Restore a hidden video stream?!

[Hari Seldon]

Hi.

I've got a 189 Meg AVI that only shows a 55 sec "ad" for some get rich quick book and then stops. (This happens in any player or editor I try.) I'm assuming the wanted video is after the ad. Does anyone know how I can remove the ad and view the rest of the file?

Someone in the Virtual Dub Forum said it was multiple, back-to-back video streams and that AVIEdit (from Microsoft's old Win32 VFW SDK) could separate them. The only AVIEdit I could find is by Alexander Milukov. I don't think it has any relationship to Microsoft's AVIEdit--and I couldn't find how to split the 2 streams with it--if that's what I have...

This is my current Quest! Any help will be appreciated!

Thanks, Hari.

[ZippyP.]

I'm assuming the wanted video is after the ad.

I think you're assuming too much! Looks like you got one of the bogus files that are floating around. D/L'd from the net I would guess?

[lechtin]

A DV capture of 55 sec yields about 190-200 megs. I agree with Zippy and would not assume that your video includes anything more than what you have seen.

You probably should double-check your sources...

[Hari Seldon]

Yeah, downloaded. So you think the rest of it is... what, junk?

Thanks for your help,

Hari.

[Craig Tucker]

If you open the file im media player what does it show the playtime as ?

[Hari Seldon]

If you open the file im media player what does it show the playtime as ?

55 secs

Hari.

[negon]

I'm guessing you downloaded it from kazaa or something, looks as if you got screwed by someone who just put their ad on a huge file and renamed it.

[Hari Seldon]

...looks as if you got screwed by someone ...

Yes, and it didn't even feel that good...

I guess I'll go do something else with my life...

Thanks again,

Hari.