[octaneirix6530]

Hello,

I tried different containers, codecs and so on, but couldn't find the best one for the irix mediaplayer.
How can I convert videos to be played on my octane ?

thank you

[Raion]

IRIX Mediaplayer is notoriously out of date. I recommend downloading nekoware's mplayer.

[def13]

Raion gives you the best advice.

[octaneirix6530]

Thank you very much !

[soviet]

i want to install nekoware mplayer but is notoriously hard to do so got stuck into recursive dependencies.
:huh:

[vishnu]

Welcome to the dependency hell that is nekoware! 0_o

[Jacques]

Continuing the thread, what would be the best format for an O2 with say a 300mhz R5k proc, given say a size of 320x200 or, dare I suggest 640x480?

My Octane (VPro) plays divx fine, but the O2 presents a slide show, even with a R10 250mhz or R12k 300 mhm cpu.

I'm keen to transcode some of my anime (Mononoke Hime, Patlabor etc) over for the O2.

[necron2600]

For an O2 with 300mhz R5K I have had luck converting modern mp4 videos using a Linux node (ubuntu, etc..):
avconv -i "$1" -s 640x480 -c:v mpeg1video -q:v 2 -c:a mp2 "$1".mpeg
or (works with nekoware on irix but very slow):
ffmpeg -i "original.mp4" -f mpeg2video -s 640x480 -acodec mp2 new.mpeg

But, sometimes 640x480 seemed sluggish.. 320x240 always works great.
avconv -i "original.mp4" -s 320x240 -c:v mpeg2video -q:v 2 -c:a libmp3lame new.mpeg

note I changed from mp2 to libmp3lame in the last conversion.. not necessary but something you could try out.
Playing youtube vids can work too by streaming the video to mplayer.

[Jacques]

For an O2 with 300mhz R5K I have had luck converting modern mp4 videos using a Linux node (ubuntu, etc..):
avconv -i "$1" -s 640x480 -c:v mpeg1video -q:v 2 -c:a mp2 "$1".mpeg
or (works with nekoware on irix but very slow):
ffmpeg -i "original.mp4" -f mpeg2video -s 640x480 -acodec mp2 new.mpeg

But, sometimes 640x480 seemed sluggish..    320x240 always works great.
avconv -i "original.mp4" -s 320x240 -c:v mpeg2video -q:v 2 -c:a libmp3lame new.mpeg

note I changed from mp2 to libmp3lame in the last conversion.. not necessary but something you could try out.
Playing youtube vids can work too by streaming the video to mplayer.

Thank you! I will try that on the weekend! 

[Jacques]

Thanks for the avconv tips, I'll be trying it out on the O2 tomorrow. Videos I converted with Handbrake didn't work that well, I got audio but no video, this using Mpeg2/4 conversion.

I installed AVconv on my Mac using the Homebrew or Brew system, works very well.