[mythtv-users] Way OT but...

[Asher Schaffer]

On 10/17/05, Nick Rout <nick at rout.co.nz> wrote:
> 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?

Do you have access to any windows machine?  If so you could use gspot:
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/