F930BT Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Hi guys, for documentation purposes I just want to share my experiences for converting media files (e.g. video files) for the Pioneer AVIC-F930BT (bought in Germany). 1. As "Windows Movie Maker" for Windows 7 comes as an easy download I tried this WMV format first. But all custom bitrates and other settings had no success. So I rejected this format. 2. MPEG4 or H.264 as video format for MP4 and M4V with AAC for audio on SD and USB doesn't work well. The sound/video is choppy. 3. I got my best converting-experiences with "ffmpeg" which you can download at http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/ I recommend the builds called "static". Personally I use "FFmpeg git-9c27f29 64-bit Static (Latest)" which is 64bit. The downloads come in 7zip-format. So if you need a small 7zip-unpacker goto http://sourceforge.n...20.zip/download and grab this little unpacker for the "DOS-Box". Once downloaded and unpacked this "ffmpeg"-7zip-file you will have a file called "ffmpeg.exe" which is all you need. It has all the required encoders and decoders built in. Next you'll find out that "ffmpeg.exe" is a command line tool, which has no Graphical User Interface (GUI) and needs to be executed from a command prompt (cmd.exe). So you might be scared - but don't worry. The tutorial is near... The following command line parameters for ffmpeg.exe are working for my Pioneer AVIC-F930BT with DVD (rewritable), SDHC and USB. I put this command line in a batch file called ffbatch.cmd so I can use %1 as input file and %2 as output file. Here we go: ffmpeg.exe -i %1 -vcodec mpeg4 -vtag DX50 -r 30 -s 640x360 -aspect 16:9 -b:v 896k -acodec libmp3lame -ar 44100 -b:a 128k %2 Parameters explained: -i %1 -i is used to specify the input file (replace %1 with a real filename). Without further parameters it shows you detailed information about your source file. -vcodec specifies the video codec for the conversion (here mpeg4) -vtag DX50 sets a (video)flag to remember the output file as a DivX 5.0 file instead of a Xvid file (which is default). This parameter is important! -r 30 sets the frame rate to 30 frames per second (Hz). -s 640x360 sets the size (resolution) to 640x360 pixel which is the same as 16:9 -aspect 16:9 forces the ratio to be the same as defined with -s. I found out that this parameter can be important. Hint: you can also use "-s 480*320" and "-aspect 4:3". -b:v 896k Bitrate for video. 896k video + 128k audio = 1024k total should work -acodec libmp3lame use MP3-encoder for audio -ar 44100 use 44100 Hz for audio sampling - b:a 128k use 128,000 bit rate for audio %2 used for output file when used with a batch file Using these basic parameters I was able to convert a lot of my videos for use on a USB-Hard-Disk with my AVIC-F930BT. I hope this will help some of you in this forum... Best regards, F930BT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shazada Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Thanks you very much. I've done so many conversions, with different tools but no luck. A lot of kudo's for you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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