[mythtv-users] Way OT but...

[Nick Rout]

OK so there are threads on here about the video ipod so I thought this
one is ok too.

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.

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

Any ideas on how to figure out how this stuff is encoded and packaged?
-- 
Nick Rout <nick at rout.co.nz>