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2007-06-20 23:45 - Encoding video for the iriver U10
I own a iriver U10. It's a great device, that can play music and video. However, for some reason, none of the tutorials about encoding video for the iriver U10 worked. When I try to play the video, it just gives the message "This file format is not supported". After a lot of trial and error I finally figured out the problem: the frame rate. According to every guide and manual I found, the U10 can handle 15 frames per second. However, things only started working when I encoded to 14.9 frames per second!
Here is the mencoder command I used:
/usr/bin/mencoder \
flash_gordon.avi \
-o flash_gordon-u10.avi \
-ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=384:max_bframes=0 \
-oac mp3lame \
-lameopts mode=0:cbr:br=128 \
-ofps 14.9 \
-af resample=44100:1:2 \
-vf-add scale=320:240,expand=320:240 \
-vf-add harddup \
-quiet
I'm sure other encoders (GUI or otherwise) will also work, as long as you use the following settings:
14.9 frames per second (FPS)
AVI output format
XviD video codec at 384 kbit/sec
No B-frames (just enter 0 for the number of B-frames)
Video 320x240 pixels
MP3 audio codec at 128 kbit/sec, 16 bit, stereo
I've verified these settings with Avidemux. And yes, they also work with clips from Youtube!
Comments
The video isn't that fantastic - a small display, and very, very picky about the video file formats it accepts. Having said that, the U10 is a very nice music player. It has 1GB storage, and is very small and light. The four-directional click system is also intuitive and easy to use.
by Sybren Stüvel - 1 year, 4 months ago.
Cool,
This is a great article, i can now encode my videos,
Keep up the good work,
Thanks for bringing this up
by web development - 9 months, 1 week ago.
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heyy umm i was wondering if the iriver u10 is good?.? i broke my ipod and it won't work so i was going to get the iriver u10
by zumi chang - 1 year, 4 months ago.