Problem playing .avi files.

[keregioz]

Hi all...

I recently got a new computer (athlon x2 +4200) and for some unknown reason there seems to be a problem when i try to play certain .avi files. I use the same programs i used in my previous computer, windows media player and powerDVD 6. All files play OK in media player, the problem occurs in powerDVD. It plays DVDs with no problems and i can play some avi files but there are some avi movies that it doesn't play. It doesn't display any error message it just begins at 00:00:00sec and never continues the playback. I never found out what the problem was cause i figured i will play with media player what i can't with power DVD.
Today, though, i tried using subtitle workshop and the same problem occured during the video preview... and that's a problem i can't ignore cause i need to use it to adjust subtitles in several movies.

I really hope someone here understands what the problems is. The only other clue i can give, which i'm not even sure is related, occures in the program VirtualDub. When i try to open some (doesn't happen with all of them) of the avi movies that powedDVD can't play i get the message:

"VirtalDub has detected an improper VBR audio encoding in the source AVI file and will rewrite the audio header with standard CBR values during processing for better compatibility. This may introduce up to XXXX ms of skew from the video stream. If this is unacceptable, decompress the *entire* audio strem to an incompressed WAV file and recompress with a CBR encoder."

Like i said this doesn't happen with all the problematic avi files and it even happens to some that play on powerDVD, so maybe there not a connection. However, when VirtualDub opened these files after it supposedly it had "rewrited the audio with CBR values" i saved the avi file and it played fine on powerd DVD but with a very long audio delay.

[Baldrick]

can you post the video and audio details from some avis that doesn't work in powerdvd,subtitle workshop, use for example avi2clipboard

[keregioz]

Ok here's some details.... the first two files DON'T play on powerDVD, the other two play fine.


File Name ..........: Munich.avi
Total Size (Bytes) .: 734,271,488 Bytes
Total Size (KB) ....: 717,062 KB
Total Size (MB) ....: 700.26 MB
Total Streams ......: 2 Stream(s)

Video Size (Bytes) .: 468,541,272 Bytes
Video Size (KB) ....: 457,560 KB
Video Size (MB) ....: 446.84 MB
Video Length .......: 01:19:05
Video Codec Code ...: XVID
Video Codec Name ...: XviD MPEG-4 codec
Video Bitrate ......: 789 KB/s
Resolution .........: 624 x 256
Aspect Ratio .......: 2.43:1
Total Frames .......: 113771 Frames
Framerate ..........: 23.976 FPS
Color Depth ........: 12 Bits
Quality Factor .....: 0.206 B/px

Audio Size (Bytes) .: 265,720,000 Bytes
Audio Size (KB) ....: 259,492 KB
Audio Size (MB) ....: 253.41 MB
Audio Length .......: 01:19:05
Audio Codec Code ...: 8192
Audio Codec Name ...: FAST Multimedia AG DVM (Dolby AC3)
Audio Bitrate ......: 448 KB/s
Channels ...........: 5 Ch
Sampling Rate ......: 48000 Hz



File Name ..........: hoodwinked.avi
Total Size (Bytes) .: 735,524,864 Bytes
Total Size (KB) ....: 718,286 KB
Total Size (MB) ....: 701.45 MB
Total Streams ......: 2 Stream(s)

Video Size (Bytes) .: 639,172,456 Bytes
Video Size (KB) ....: 624,192 KB
Video Size (MB) ....: 609.56 MB
Video Length .......: 01:20:54
Video Codec Code ...: XVID
Video Codec Name ...: XviD MPEG-4 codec
Video Bitrate ......: 1053 KB/s
Resolution .........: 640 x 352
Aspect Ratio .......: 1.81:1
Total Frames .......: 116380 Frames
Framerate ..........: 23.976 FPS
Color Depth ........: 12 Bits
Quality Factor .....: 0.195 B/px

Audio Size (Bytes) .: 96,342,192 Bytes
Audio Size (KB) ....: 94,084 KB
Audio Size (MB) ....: 91.88 MB
Audio Length .......: 01:20:54
Audio Codec Code ...: 85
Audio Codec Name ...: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3)
Audio Bitrate ......: 158 KB/s
Channels ...........: 2 Ch
Sampling Rate ......: 48000 Hz




File Name ..........: Outside Providence(1999) XVID.avi
Total Size (Bytes) .: 725,454,848 Bytes
Total Size (KB) ....: 708,452 KB
Total Size (MB) ....: 691.85 MB
Total Streams ......: 2 Stream(s)

Video Size (Bytes) .: 641,230,231 Bytes
Video Size (KB) ....: 626,201 KB
Video Size (MB) ....: 611.52 MB
Video Length .......: 01:31:59
Video Codec Code ...: XVID
Video Codec Name ...: XviD MPEG-4 codec
Video Bitrate ......: 929 KB/s
Resolution .........: 512 x 272
Aspect Ratio .......: 1.88:1
Total Frames .......: 137965 Frames
Framerate ..........: 25 FPS
Color Depth ........: 24 Bits
Quality Factor .....: 0.266 B/px

Audio Size (Bytes) .: 84,214,421 Bytes
Audio Size (KB) ....: 82,241 KB
Audio Size (MB) ....: 80.31 MB
Audio Length .......: 01:31:59
Audio Codec Code ...: 85
Audio Codec Name ...: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3)
Audio Bitrate ......: 122 KB/s
Channels ...........: 2 Ch
Sampling Rate ......: 48000 Hz




File Name ..........: The.New.World.avi
Total Size (Bytes) .: 734,578,688 Bytes
Total Size (KB) ....: 717,362 KB
Total Size (MB) ....: 700.55 MB
Total Streams ......: 2 Stream(s)

Video Size (Bytes) .: 524,456,472 Bytes
Video Size (KB) ....: 512,165 KB
Video Size (MB) ....: 500.16 MB
Video Length .......: 01:02:32
Video Codec Code ...: XVID
Video Codec Name ...: XviD MPEG-4 codec
Video Bitrate ......: 1118 KB/s
Resolution .........: 624 x 256
Aspect Ratio .......: 2.43:1
Total Frames .......: 89951 Frames
Framerate ..........: 23.976 FPS
Color Depth ........: 12 Bits
Quality Factor .....: 0.291 B/px

Audio Size (Bytes) .: 210,112,000 Bytes
Audio Size (KB) ....: 205,188 KB
Audio Size (MB) ....: 200.38 MB
Audio Length .......: 01:02:32
Audio Codec Code ...: 8192
Audio Codec Name ...: FAST Multimedia AG DVM (Dolby AC3)
Audio Bitrate ......: 448 KB/s
Channels ...........: 5 Ch
Sampling Rate ......: 48000 Hz

[keregioz]

Ok i figured out what the problem was...

It seems that powerDVD couldn't play all the movies for which i had subtitles for. I had installed Vobsub which everytime i tried to play one of those movies automatically loaded and displayed subtitles if you had a subtitle file. Seems like for some reason it came to conflict with powerDVD and subtitle workshop. I uninstalled and reinstalled vobsub and now they work fine.

[Cobra]

keregioz,

Due to the differences in the names of these files, you may (or indeed may not) have downloaded them. This would be a breach of the Forum rules here at VideoHelp.

If these files are legitimate, drop me a PM and I'll sort it all out, and unlock this thread.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Cobra