Black screen on AVIs in WMP11 - RemotelyAnywhere codec being used - help!

[Iceblade]

Hey guys.

I have a ton of MJPEG encoded AVI files from my old Canon digital camera that I want to watch on Win XP, SP3 using WMP11. I recently installed a remote access program called Remotely Anywhere on my PC here, as well. I used to be able to watch these AVI files, but now it appears that Windows is trying to use the Remotely Anywhere Video Decoder to play these back and is failing miserably. Other than uninstalling RemotelyAnywhere, which I can't do. Is there anything else I can do to force Windows to use the old, built in, codecs it used to use (quartz.dll, I believe) to play back these files instead of the non-working RA one?

Thanks,
Jeff

[Baldrick]

Try disable the directshow remote anywhere decoder using for example Codec Tweak Tool, choose to manage the installed directshow filters and see if you can disable it. Or choose Manage preffered source filters and see what it says.

Example:

[Iceblade]

Baldrick,

Thank you for the help. This was one of the first things I tried, but for some insane reason, the Remotely Anywhere codecs do not show up in the Tweak tool. I will attempt to show a screen grab of what I see in the properties for the file, and then the associated Tweak Tool list in a couple minutes. Thanks.

[Iceblade]

Here's what I see in the properties for the AVI file I am trying to play:

[Iceblade]

I'm not sure what good it will do to post the Codec Tweak output that just doesn't show this codec at all, so I won't do that unless you think it's helpful.

[jagabo]

You could try Radlight Filter Manager, FilMerit, or GSpot.

[Iceblade]

I've got FilMerit and GSpot, but my brief tweaks using those yielded no change. If I post screen shots of what those are showing me right now, could you give me pointers as to what I should be changing?

Thanks,
Jeff

[jagabo]

I've got FilMerit and GSpot, but my brief tweaks using those yielded no change. If I post screen shots of what those are showing me right now, could you give me pointers as to what I should be changing?

I'll try. But it should be as simple as changing the merit of the codec in question. In GSpot's Sytem -> List Codecs... tool right click on the codec and select Set Filter Merit.

[Iceblade]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again...

YOU GUYS ROCK!

Changing the merit as you instructed fixed it (after a couple reboots). Now I can play back all the vids that used to be black screens. My parents and I thank you for enabling us to see the grandkids again.


Thanks again, guys!

Regards,
Jeff