can't play avi file

[Johnny-Walker]

I have an avi-file and no Mediaplayer (Windows Media Player, DivX Player, ..) can't play it properly.
I believe the header might be damaged, however I can not rewrite it because "divfix" and also "Avi Fixed" says that this is not an avi-file.

I have opened the file in a hex editor and found out, that the last 30 MB consists only from "00" - i've tried out and delete these part and astonishingly now i can play it, but VirtualDub can't still open it.

What is written in the last part of an avi-file and how can i reconstruct this?
It is also enough when i can get the video- and aufiosample out of the file for constucting a new avi-file.

PS: If it helps somebody:
GSpot says, that following codecs are used:
video: DivX 5.0
Audio: ogg_vorbis_1 (0x674f) Ogg Vorbis

[bugster]

It won't open in virtualdub you say. On vdubs file open dialog box is a much overlooked tick box labelled 'popup extended open options'. This gives a number of different options for vdub to use when attempting to open the file. Some of them do take quite a while to run but one of them might fix your avi. If you havn't already, give it a try.

[Johnny-Walker]

I've tried your advice yet, but there comes no popup window.

VirtualDub says "Can't determine filetype of ..." - It makes no different wheter the option is selected or not.

[bugster]

Oh well, it was worth a try (when your stuck, almost anything is worth a try!!). Sorry I can't think of anything else, hopefully some one else can come up with something

[Tommyknocker]

I saw the window, what version are you using?

[Johnny-Walker]

@ Tommyknocker

"VirtualDub 1.5.4" and "VirtualDub 1.5.4 Mpeg2 ac3"
But i think the version isn't the problem, because I get the window too, when i open another avi-file.
Probably VirtualDub gives the Error-response before it popups the window.


Maybe anyone knows another way to get out the video- and audiosample of the avi-file that I can test.

[Tommyknocker]

Lots of ways. TMPGenc, AviSynth, Video Studio trial ware. I could go on...

[Johnny-Walker]

I've got errors in VirtualDub, TMPGenc, XMPeg, Nandub.
As far as i saw is AviSynth only a mediator between program and avi-File. And Video Studio is much to big for me.

While searching this tools i've seen sometimes a word: "frameserver"
Can i use some frameserver-application for reencode the video and audio (because viewing in Windows MediaPlayer is possible)

[Tommyknocker]

If you could open a file in e.g. Virtual Dub, you could frameserve it to TMPGEnc. How big is this AVI file, and where did you get it?

[Johnny-Walker]

from Tommyknocker
If you could open a file in e.g. Virtual Dub, you could frameserve it to TMPGEnc.

Mean that, that i can only frameserve a video that i can edit?
I hoped, that i can frameserve any video that i can watch. - But i must admit, that ive no idea from frameserving.

@ Tommyknocker
It is a 780 MB File from the internet.

[Tommyknocker]

Once you get it into TMPGEnc, Virtual Dub, or Video Studio, you can save it to a video you can watch.

[Johnny-Walker]

I think i've found the solution.
VirtualDub Mod can astonishingly hande the damaged file !!

I think there should no longer any problem repairing the file

PS:
thanks to anybody for trying help solving my problem