Tuesday, September 15, 2009

[nslu2-linux] Re: mediatomb transcoding

 

--- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "slackline" <nshephard@...> wrote:
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> --- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "h_ching" <h_ching@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "h_ching" <h_ching@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I am wondering if anyone has experience in this. I am trying to get mediatomb to transcode from my slug and my sheevaplug but the standard install is missing the mpeg2video encoder.
> > >
> > > After a bit of research, I learned that I need to install libavcodec-unstripped-51 but apt-get install libavcodec-unstripped-51 gives me
> > >
> > > Package libavcodec-unstripped-51 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
> > > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> > > is only available from another source
> > > E: Package libavcodec-unstripped-51 has no installation candidate
> > >
> > > Any idea on how do I get this to work? I am using Debian Lenny distro.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance. Henry
> > >
> >
> >
> > Anyone has any thoughts on this or am I going about it the wrong way?
> >
>
> I wouldn't bother trying to get the slug to transcode video, it just doesn't pack enough punch.
>
> You may get more mileage out of the Sheevaplug though, but I've not got one to play with (yet :-) so can't comment.
>

I agree and I am pinning my hopes on the Sheevaplug but I know both of them access the same Linux software library so I am hoping some brave souls may have attempted this before or at least aware of the issue and have some ideas on how to get around this.

I went a bit further and listed all the supported format with ffmpeg -formats. The encoder for mpeg2video does not come with the standard install but mpeg1video does. However, it only transcoded one of my avi files for about 3 seconds and the the process is <defunct> when I was monitoring this using the 'top' command. A bit stuck.

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