video length error

[friar55]

ok...im downloading a file....its about 30 mins....it says in avicodec that it is mpg1(vcd) but when i go to play it its only about 50 seconds then it freezes like its done but continues like a slideshow instead of movie....however if i move the status bar (wmplayer) you can see the rest but its choppy....anyone have any idea what the problem is? (codec,wmp,etc)

thanks

[Baldrick]

try repair it with tmpgenc, (re) multiplex it:
www.videohelp.com/faq#repairmpg

[friar55]

ive tried to repair it with mpeg corrector, demux it with tmpeg.....nothing....i was reading up on the problem...i think it may be the video card (ati) interfering with the media player/file......seems to be that its just a bunch of files put together in a certaian way.....anyone had this prob?
im on xp pro with wmp9 if that helps

thanks again

[Mos22]

I've had the same problem. MPEG1 files that I know are atleast serveral minutes long all playback like they are only about a minute or so in length, after which the movie just stops. If you drag the time slider around you can jump to later parts but never really extend the clip. I don't have a great solution but I do have several extra observations and one work around.

Observations:
- It doesn't happen to all my .mpg files. But it did with all the ones that I merged from several individual clips using a simple merging utitlity or that I suspect might have once been individual clips.
- I've tried viewing with the latest versions of RealOne Player, Windows Media Player, and Quicktime. It makes no difference. Same problem in each one.
- I used the DXMan utitlity to look at my codecs. The file listed for most of the MPEG functions and the MPEG video decoder was called quartz.dll. When I do Properties->About on the video decoder line I get a window telling me it is the Microsoft MPEG Video Decoder - version 2.0. From 1997. Has Microsoft ever updated the thing?

The work around:
I can play all my screwed up MPEGs at their expected length using the Cyberlink PowerDVD software. Basicly you do Select Source->Open Media files. I imagine it must override whatever codecs are on the PC with its own customized drivers. Its nice to have this work around but I'd still prefer a real fix.

[stk]

same problem here..
for me, it happen after I install my adobe products (premiere, after effects) my guess
it replace the winxp default mpg1 decoder

any ideas?

[State Of Mind]

Broken MPEG. Ulead VideoStudio's SmartRendering feature will fix these and show you what your MPEGs really are.

[stk]

its not broken it plays fine in others computers...

[deckard8]

You could try the 'fix mpeg errors' function in VcdGear.

[stk]

ts not broken it plays fine in others computers...

[stk]

it's a codec conflict

[stk]

*burp*