Philips GoGear Vibe MP4 player 8 GB - SA4VBE08KN - howto convert mp4 videos - Page 1
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author: bingo600
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 19, 2013, 06:26:19 pm
content: Writeup for the benefit of other linux users :I just bought a Philips GoGear Vibe MP4 player 8 GB - Model: SA4VBE08KN , Xmas present for a little girl.It's a neat little player , that costs 1/3 of an Apple Ipod.The unit presents it self like an USB-Stick , menaing you can just drag MP3's or AMV videos to the respective folders.The unit can play mp3 & video files (160x128) , but the SA4 models expects .amv files.Not .mp4 as the SA3 models.That presented a "challenge" , as Phillips only delivers a "Converter that can run under M$"After a some serious hours of "googling" i finally have found a way to convert YouTube mp4 videos to the .amv format that the Phillips accepts.Get the amv encoder here , a special version of ffmpeg.https://code.google.com/p/amv-codec-tools/downloads/listDirect urlhttps://amv-codec-tools.googlecode.com/files/amv-ffmpeg-linux-i386-20071030amv-ffmpeg-linux-i386-2007103 can't encode YouTube MP4 directly , it complains aobut the sound.So we first convert to avi with mp3 sound , and then amv-ffmpeg-linux-i386-2007103 accepts the input , and can encode the final videoScript to convertCode:#!/bin/sh# GoGearVibeConvert.sh - converts videos to be played on Philips GoGear Vibe## Works with Philips GoGear Vibe MP4 player 8 GB - Model: SA4VBE08KN , that expects .amv files#[ "x$1" != "x" ] || { echo "usage: $(basename $0) <input file>" 1>&2; exit 1; }## ffmpeg-amv doesn't like the deafult YouTube -mp4 soundencoding , so first reencode to avi with mp3 sound### First convert to to avi with mp3 sound#avconv -y -i "$1" -acodec libmp3lame -vcodec msmpeg4 -ab 192k -b 1000k -vf scale=640:480 -ar 44100 "$1.avi"## Then encode the avi to amv### If build self#./ffmpeg/ffmpeg -i "$1.avi" -f amv -s 160x128 -b 512k -r 25 -ab 192k -ac 1 -ar 22050 -qmin 3 -qmax 3 "$1.amv"### If downloaded from here : wget https://amv-codec-tools.googlecode.com/files/amv-ffmpeg-linux-i386-20071030#./amv-ffmpeg-linux-i386-20071030 -i "$1.avi" -f amv -s 160x128 -b 512k -r 25 -ab 192k -ac 1 -ar 22050 -qmin 3 -qmax 3 "$1.amv"## Remove the temporary avi file#rm -f "$1.avi"exit 0According to Philips , Songbird should work with the player.Songbird is "dead/abandoned for linux" , but there is a "spinoff"http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1096940Get Nightingale herehttp://getnightingale.com/Directhttp://getnightingale.com/all-versions.phpI hope it saves some other Philips MP4 owners some timeEdit: I just tried on a new Linux Mint 14 , and it complained about libmp3lame wasn't installedI did install these packagesCode:sudo apt-get install ffmpeg libavcodec-extra-53 winff lameAnd now it works/Bingo

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 19, 2013, 10:02:38 pm
content: Congratulations, you've acquired an S1MP3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP4_player). What VID/PID does it have? I played with these a while ago, they're basically a little Z80 embedded system. Look at s1mp3.org for more info.

author: bingo600
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2013, 06:12:46 pm
content: Quote from: amyk on December 19, 2013, 10:02:38 pmThnx i'll have a lookVID/PIDQuote

author: Balaur
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 20, 2013, 07:58:01 pm
content: Quote from: amyk on December 19, 2013, 10:02:38 pmI'm just curious, why do you think this? The S1MP3 looks nothing alike.I didn't found anything about the OP's specific device, but previous models from the Philips GoGear series used ARM-based TeleChips CPUs.

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2013, 12:53:37 pm
content: Looks like they changed the VID/PID. Philips probably customised the firmware quite a bit...Quote from: Balaur on December 20, 2013, 07:58:01 pm...but retained the same video format:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMV_video_formatThe links referenced to the software in the OP also mention s1mp3, so I'm pretty confident it's based on Actions' chipset.

author: angelakatery90
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 08, 2015, 02:45:03 pm
content: I'm not sure why but above does not work anymore. Luckily I found thisvideo converter for philips gogearwhich helped me.

author: Fourerield
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: December 05, 2017, 02:13:52 am
content: Quote from: angelakatery90 on June 08, 2015, 02:45:03 pmSorry man, it seems that you know a lot about video converter right? Recently I got this video converterhttp://www.videoconverterfactory.com/tips/convert-dss-to-mp3.htmlbut i don't know how to use. I want to convert DSS to mp3, but it asks me to preset the sample rate and bit rate. What are they? What values should I preset?