and when AVIcodec fails...?

[bizt_uk]

Hi,

I am having trouble finding a codec for a file. I have been using AVI codec and the video codec that it suggests doesnt run the file, only the audio plays. When I open it in WMP it tries to locate the codec then fails.

Has anybody else had any problems like this with AVIcodec? Do I perhaps have an out of date version that isnt up to date with newer movie formats? Any other things I could do to get the codec? Cheers

Bizt

[jimmalenko]

Try GSpot maybe ?

Either that or post the screendump from AVICodec here - maybe someone can make more sense of it

[redwudz]

You could try Gspot or see if you have the latest version of AVIcodec. The only codecs I had problems identifying were some of the MS MPEG-4 types.

You could also try VLC media player. It uses it own codecs and plays most anything.

[bizt_uk]

Hi,

Here is a screen shot of AVIcodec:



and heres a screen shot of GSpot:



As they both show, the codecs are installed. When I try to open it in TMPGEnc Xpress 3 it says that only the audio part can be opened.

Hope this provides more info and if anybody has any ideas, would be glad to hear. Cheers

Bizt

[jimmalenko]

Can you post the screendump of the error it gives you too ?

[bizt_uk]

Hi,

The error message I get from TMPGEnc Xpress is:



Bizt

[johns0]

Download and install the newest xvid codecs.

[bizt_uk]

Download and install the newest xvid codecs.

The url for the XVid codec that AVI codec directs me to (www.divx-digest.com/software/xvid.html) is the one that I have installed. I already have the most upto date one.

[Laddydaddy]

Hello bizt,
Can you click on the codecs and filter stab of avicodec and show us a screenshot? Also, TMPG doesn't do well trying to open files that are buried in a mountain of folders. Try moving the avi file to your F drive (F:movie.avi).

[bizt_uk]

[bizt_uk]

Anyone?

[mats.hogberg]

ffdshow?

/Mats

[bizt_uk]

Is ffdshow likely to work when it doesnt even play in WMP? Wont I still need to correct codec?

[mats.hogberg]

when it doesnt even play in WMP?

Well, IMO, WMP is least likely of all, playing anything, but ffdskiw is a codec, capable of decoding a # of formats, among others XviD.

/Mats