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Help for getting info on avi's
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nscowboy
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12. January 2010 @ 11:48 |
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I'm an "Old" rookie at all this, hope you guys don't think I'm an idiot, but I use to be able to get the information on an avi by clicking on properties and summary. It use to give me the size, height & width etc, I had to reformat and now all the summary gives me is a big blob. I get "Summary properties are unavailable for the selected source(s)." how do I get the information back in there?
Thanks for putting up with me.
Bill
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12. January 2010 @ 13:49 |
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Summary only works on certain formats.
Are you talking about a format that worked previously but no longer
works?
Does the file play OK in Windows Media Player ?
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nscowboy
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12. January 2010 @ 17:25 |
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Yes it worked on the very same file, and as far as I remember it worked on just about all formats, and yes it does play in windows media player.
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12. January 2010 @ 17:34 |
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Make sure shmedia.dll is regsistered.
Issue this command from a CMD box.
regsvr32 \windows\system32\shmedia.dll
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nscowboy
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12. January 2010 @ 19:08 |
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Its says can't be found?? Where do I find it or where do I get it??
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12. January 2010 @ 19:50 |
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Oops - my bad,
looks like the Shmedia.dll trick only applies to XP.
There's probably an equivalent in the newer OS's, but
I don't know what it is.
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nscowboy
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12. January 2010 @ 20:25 |
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Sorry, should have said I've got windows XP home edition.
Bill
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12. January 2010 @ 22:46 |
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Then you should have this file and it should be registered as I
mentioned.
Use the CMD prompt to look for it.
Type CD \ (press enter)
DIR /S shmedia.dll (press enter)
Did it find it? If not try it this way:
DIR /S /AH shmedia.dll (press enter)
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nscowboy
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13. January 2010 @ 08:21 |
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Didn't find it.
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13. January 2010 @ 09:29 |
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From the command prompt,type:
cd\
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dir shmedia.dll /s
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nscowboy
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13. January 2010 @ 09:59 |
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If I knew how to enclose an attachment I could show you what I got.
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13. January 2010 @ 13:27 |
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The way to post an image attachement is to first upload the
image to a hosting site such as imageshack.us
Get the forum URL from imageshack and put it in your post.
One command to try, is SFC /SCANNOW this checks your whole system for
missing files and replaces anything it finds wrong.
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nscowboy
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13. January 2010 @ 15:46 |
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Run that had to put the XP disc in and it took over two hours. I tried those CMD's again and the summary is still the same.
Bill
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13. January 2010 @ 16:45 |
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Did you retry the regsvr32 command as mentioned earlier ?
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nscowboy
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13. January 2010 @ 17:38 |
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Yes
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13. January 2010 @ 19:48 |
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Did it actually say the file was registered or did it say
it wasn't found ?
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nscowboy
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14. January 2010 @ 15:26 |
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I just tried it again and said it succeded.
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14. January 2010 @ 17:24 |
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Is the properties summary working now?
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nscowboy
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14. January 2010 @ 18:04 |
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No same as it was
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14. January 2010 @ 18:56 |
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The registry entry should be as shown in the pic for Properties/Summary tab to show the info.
You can copy the lines between the dashes and save it from Notepad as test.reg
Right click on the .reg file and 'merge'.
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler]
@="{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}"
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nscowboy
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14. January 2010 @ 18:58 |
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How or where do I get the registry editor?
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nscowboy
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14. January 2010 @ 19:18 |
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Mine shows that but with a different number
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AfterDawn Addict
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14. January 2010 @ 19:25 |
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It's easy to mess up the registry - so to be safe you can create a restore point first.
Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore
and create a restore point.
Then to examine the registry:
Click 'Start' > 'Run'
Type "regedit" (without the "")and browse through the entries exactly as shown below.
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.avi\shellex\PropertyHandler
The value shown inside PropertyHandler should be as shown earlier.
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nscowboy
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14. January 2010 @ 23:04 |
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Yes I got it up and it looked just like the sample except different number.
Bill
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15. January 2010 @ 06:06 |
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In my case, if the number is different, the properties are empty.
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