Captured Videos Issue

[Equarter]

I have a chinese 3.5 HDD recorder. The recorded videos are playable on my PC, but when I open these videos with VirtualDub i got squares and all sort of noise on them as seen in this picture


Please help



regards

[Baldrick]

Please give us MORE information,
What video and audio codec? Identify using mediainfo.
What container? wmv,asf,avi,mp4,etc


And try open them in avidemux.

[Equarter]

Sorry

This is the mediainfo text

thanks

General
Complete name : I:\MOVIE\AVI00020.AVI
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 1.98 GiB
Duration : 42mn 54s
Overall bit rate : 6 603 Kbps

Video
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Main@L3
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 42mn 54s
Bit rate : 6 465 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4/3
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Standard : PAL
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.624
Stream size : 1.94 GiB (98%)
Writing library : XviD 1.0.0 RC2 (Jambo) (UTC 2004-02-01)

Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Codec ID : 50
Codec ID/Hint : MP1
Duration : 42mn 54s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 39.3 MiB (2%)
Alignment : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration : 40 ms (1.00 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 150 ms

[Baldrick]

And did you try open it in avidemux? Same problem?

[jagabo]

Update Xvid codec. Try a different MPEG4 decoder -- Divx codec, ffdshow...

[Equarter]

I opened it with avidemux and is working fine. but it asked me to rebuild index eveytime I open a file. I also notices that it's not as powerfull is VIrtualDub, as it seems to be halting and crashing. is there a way I can use the file with VirtualDub.

regards

[Equarter]

Update Xvid codec. Try a different MPEG4 decoder -- Divx codec, ffdshow...

I actually have both of these installed, is it possible to have these conflicting and causing this problem?

[Baldrick]

Disable xvid decoding in ffdshow(under video decoder configuration->codecs and set xvid to disabled) and then reinstall latest xvid codec.

[Equarter]

Disable xvid decoding in ffdshow(under video decoder configuration->codecs and set xvid to disabled) and then reinstall latest xvid codec.

I did this but it didn't solve the issue. I unistalled xvid and the file did open with VirtualDub. My favorite codec is xvid, does this mean I can not use xvid?

I appretiate your help.

[Baldrick]

Using latest virtualdub 1.8.6 ?

[Equarter]

I just downloaded virtualdub 1.8.6 and re-installed latest Xvid and the problem came back.

what to do?

[jagabo]

Looks like your HDD recorder's MPEG4.2 encoder is incompatible with Xvid's decoder. Set ffdshow's MPEG4.2 decoder at a higher priority than Xvid's.

[Equarter]

how can this be done?

this is a video sample of my problem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUvJINs8ymc

[Equarter]

Update!

I can open the videos now with no problem,

I had to go to ffdshow/VFW configuration/ decoder and set xvid to libavcodec, it worked fine.

when I re-installed xvid because I need it to compress some files, the problem came back.

any advice?

regards

[jagabo]

Install Xvid before installing ffdshow. Or use a filter manager to de-prioritize xvid. Radlight Filter Manager, Filmerit, etc.

[Equarter]

I have installed both manages and tried to reduce the merit of the Xvid DirectShow filter,

The issue still exist.

[jagabo]

I have installed both manages and tried to reduce the merit of the Xvid DirectShow filter,

The issue still exist.

Did you reboot? You have to reboot before the new merit becomes effective.

[Equarter]

I tried the reboot, but it didn't work

I used filerit, DirectShow Filters, Xvid MPEG-4 Video Decoder and set the merit to 00200000 Don't Use.

am I doing it right?

thanks

[jagabo]

Sorry, I forgot you are having problems in VirtualDub. That uses VFW filters, not DirectShow filters. So changing the priority in DirectShow (via filter managers) won't make any difference. The only way I know to set the order in VFW is by installation order -- the last one installed is the one that's used. I would uninstall both Xvid and ffdshow. Then install Xvid and install ffdshow. Make sure you enable ffdshow's xvid decoder via its VFW Configuration option.