. Good lord. For some strange reason, 3GP hadn't renamed the file with the gibberish the PSP needs (kept the Hero-Subbed one I'd given it) so I had to rename it myself, stealing a filename from another movie I'd already run through it. Plus, my PC claims that the file size is 0kb, even though it takes 4 mins to copy to the PSP and takes up 400Mb of the 478Mb remaining on the card. Bizarre.

But hey... it works. And it looks alright too, considering it's been run through god knows how many processes. Hence, props due to the wonderboy - his parents must have known when they christened him.

[dc-arena]

I am having trouble ripping Region 1 DVDs on my iBook. I am using OSEx to rip them (the first chapter of Kill Bill Vol 1 R1), and that process goes fine. However, if I try to watch the chapter on VLC, I get loads of leaking children video error files, and the picture freezes, but the sound continues. If I rip that to MP4 it stays the same (as expected). R1 Fast and the Furious Chapter 1 rips fine, but on VLC, the playblack has huge huge pixels all green in colour, with sound jumping around etc. Looks like some encription. However, R2 DVDs are fine, and my Lost Boys R1 worked too which is odd.

Any ideas what it could be? The DVDs play perfectly on VLC/DVD Player when on the disc themselves, so its obviously something in the ripping process that is getting messed up.

Thanks.

[wonderboy]

Glad you're doing great martTM. I thought you'd manage to get Hero
on the memory stick. I've 512mb/468mb really after a couple of save
games. I can usually get 5/6 anime episodes on there, 5/6*24-26mins..

Bit strange dc-arena ? Maybe it's that extra bit of protection. RCE or
something i think ? Hope you have some luck..

[zenza]

Hi plaver.

You don't need psprez.exe now. What with 3GP Converter, using
it's own 368x208 ini file to write the mp4. Also, yeah sure you can cut
and paste any lines you've used before in there. So, the -vol tag is fine,
glad it's working for you...

Here's the 368x208 part of the transcoding.ini ,with the 2-pass put back
in. Plus -vol there. Adjust, where needed....

[Item16]
Title=368x208/29.97fps/400kbps ?X?e???I/128kbps
TitleE=368x208/29.97fps/400kbps Stereo/128kbps
Command0=""<%AppPath%>\cores\ffmpeg" -y -i "<%InputFile%>" -pass 1 -passlogfile "<%TemporaryFile%>" -title "<%Title%>" -bitexact -vcodec xvid -s 368x280 -r 29.97 -b 900 -acodec aac -ac 2 -ar 24000 -ab 64 -vol 160 -f 3gp "<%TemporaryFile%>.3gp""
Command1=""<%AppPath%>\cores\ffmpeg" -y -i "<%InputFile%>" -pass 2 -passlogfile "<%TemporaryFile%>" -title "<%Title%>" -bitexact -vcodec xvid -s 368x208 -r 29.97 -b 400 -acodec aac -ac 2 -ar 24000 -ab 64 -vol 160 -f 3gp "<%TemporaryFile%>.3gp""
Command2=""<%AppPath%>\cores\QT3GPPFlatten" "<%TemporaryFile%>.3gp" "<%TemporaryFile%>_2.3gp" -c QT_3GPP(MobileMP4)_368x208_AAC.ini"
Command3="rm "<%TemporaryFile%>.3gp""
Command4=""<%AppPath%>\cores\ATOMChanger" "<%TemporaryFile%>_2.3gp" "<%OutputFile%>.MP4" "Camouflage_MP4_for_PSP_ForceQVGA.ini""
Command5="rm "<%TemporaryFile%>_2.3gp""
Command6=""<%AppPath%>\cores\ffmpeg" -y -i "<%InputFile%>" -f singlejpeg -ss 5 -vframes 1 -s 160x120 -an "<%OutputFile%>.THM""

Hope this helps....

Should get my Memory Stick, monday. So i can join the real world
of PSP encoding. It'll be great just to actually, view some video...

Where do you copy and paste this information to in 3GPP?

I don't understand.

[wonderboy]

Hey, zenza. Just copy and paste into the transoding.ini in the
3GP_Converter29 directory. Where you extracter it to.

Also, remember to give any new edited info a procceding item number.
If the last chuck of info is [item18], make sure the new one is [item19].

Hope this helps...

[zenza]

Hey, zenza. Just copy and paste into the transoding.ini in the
3GP_Converter29 directory. Where you extracter it to.

Also, remember to give any new edited info a procceding item number.
If the last chuck of info is [item18], make sure the new one is [item19].

Hope this helps...

Thanks wonderman.

I only have 15 items in there.

Should I rename this item 16?

Also, what will the copy and paste into the transcoding.ini do?

Will it let me choose a different encoding option?

Finally, what is the best encoding option for best results to fit on a 512MB card for movies?

[plaver]

Thanks wonderman.

I only have 15 items in there.

Should I rename this item 16?

Also, what will the copy and paste into the transcoding.ini do?

Will it let me choose a different encoding option?

Finally, what is the best encoding option for best results to fit on a 512MB card for movies?

No create a new 'item' 16

When you run 3GP, the new item 16 will give you additional screen size setting (look in the drop down menu) which is the one I now use, also it will carry out 2 PASSES this will improve quality (am I right with this one 'wonderboy')
also if you change the vol setting from 160 to 320 this will improve the sound level, when watching a movie without the headphones. for the best settings to use wiith 512mb, card, I would suggest you play around until you found what best suits you, I found the following 368x208 29fps 768kbps Stereo/128kbps reduced 1 GIG Simpsons episode to 88 Meg

This new found knowledge is all thanks to 'wonderboy'

[wonderboy]

No problem. Yep, rename to [item16], if you add more later, [item17] etc.
Yeah, adding more encoding info, will add them to the encoding list. When
you run 3GP_Converter. The best for 512mb, is usually a 2-pass encode.
With a bitrate of about 450kbs/sec. It really depends what your encoding.
You can get away with lest on some videos and need more on others..

Like take a look at this encoding info. The second line is the description.
Command=0 and Command=1 lines are your video and sound encoding
lines. Command=0 is the first pass, Command=1 is the second. If you
want to change the fianl bitrate change it in the 2-pass. If you want
1 channel or 2 sound, change the number after -ac. If you want higher
or lower sound bit-rate change the number after -ab (ie 32, 64 or even
96..). The rest of the info, flattens, converts to mp4 and finally makes
a single frame jpg, which is then called *.THM (which you can make your
self 160*120 jpg). There's more stuff you can do, but hope this gives you
a quick run through...

[Item16]
Title=368x208c/29.97fps/450ekbps ƒXƒeƒŒƒI/128kbps
TitleE=368x208c/29.97fps/450kbps Stereo/128kbps
Command0=""<%AppPath%>\cores\ffmpeg" -y -i "<%InputFile%>" -pass 1 -passlogfile "<%TemporaryFile%>" -title "<%Title%>" -bitexact -vcodec xvid -s 368x280 -r 29.97 -b 900 -acodec aac -ac 2 -ar 24000 -ab 64 -vol 180 -f 3gp "<%TemporaryFile%>.3gp""
Command1=""<%AppPath%>\cores\ffmpeg" -y -i "<%InputFile%>" -pass 2 -passlogfile "<%TemporaryFile%>" -title "<%Title%>" -bitexact -vcodec xvid -s 368x208 -r 29.97 -b 450 -acodec aac -ac 2 -ar 24000 -ab 64 -vol 180 -f 3gp "<%TemporaryFile%>.3gp""
Command2=""<%AppPath%>\cores\QT3GPPFlatten" "<%TemporaryFile%>.3gp" "<%TemporaryFile%>_2.3gp" -c QT_3GPP(MobileMP4)_368x208_AAC.ini"
Command3="rm "<%TemporaryFile%>.3gp""
Command4=""<%AppPath%>\cores\ATOMChanger" "<%TemporaryFile%>_2.3gp" "<%OutputFile%>.MP4" "Camouflage_MP4_for_PSP_ForceQVGA.ini""
Command5="rm "<%TemporaryFile%>_2.3gp""
Command6=""<%AppPath%>\cores\ffmpeg" -y -i "<%InputFile%>" -f singlejpeg -ss 5 -vframes 1 -s 160x120 -an "<%OutputFile%>.THM""

Good luck. Need anymore info help, just ask...