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[Warrior522]

This is probably the wrong place (sorry if it is, I'm new here), but is there a stable program for Puppy Linux that I can use to convert files of various types to DPG?

Once again, apologies if this is in the wrong place...

[Warrior522]

Apologies for double post, but I found this:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/dpg4x/

and was wondering, could it be converted to a .pet file? If you need system specifics, ask edoc, he's my dad.

[edoc]

I did receive a private message requesting additional detail.

The preferred Puppy version for this would be Fatdog64-500 but spup 040 would be OK as well. Most of the others do not run well on the laptop he is using.

I did find this helpful thread:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=852999

I am, of course, uncertain how much of the suggested code directly translates to Puppy or what of it requires modification.

It would seem that it should work with Wary, since Wary is closely linked to Ubuntu.

[chrome307]

Hi there

I have looked at this to try and compile it for you, but unfortunately it's a bit more complicated for me.

For others who wish to try here's some info for compiling:

DEPENDENCIES

dpg4x needs the following packages to be available on your system. Also note that all the dependent programs must be accesible via the PATH.

python ( 2.5 )
python-wxversion ( 2.8 )
python-wxgtk ( 2.8 )
mplayer ( 1:1.0 )
mencoder ( 1:1.0 )

Versions in brackets include those that dpg4x has been tested with, but others may work too.

The following packages are not mandatory, but dpg4x can take advantage of them, when they are present. If we were talking about packages, these are the packages that the dpg4x package would recommend.

mpeg_stat ( 2.2 ) - provides a faster and more tested way of generating headers.
iconv ( 2.9 ) - necessary if you want to change the encoding for subtitles.

If you can't find mpeg_stat for your system, try this URL:

http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/multimedia/Berkeley/mpeg/stat/

[edoc]

Thanks for having a go at it ...

Just found this, perhaps it may also be helpful to someone trying to solve this?

[edoc]

I saw reference to using ffmpeg to convert TO DPG from other formats but haven't yet found a source for ffmpeg or an add-on that actually does it.

There appears to be more helpful info here:

http://cyclods.theta.in/wiki/DPG

[edoc]

Is the solution dpg4x?

[chrome307]

I have seen an example of the code used to create a dpg using FFMpeg, I will have a try using the script and see if I can adapt it to be used.

[edoc]

[chrome307]

@ edoc

FFMpeg is already installed on FatDog64 500 ( this is what I used to this the commands below ).

I used an *.avi ( test.avi ) to split into two components -

m1v = video
mp2 = audio

The video needs to be set at a resolution of:

256 x 192

bitrate set at:

384kbps

framerate:

20 fps

For the audio I did the following:

bitrate:

64 kbps

rate:

32000 khz

These I believe are the default settings for playback on the Nintendo DS.

To run the software simply go to terminal and type in

[edoc]

Wow, thanks!

I will see if my son can figure it out -- I am encouraging him to learn technology below the GUI-level!

[Warrior522]

*sigh*

Why can nothing ever be simple...?

And what's MUX? Pardon my "anything deeper than forum code" illiteracy...

[paulhomebus]

Hi Warrior522,

I'm still working on making that .pet package for ya.

And to MUX something is just a word that means merge....

http://bit.ly/bjtJQ9 << link to explain bout muxing your files back together....

[Warrior522]

[edoc]