Editing Avi header file and playing time.

[Abrus]

Is there a program you can use to edit avi header file?

I have some xvid avis that are c. 4 hours long but the header file says they are just 2h 45 min. I can watch the whole thing with VLC but if I transport the file to Zen Vision:M, I can only see the first 2h45min that the header file shows.

Is there a way the edit the header file to match the true lenght of the movie? Reconverting doesn't work because all the programs I have used (Mediacoder, TMPGenc, WinAVI) copy the header information as is, and don't correct it.

[Soopafresh]

Try reindexing the file with mencoder like this

mencoder -O "output.avi" -forceidx -oac copy -ovc copy "input.avi"

I'm guessing your file is over 2GB in size and your portable player can't handle it. If it still doesn't work after reindexing, you'll have to split the file into 2 parts.

[Abrus]

The files are about 1.3GB long and cutting won't help. But mencoder did help. Not quite like proposed but if I reconvert the file twice, fist the 2h45min and then on the other round the rest of the file, then I get the file right. Thanks.