Has anyone tried using latest version of ffmpeg with Winff?

[CodecNotInstalled]

I've noticed that the ffmpeg version used with Winff v.42 is still the one issued on May 13, 2007.   I can't tell the version number unless I go to the ffmpeg download site.   For some reason, the version number isn't located in the properties menu.

If I upgrade to the most recent build, will I have problems?

Here v 14277 is the most recent:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=205275

while 14265 is the most recent on the mirror site:

http://ffdshow.faireal.net/mirror/ffmpeg/

Is the release contained in the Winff.exe the latest stable release?

[BiggMatt]

the version included in the windows installer is 9017. It is a very very stable version.

if you use a newer version you will have to change the names of the codecs in some presets. Like for example mp3 becomes libmp3lame and h264 becomes libx264

[rb]

another reason to *not* use the latest version of ffmpeg.exe is that it can't do the 3gp conversion. Well, at least all my efforts failed. I reverted to the ffmpeg.exe version supplied with winff and 3gp's could once more be converted [I get students to bring in their video taken on their mob. phones]

[patung]

I just downloaded and installed WinFF and tried to convert .3gp files but no luck, whichever format I choose for the output doesn't work, here are the messages:

Code:

chcp 1252
title Converting sarah-spin-wheel-scream.3gp (1/1)
"C:\Program Files\WinFF\ffmpeg.exe" -i "C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\videos\004-july\sarah-spin-wheel-scream.3gp" -f avi -acodec libmp3lame -vcodec msmpeg4v2 -ab 192 "C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\sarah-spin-wheel-scream.avi"
pause
del "C:\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data\Winff\ff081104034129.bat"

Code:

C:\Program Files\WinFF>chcp 1252
Active code page: 1252

C:\Program Files\WinFF>title Converting sarah-spin-wheel-scream.3gp (1/1)

C:\Program Files\WinFF>"C:\Program Files\WinFF\ffmpeg.exe" -i "C:\Documents and
Settings\User\My Documents\videos\004-july\sarah-spin-wheel-scream.3gp" -f avi -
acodec libmp3lame -vcodec msmpeg4v2 -ab 192 "C:\Documents and Settings\User\My D
ocuments\sarah-spin-wheel-scream.avi"
FFmpeg version SVN-r13712, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --enable-avisynth --enable-libxvid --ena
ble-libx264 --enable-libgsm --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-liba52 --
enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-pthreads --enab
le-swscale --enable-gpl
  libavutil version: 49.7.0
  libavcodec version: 51.57.2
  libavformat version: 52.14.0
  libavdevice version: 52.0.0
  built on Jun  8 2008 21:33:14, gcc: 4.2.3
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\videos\004-july\sarah-spin-wheel-scream.3gp':
  Duration: 00:00:54.88, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2074 kb/s
    Stream #0.0(eng): Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 640x480 [PAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 1000.00
tb(r)
    Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: samr / 0x726D6173, 8000 Hz, mono
WARNING: The bitrate parameter is set too low. It takes bits/s as argument, not
kbits/s
Output #0, avi, to 'C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\sarah-spin-wheel
-scream.avi':
    Stream #0.0(eng): Video: msmpeg4v2, yuv420p, 640x480 [PAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], q=2-
31, 200 kb/s, 1000.00 tb(c)
    Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: libmp3lame, 8000 Hz, mono, 0 kb/s
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
  Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
Unsupported codec (id=73728) for input stream #0.1

C:\Program Files\WinFF>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

Also when I use the WinFF Player for .3gp there is no audio.

[BiggMatt]

ffmpeg removed the amr codec for legal reasons, o i did too. Try the 3g2 format.

[bryanboova]

Hey Matt,

Are you able to elaborate any more on the legal reasons they removed the codec? I couldn't find much in the FFMPEG forums.

Should I not use an older ffmpeg version that still has the amr codec  on a live site?

Also not really sure what you meant by using the 3g2 format, as I'm getting the same audio codec error in the newer versions as I get when I try to go 3GP to MP4.

Much obliged.

[BiggMatt]

i'm not really sure, the just did.

[Kingfisher]

Perhaps not relevant here, as ffmpeg from svn. Hadn't built x264 and ffmpeg for about 5 weeks, noticed in this afternoons build (ffmpeg_4:SVN-r23788-1_i386) removed libfaad-dev from the Dependencies (nice to see fewer external libraries needed - removed the --enable-libfaad option from ffmpeg ./configure). Not needed any more because FFmpeg's native AAC decoder now supports all features of AAC.

None of the winff presets I tried would work, main reason appeared to be the b in kb no longer recognised, edited a few presets to k and they were fine, convert to 3gp needed ffmpeg preset.