[mdlug] mpeg files from MythTV play w/o audio in PS3

[R. Kannan]

-----Original Message-----
>From: "Ingles, Raymond" <Raymond.Ingles at compuware.com>
>Sent: Sep 17, 2008 8:23 AM
>To: "R. Kannan" <rkannan at peoplepc.com>
>Cc: "Mdlug (E-mail)" <mdlug at mdlug.org>
>Subject: RE: [mdlug] mpeg files from MythTV play w/o audio in PS3
>
>> Also this script produced an error as follows 
>> videocodec: libavcodec (1280x720 fourcc=78766964 [divx])
>> [mpeg4 @ 0x8744570][lavc rc] Error: bitrate too low for this 
>> video with these parameters.
>
> I wasn't aware you were converting HD video; that does need a higher
>bitrate than DVD/TV video. Try 2K or 4K. But, that being said...
>
> Now, DIVX (basically MPEG-4) is better (more efficient in the sense of
>"better picture for a given bitrate") than MPEG-2, but takes more CPU to
>encode and play. The newer standard, H264, is more efficient than DIVX,
>but takes even *more* CPU to encode and play.
>
> My Palm can play DIVX, but not H264, so that's what I tend to use for
>non-HD stuff. The PS3 has some serious CPU horsepower, though, and can
>easily handle even 1080p H264. (I know, I've tried.) H264 is probably a
>better choice for you, but I have less experience with that. I've *done*
>it, and even put together some utility scripts for it, but I don't have
>them here. I'll have to find them tonight when I get home. :-/
>
I used a video bitrate of 2048 and I was successfully able to create the file. 'file' command on the file returns

test3.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 1280 x 720, >30 fps, video: DivX 4, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (stereo, 48000 Hz)

But PS3 could not play this format eithee. It recognized the file but as DIVX but when I tried to play the file, it just said 'Data unsupported' and after that it shows up the file as 'Unsupported Data' :-( I even tried changing the extension as mpg with no luck.



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