mp4 files won't play in anything I have

[ibzomie]

I have a couple of downloaded-from-newsgroups mp4 files that won't play.

I opened them into GSpot and got the following info.

The path and the size.

Under CONTAINER was this: File type 3GPP Media (.3GP)(MP4 compat.) Mime type: video/mp4.

Under the VIDEO heading, and then under the STAT subheading was this: READY (181 codecs installed.

Under PROPOSED CODEC SOLUTIONS AND TESTS, and then under MS, A/V, the number one was highlighted in blue. Clicking on it resulted in this: Rendering failed. Following is the error reported by DirectShow: 0x80040218: No combination of filters could be found to render the stream.

Are these files playable? Or are they corrupted somehow?

Thanks for the time.

[Baldrick]

tried vlc?

[Bjs]

Try converting them to other using super ... super has codecs built internally ... if it fail's , then there's a problem .

[PuzZLeR]

I agree. VideoLAN VLC is great! It can play MPEG, DivX and even H.264. It even plays files that the encoder itself can't playback!