Help with unknown file format/encoding

[nickrout]

My son was recently given a little mp3 player sourced in Hong Kong. It
has a little screen and can play videos as well as music. There is a
sample video on the machine when you buy it, and it plays tolerably well.

Trouble is i cannot figure out the file format or codecs used so that i
can encode video for it. There are some programs on the accompanying CD,
but they are all chinese language and for windows.

The file has the suffix .mtv and running file on it simply gives the
result "data". mplayer, xine, ffmpeg, tcprobe all fail to recognise it. (I am a linux user by the way)

The device is branded "mp4" and was made somewhere in asia.

Any ideas on how to figure out how this stuff is encoded and packaged? The first few bytes of the file are AMVC{binary garbage}ACTIONS{binary garbage}.TL2005/05/11/10:09:54

after that its all garbage as far as I can see.

[Sirber]

What is the model of the player?

[nickrout]

good question, I will let you know after I get home and take a harder look.

[setarip_old]

Hi!

If you have access to a Windows machine:

1) Load the original video file into VirtualDub (or one of its many variants) or NanDub

2) From the "File" dropdown menu, select "File Information"

3) Post (here) EVERYTHING you see (BOTH video and audio information), or post a screen capture .jpg of the information box

[nickrout]

Nice idea, but....

"Cannot detect file type of "\\www\nick\tmp\mp4.mtv""

vlc on windows doesn't play it either. :(

[Video Dude]

Go to http://www.google.com Type in ".mtv file". Click on "I'm Feeling Lucky". You will find the info you need.

An mtv file is mp4 video and mp3 audio.

There should be a program on the CD that can be used for converting the videos.

[nickrout]

Thanks V Dude. Why couldn't I find that when i googled before? Perhaps I wasn't putting the . before mtv, cos I was ending up with lots of crap about pop culture and rock videos!

The program on the CD seems to be in chinese.

Lots of info there to read. Thanks again.