Contents:

1. What does this program do?
2. Background information
3. How to use it?
4. Keyboard shortcuts
5. Translations
6. Other information
7. Contact

MPxConverter is a free, open source program that acts as a graphical interface for the AMV-Codec-Tools project, a special FFMpeg build that contains AMV (Advanced Media Video) encoding possibilities. The main features of this program are open source, portable code, speed, and compatibility with many video formats. This new implementation can work for Actions and Sunplus hardware players. It has been tested on Actions ATJ2093H and Sunplus SPMP3052 players.

In order to keep the size small and the code portable, MPxConverter was written in PureBasic 4 (www.purebasic.com). The code can be compiled on both Win32 and Linux in unmodified form (no platform specific changes are needed). The FFMpeg executable is compiled from the the AMV-Codec-Tools repository. There is no difference between the Windows and Linux FFMpeg build, other than the versions of the libraries used (libfaad, libxvid, libmp3lame). On Windows, the compilation was done with the "--enable-memalign-hack" flag. For the Linux build, you need to install the following packages: libfaad, libxvid, libmp3lame and libgtk2.0+.

The interface was created for conversion with minimal efforts. Here's how to convert a file:

• Run the program
• Press the add button on the toolbar (or select Add video from the file menu) to add one or more files.
• In the dialog that appears, press "Browse" to choose the input files
• Choose an output path (for example desktop) but never the player itself!
• Choose the player model, the resolution, FPS, quality. If you have problems (e.g choppy playback) make sure to lower the quality/FPS. Press Add, then Close.
• You can use the move up/down buttons to arrange the video conversion order (if you have added more than one file)
• After the conversion ends you can close the main window to quit the program

You can also add files by dragging and dropping them on the list. A dialog will be shown where you can tweak the conversion options.

Note that some files may not convert well. If you have such problems, you can activate the logging function in settings and try to convert again. MPxConverter will then write down in the log file all the actions and the problem can be tracked down with ease. Send the respective log file in an archive to me and i'll try to find a fix.

Ctrl + O - Open a previously saved conversion list
Ctrl + S - Save all the contents of the conversion list to a file
Ctrl + A - Add a video file to the list
Ctrl + R, Delete - Remove a video from the list
F1 - Open this file

Like it's predecessor, MPxConverter supports multiple languages. The information is stored in INI files, in ASCII format. If you want to translate the program, please make sure to check MPxConverter's page on the internet to see if it wasn't already translated. See the 7-th section of this document for contact information. If you downloaded a language file and you want to install it, just copy the INI file in the Localization folder. Then you will be able to see it in the settings dialog. Just select it, press OK and the settings will be memorised.

MPxConverter is (c) 2008-2009 Alexandru Trutia, Bytessence software. All rights reserved. All trademarks including but not limited to Windows, Microsoft, NT, Intel, IBM, Internet Explorer are used for identification purposes only and are the property of their respective owners. MPxConverter is licensed under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (v3).

Support e-mail: support@bytessence.com
Website: www.bytessence.com