VLC HowTo/Play on Zune
| This page describes how to make your Video Files playable on a Zune. | Other "how to" pages |
To play on this device, the file you copy to it needs to be of the correct format. This format is summarized below:
| Video Codec | wmv2 (WMV), wmv3 (WMV) |
| Audio Codec | wma (wma) |
| Container | avi (AVI), asf (ASF) |
| Size | 320x240, 320x180 |
To make the video the correct size, you can edit the preferences, or run vlc from a command prompt.
CLI Example
This is based on the cmd file from iPod. Don't forget to point %outdir% to your target directory. This will handle drag-and-drop batch conversion.
@REM Remove the quotes from %1 variable for vlc paramters
@SET infile=%1
@SET infile=%infile:"=%
@REM Strip directory paths from %1 ...
@FOR /F "delims=" %%i in ("%infile%") do SET filename=%%~ni
@SET outdir=e:\transcodes\
@SET outfile=%outdir%%filename%.wmv
"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" -vvv "%infile%" :sout="#transcode{width=320, canvas-height=240, vcodec=WMV3, vb=768, acodec=WMA, ab=128, channels=2}:standard{access=file,mux=asf,url=%outfile%}" vlc:quit
You have to attach the two last lines, they are separated for presentation purpose
This is a script to batch process all files of a certain type in the folder in is placed in to be compatible with the Zune.
for %%a in (*.mpg) do "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" -I dummy -vvv "C:\<output_folder>\%%a" :sout="#transcode{width=320, canvas-height=240, vcodec=WMV3, vb=1024, acodec=wma, ab=128, channels=2}:standard{access=file,mux=asf,dst=C:\<output_folder>\%%a.wmv}" vlc:quitThis will look for all .MPG files in a folder. You can change this to search for any type of file.
You need to change <output_folder> and/or the drive in both locations to where the output files will go.
