On 8/26/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">William Munson</b> <<a href="mailto:william_munson@bellsouth.net">william_munson@bellsouth.net</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I recently picked up a ZEN Plus 4GB and would like to be able to put a<br>recording or two on it. Has anyone been able to transcode to the correct<br>.avi format for the ZEN? What settings did you use?</blockquote><div><br>
I modified the myth2ipod script for my Zen Vision 30gb - not sure if the Zen Plus has the same settings, but it's worth a shot. The audio is great, video is a little pixelated, need to play around with better settings when I get a chance but for now it works.
<br><br>1) Nuvexport:<br>nuvexport --chanid=$chanid --start=$start $nuvoptions --filename=$chanid\_$start.$portable --path=$feedpath";<br><br>$nuvoptions ="--mode=XviD --nice=19 --cutlist --nodenoise --nodeinterlace --nomultipass --h_resol=320 --v_resol=240 --v_bitr=440";
<br><br><br>2) Mythtranscode (cut commercials):<br>mythtranscode --honorcutlist --mpeg2 --showprogress --chanid $chanid --starttime $start -o $feedpath$chanid\_$start.$portable.mpg.temp";<br><br>3) ffmpeg to xvid:<br>
ffmpeg -b 800 -y -i $feedpath$filename2.$portable.mpg.temp -f avi -vcodec mpeg4 -vtag XVID -s 320x240 -acodec mp3 -ab 128 -vol 400 $feedpath$filename2.$portable.avi";<br><br><br>I'm sure there's a cleaner way to do this, but every time I try to combine two of the steps, the video no longer plays on the Zen. If anyone has any suggestions or tweaks, please advise.
<br><br>--Barry<br></div><br></div>