trying to play an 'avi' file on windows media player?? help!- UPDATE NEW PROBLEM :(

turbobob

Ah yes, I see now. This program goes a bit further in that it tests that the file is not corrupted and can test the codecs are configured correctly. In the picture below I've highlighted the buttons used to test the codecs. Click the "vid" ones in order (1,2, 3!)

turbobob

lizzielondon wrote: »

ok here's the link to the screenshot

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2dca0m1&s=6

Our posts crossed! OK your video file is corrupted and it will not play. It's not a codec issue. Note it says "347mb are missing" in the Container section, that means a fairly large section of the file did not download. Your only option is to try to re-download the file

lizzielondon

[IMG]file:///C:/Users/Home/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.png[/IMG]thank you so much for your help

i've pressed 1 then 2 but 3 isn't clickable?

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=keglug&s=6

spike7451

lizzielondon wrote: »

right ok now it opens in media player classic- says it's about to play but then pauses itself with the cursor that moves across as time goes on right at the end- pressing play doesn't do anything and moving the timing cursor thing doesn't work either- although it does say the longer time??

The file is currupt & has'nt downloaded fully.

edit,beaten to it....

lizzielondon

right ok cool well thank you so much for your help! i really appreciate it!

Donnie

lizzielondon wrote: »

no it's not via torrent - download is complete- i've run a malware scan all good

right ok i've unistalled all and kept the k-lite one

so now i should unistall and get the xvid one again

and in theory... once i have this ...then what? i just try and play it again?

Clearly not. Once you've actually completed the download you only need the XviD CoDec as I indicated.

KillerWatt

Donnie wrote: »

What are you talking? XviD CoDec will play both DivX and MPEG-4 video. I don't know about Cinepak...but what are the chances?

DivX and XviD are two completely different compression utilities, if they were the same then our DVD player that can handle DivX would also play XviD's (and I can assure you it doesn't).

Don't take my word for it though, PM your mail addy and I'll quite happily send you an MPEG-4 video that neither the XviD nor DivX codec will touch if you want actual proof.

Donnie

KillerWatt wrote: »

DivX and XviD are two completely different compression utilities, if they were the same then our DVD player that can handle DivX would also play XviD's (and I can assure you it doesn't).

Don't take my word for it though, PM your mail addy and I'll quite happily send you an MPEG-4 video that neither the XviD nor DivX codec will touch if you want actual proof.

You don't need to do so...I understand the protocols. It is also why I knew XviD was needed in this case.

In general, most films are encoded with XviD or H-264 and sometimes in a MKV container. But by the size of the file and the error message my best guess was XviD.

Always default to installing as little as possible. A CoDec pack only if it is necessary, as it can conflict with CoDecs already installed on a PC.

Even if you were unsure, a cursory check with MediaInfo or G-Spot would have made it clear. In any case, I was sure it was the XviD CoDec.


Also what I wrote was that the XviD CoDec would play DivX video. In any case, not many people use the DivX CoDec to encode as they would have to pay to do so.
I refuse to install that Bloatware on any of my machines.

bat999

The whole file wasn't there.
That's why VLC wouldn't play it all.
And WMP wouldn't even look at it, no matter what codecs were installed.
We can put it to bed now.

Donnie

bat999 wrote: »

The whole file wasn't there.
That's why VLC wouldn't play it all.
And WMP wouldn't even look at it, no matter what codecs were installed.
We can put it to bed now.

I covered that in post #26.