Incompatible AVI's from mencoder on PS3 ?

[svavaroe]

Hello.

I'm having trouble encoding XVID AVI files with mencoder on my Mac and be able to play
them on my PS3 system.

I'm currently using the xvidenc package from (http://xvidenc.sourceforge.net/).

Now, the PS3 system dosn't like any of those AVI files. Just dosn't play them at all.
Tho, if I take the AVI file and regenerate a new AVI from AVIMUX or some other Windows program
it will play just fine. So the encoding must be OKEY ?

I'm curious about the XVID encoding options. Maybe they are confusing ps3 ?

Currently I use these options in mencoder :

"vqmax=5:me_quality=6:vhq=3:max_bframes=2:bvhq=1:trellis:quant_type=mpeg:chroma_me:chroma_opt:hq_ac:nolumi_mask:closed_gop:noqpel:nogmc:autoaspect"

Dosn't matter if I use DIVX, DX50 or XVID as a Fourcc option.
Also I have changed from nopacked, and to packed bitstream option.


Any success stories with mencoder generated AVI files for PS3 ?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,

Svavar - Reykjavik - Iceland

[Inspector.Gadget]

Tho, if I take the AVI file and regenerate a new AVI from AVIMUX or some other Windows program
it will play just fine

If re-muxing fixes your issue, the problem is likely to be either the structure of the AVI container itself (OpenDML versus non-OpenDML), the type of interleaving used in writing the file, or perhaps (because some applications default to one or the other) whether or not your bitstream is "packed".

[svavaroe]

Also, passing the "-noodml" option to mencoder does not work.
So with OpenDML, and skipping the OpenDML does not work from mencoder. :(

[svavaroe]

These are technical info from the files.

FILES That work (after i remuxed them with AVIMUX)

#1 With OpenDML


General
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format profile : OpenDML
File size : 69.4 MiB
Duration : 2mn 35s
Overall bit rate : 3 752 Kbps
Writing application : AVI-Mux GUI 1.17.8, Aug 30 2008 12:36:58

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : AdvancedSimple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 2mn 35s
Bit rate : 3 294 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.318
Stream size : 60.9 MiB (88%)
Writing library : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : 2000
Duration : 2mn 35s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 8.28 MiB (12%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 64 ms (1.60 video frames)
Interleave, preload duration : 192 ms


#2 With NO-OpenDML


General
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format settings : rec
File size : 69.4 MiB
Duration : 2mn 35s
Overall bit rate : 3 751 Kbps

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : AdvancedSimple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 2mn 35s
Bit rate : 3 294 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.318
Stream size : 60.9 MiB (88%)
Writing library : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : 2000
Duration : 2mn 35s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 8.28 MiB (12%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 64 ms (1.60 video frames)
Interleave, preload duration : 192 ms


And here is the file straight from mencoder that dosn't work.

#3 With NO-OpenDML


General
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 93.5 MiB
Duration : 2mn 36s
Overall bit rate : 5 028 Kbps
Writing application : MEncoder SVN-r29352-snapshot-4.0.1
Writing library : MPlayer

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : AdvancedSimple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (MPEG)
Muxing mode : Packed bitstream
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 2mn 35s
Bit rate : 4 599 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.444
Stream size : 85.1 MiB (91%)
Writing library : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : 2000
Duration : 2mn 36s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Video delay : 40ms
Stream size : 8.33 MiB (9%)
Alignment : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration : 497 ms (12.43 video frames)
Interleave, preload duration : 500 ms