Possibility to convert videos into SMV using Linux?

Possibility to convert videos into SMV using Linux?

kentl

Member #2,905

November 2002

http://www.allegro.cc/files/attachment/591736
I bought a portable media player from the Swedish firm Clas Ohlsson.

The brand of the player isn't advertised but after some googling on the model number it turns out to be a Lazer MP715SF. The only information I've found about the player is on this ~~Russian~~ Hungarian web page which I can't understand.

I do know that the player wants its video files in the Sigmatel Video (SMV) file format. I got a crappy converter program for Windows with the player which gets the job done even though it has a broken GUI:
http://www.allegro.cc/files/attachment/591737

I've searched the Internet for a way to convert files into SMV using Linux without any luck. I've even mailed Sigmatel about this issue without getting a response. Altought I'm skeptical I thought it could be worth asking here as well due the large number of Linux users in this forum.

Have you got any ideas? I'll try if the converter works in Wine but first and foremost I would like a command line tool to do these conversions. As SMV seems to be a closed source proprietary file format I'm not holding my breath for a viable solution.

A side note: I bought this player as it was cheap (only 599 SEK, ~86$) and still provided 2GB of space. Its primary usage is to play MP3 files but as the SMV files actually are viewable it would be nice to convert using Linux as well, if it's at all possible.

bamccaig

Member #7,536

July 2006

I did some searches, but came up empty... There are a few cold links, but they all lead to Windows software. If you already have something for Windows that doesn't help any. Linux doesn't seem to know of .SMV audio/video files yet. Or perhaps the open source community is against them and doesn't bother providing support. They seem to be rare. I would take the player back and get a real one.

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gnolam

Member #2,030

March 2002

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The only information I've found about the player is on this Russian web page

Hungarian.
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(But unfortunately, I don't have an answer to your question)

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kentl

Member #2,905

November 2002

Yeah I guess I'm screwed. The player is still cheap enough for me to keep it. But it's yet another dependency on Windows and I'm trying to cut down on those.

There is a dll called SMV.dll which is described as the "SMV Format Library". I guess it's responsible for encoding output into SMV from the decoded input... It'll probably get me nowhere though.

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Hungarian

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mlitty

Member #8,513

April 2007

Hi,
This must be a generic player. I have a 1GB version with the same specs that has been branded "Nextar" and has a version MA715. It came with some software for Windows that converts to smv, supposedly. I'm not sure how well it works because I'm also a linux user and I don't want to convert badly enough to boot to windows. =) I'm still looking for a linux solution.

You may want to search for the nextar model, or even their site for relevent downloads. I suspect that there's a generic manufacturer somewhere and this thing just gets rebranded by whoever buys it. Mine looks exactly like yours but for the "nextar" name printed on mine below the screen.

If you find a solution, please post back here with links. I'll do the same.

Thanks and good luck.

~mlitty

Michael Faerber

Member #4,800

July 2004

As a last resort, you could try Wine.

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