Creative Media Format (.CMV) proof-of-concept encoder

[plexx]

Hi everyone,

I've posted this on videohelp.com and someone advised me to post there here. Though strictly it has little to do with actual DVD ripping, maybe someone is interested.

There are quite some people who've bought a Zen MX and use Linux. These people are out of luck when it comes to putting video on their device, since it uses the proprietary CMV format. I've documented the format here:
http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=CMV

And I've written a proof-of-concept (glue and ducktape) solution for encoding CMV. Its pretty ugly and uses ffmpeg to actually rip the content of a video. Currently there is a windows batch-file which starts ffmpeg and after that my custom java app for creating the actual CMV file. It works, but there is little control over bitrate and quality, and it creates a lot of overhead (temporary files) etc...

Unfortunately I've little time on my hands to turn this into a proper C application. So, i was wondering if someone with more C/Linux skills would be interested into turning this into a proper application, with or without my help. (Or if someone knows some place where there would people interested in doing this.)

I've attached the application including source (but without the required ffmpeg) free to do with whatever you want.

Regards,
Vincent

[mahsah]

Cool. I don't own a Zen but as far as I'm concerned the reverse engineering of any obscure multimedia format is a victory for mankind.