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drcig
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28. June 2009 @ 17:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Running windows vista basic Codec error use windows media player
Have the latest version of VLC,Divx,media player classic, Essentials codec pack,Satsuki decoder pack, and Klite.
Nothing seems to play this file. Next I installed avicodec to analyze the file.

File : 686 MB (2.85 MB), duration: 0:00:19, type: ASF, 1 audio stream(s), quality: 48 %

Video : 2.56 MB, 1131 Kbps, 19.684 fps, 640*480 (4:3), WMV3 = Windows Media Video 9, Not checked

Audio : 296 KB, 128 Kbps, 44100 Hz, 2 channels, 0x161 = Windows Media Audio 9, Not checked

Then I checked the properties of the avi and it says its an avi file.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated
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28. June 2009 @ 22:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Just a guess but having more than one version of a codec can cause a conflict. KLite is an excellent codec pack so unstall all other's including DIVX. The KLite install give's the option of Media Player Classic (is that how you got it or do you have two) and GSpot which examine's your avi and will tell you which codec was used and if you have it. What version of KLite, Full and Mega should play any avi, so should VLC? WMP isn't very good, VLC or MPC are. I'd almost uninstall them all and start over.
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28. June 2009 @ 23:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
asf files can be a real pain.. it's just a container for a variety of weird codecs. M2S4 is quite common.. vlc should play that. If it's been made by a mini-dv camera the best place to start is usually the manufacturers site.. if it's from somewhere else it could be a wrapper for some malware and doesn't have a proper index.. only 19 seconds for that filesize is very very suspicious.
Try gspot on it and see what it's really made of.

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drcig
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30. June 2009 @ 19:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I opened up the video file with Gspot v2.7a and here is what I read.

File Type: ASF (.WMA/.WMV)
Mime Type: video/x-ms-asf
Note: 887 MB unneeded bytes at end of file
Sys Bitrate: 3348 kb/s
Created: 2009 Jun 23 09:22:57

Aud:DeviceConformanceTemplate:L3
Vid:DeviceConformanceTemplate:AP@L2
Aud:Windows Media Audio 9.2
Aud:320 kbps, 44 kHz, stereo (A/V) 1-pass CBR
Vid:Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile

Codec: WVC1 VC-1 Adv (WMP11)

Status: Codec named undetermined.

- - Type DMO
- - Function Decoder
DSH 4CC FmtTag: 0x0160
DSH Friendly Name WMAudio Decoder DMO
DSH DirectShow CLSID {2EEB4ADF-4578-4D10-BCA7-BB955F56320A}
FIL File Description Windows Media Audio Decoder
FIL Company Name Microsoft Corporation
FIL File Version 11.0.6001.7000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840)
FIL Internal Name wmadmod.dll
FIL Legal Copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
FIL Original Filename wmadmod.dll
FIL Product Name Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
FIL Product Version 11.0.6001.7000
REG Driver File C:\Windows\System32\WMADMOD.DLL
REG Merit 0x00800800

Any idea what all this means??
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30. June 2009 @ 19:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
vc-1 is I believe a M$ patent HD codec .. cccp codec pack should have something to deal with it.. I would try x264 .. but it's a bad file by the looks of all those MB's of bad data at the end.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VC-1
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