WinFF Errors

[abhiroopb]

I have been trying to use winff to convert a batch of AVI files into an iPod compatible format.

I used the following repo to download the program from:
https://launchpad.net/~paul-climbing/+archive/ppa

I used the following preset files (to utilse the "iPod preset"):
http://winff.org/winffwiki/Presets

When I try and convert a mp4 video using an iPod preset I get the following error:

FFmpeg version r11872+debian_3:0.svn20080206-12ubuntu3, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-pp --enable-swscaler --enable-x11grab --prefix=/usr --enable-libgsm --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --disable-strip --enable-libfaad --enable-libfaadbin --enable-liba52 --enable-liba52bin --enable-libdc1394 --disable-armv5te --disable-armv6 --disable-altivec --disable-vis --enable-shared --disable-static
  libavutil version: 49.6.0
  libavcodec version: 51.50.0
  libavformat version: 52.7.0
  libavdevice version: 52.0.0
  built on Oct  3 2008 22:40:31, gcc: 4.3.2
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/home/john/MyDownloads/TED/videos/AdamGrosser_2007.mp4':
  Duration: 00:03:31.1, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 455 kb/s
    Stream #0.0(eng): Audio: mpeg4aac, 44100 Hz, stereo
    Stream #0.1(eng): Video: h264, yuv420p, 432x240 [PAR 0:1 DAR 0:1], 24.00 tb(r)
Unknown encoder 'h264'
Press Enter to Continue

When I try and convert an mp4 file into an AVI:

FFmpeg version r11872+debian_3:0.svn20080206-12ubuntu3, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-pp --enable-swscaler --enable-x11grab --prefix=/usr --enable-libgsm --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --disable-strip --enable-libfaad --enable-libfaadbin --enable-liba52 --enable-liba52bin --enable-libdc1394 --disable-armv5te --disable-armv6 --disable-altivec --disable-vis --enable-shared --disable-static
  libavutil version: 49.6.0
  libavcodec version: 51.50.0
  libavformat version: 52.7.0
  libavdevice version: 52.0.0
  built on Oct  3 2008 22:40:31, gcc: 4.3.2
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/home/john/MyDownloads/TED/videos/AimeeMullins_1998.mp4':
  Duration: 00:20:43.5, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 460 kb/s
    Stream #0.0(eng): Audio: mpeg4aac, 44100 Hz, stereo
    Stream #0.1(eng): Video: h264, yuv420p, 320x240 [PAR 0:1 DAR 0:1], 29.97 tb(r)
Unknown encoder 'xvid'
Press Enter to Continue

So, basically I am unable to use WinFF at all!

Any thoughts on this?

Thanks in advance!

[oldos2er]

Do you have libmpeg4ip-0 installed?

[abhiroopb]

Thanks but got it to work...i used the default presets installed of installing the ones on the website!

[paul.gevers]

Which version of Ubuntu do you have and which version did you install from the ppa? It should work if you choose the same version. If not, I really want to know.

In the mean time, the package has the proper preset file included in /usr/share/winff/ but you need to move that over the standard preset file. It is described in the /usr/share/doc/winff/README.Debian file and here.

[abhiroopb]

I have intrepid, and I am using the intrepid repo from your ppa.

The first time round I did a clean install and used the preset file I found on your website (this didn't work and kept throwing up those errors).

The next time I did a clean install and just used the presets that were already available in the program and that seemed to work fine. I didn't have to move it from /usr/share/winff.

Thanks for the software!

[paul.gevers]

I have intrepid, and I am using the intrepid repo from your ppa.

The first time round I did a clean install and used the preset file I found on your website (this didn't work and kept throwing up those errors).

Do I understand correctly that you installed the preset file before running the program? Why?

The next time I did a clean install and just used the presets that were already available in the program and that seemed to work fine. I didn't have to move it from /usr/share/winff.

This just uses the last file you installed in the previous session, because if there is no file in ~/.winff/presets.xml than the one from /usr/share/winff is copied before any other execution. However, when it's there already, it's used. When you remove the program this file is NOT removed (not allowed by policy).

Thanks for the software!

No thanks. But BiggMatt is to thank (see winff.org website )

[abhiroopb]

No, sorry I ran the program, and then copied the file over.

Fair enough...well the programme works great now

[froggontherocks]

I installed WinFF from the normal ubuntu repositories and got this error so i updated it from the repository listed on the programs website and this is the output I'm getting I've checked and all dependencies should be installed how can i get this to work?

FFmpeg version 0.5-svn17737+3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --extra-version=svn17737+3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-libdc1394 --enable-shared --disable-static
libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
libavcodec 52.20. 0 / 52.20. 0
libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Apr 10 2009 23:20:33, gcc: 4.3.3
[mpeg @ 0x71ca60]invalid dts/pts combination
Last message repeated 10 times
Input #0, mpeg, from '/home/froggontherocks/Videos/Family Videos/012.MPG':
Duration: 00:00:01.32, start: 0.177778, bitrate: 760 kb/s
Stream #0.0[0x1c0]: Audio: mp2, 32000 Hz, mono, s16, 32 kb/s
Stream #0.1[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg1video, yuv420p, 320x240 [PAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 104857 kb/s, 25 tbr, 90k tbn, 25 tbc
Unknown encoder 'libx264'
Press Enter to Continue

[paul.gevers]

I've checked and all dependencies should be installed how can i get this to work?

Unknown encoder 'libx264'

Do you have libavcodec-unstripped-52 installed?