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Choppy Flip MinoHD playback when not using Flip software
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drsmartz
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Post Posted: May 24, 2009 15:54 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I've got the Flip MinoHD and am having trouble playing back the videos outside the FlipShare software.

What does work: Using the FlipShare software, the videos play back smoothly both from the camera when it is plugged into the USB port, and also from the "Computer" folder within the FlipShare software. Works great in the small window, and also full screen.

What does not work: when I go to My Documents\My Videos\FlipShare Data\Videos and open the files using Windows Media Player 11 and Winamp, the videos won't play. WMP tries to acquire a codec each time I open the video files; it can play the audio, but the video never plays back. When I open in Winamp, the video does not play at all. When I open the videos with Quicktime, the video does appear and play back, but the video and audio is quite choppy (unwatchable).

I have tried to reinstall the 3ivx software but this did not fix the problem. I don't think this is a hardware limitation (could be wrong) just because the FlipShare software does work well, even over the USB. Any ideas?

drsmartz
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Post Posted: May 25, 2009 22:47 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
An update: I have since tried using VLC by VideoLAN and actually the Flip MP4 videos play quite smoothly with that software.

Michael Roger
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Post Posted: May 27, 2009 22:00 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
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jagabo
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Post Posted: May 27, 2009 22:26 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Quicktime player in Windows is a piece of crap. VLC uses its own built in decoders. WMP is telling you you don't have a DirectShow decoder for the video. Open one of your files with GSpot or MediaInfo to determine what video decoder you need. I think you need an h.264 decoder. Try ffdshow.

Persistence
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Post Posted: Jun 04, 2009 08:27 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
GSpot or MediaInfo appear to date from early 2007. Would either guide one to the player or codecs necessary for smooth playback of 60p video, such as that shot in 1280x720 AVCHD by the Panasonic GH1 or ZS1? My impression is that playback in the generic VLC is not optimum and in WMP is downright crummy, even with a good graphics card.

jagabo
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Post Posted: Jun 04, 2009 10:20 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
A 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo is fine for software h.264 decoding if you are using a multithreaded decoder (recent ffdshow, CoreAVC Pro, recent MPCHC's built in h.264 decoder). I think VLC's h.264 decoder is still single threaded.

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