Problems playing M4V files on one of my PCs with Media Player Classic

[the_importer]

Hey there,

I'll try to make this short.

-3 PCs all trying to play the same video file in M4V format
-All 3 have Media Player Classic
-All 3 have QuickTime Alternative codec
-All 3 have DiVX codec

Only two of them will play the video, the other one won't. On the one that refuses to play it, I've also tried installing XviD and FFdshow but no luck. I get the audio, but not the video.

I get this message have this message:


Media Player Classic could not render some of the pins in the graph, you may not have the needed codecs or filters installed on the system.

The following pin(s) failed to find a connectable filter:

D:\Documents\Videos\........video.m4v::Apple Video Media Handler (eng)


Media Type 0:
--------------------------
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 320x213

AM_MEDIA_TYPE:
majortype: MEDIATYPE_Video {73646976-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
subtype: Unknown GUID Name {31637661-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
formattype: FORMAT_MPEG2_VIDEO {E06D80E3-DB46-11CF-B4D1-00805F6CBBEA}
bFixedSizeSamples: 1
bTemporalCompression: 0
lSampleSize: 1
cbFormat: 163

VIDEOINFOHEADER:
rcSource: (0,0)-(0,0)
rcTarget: (0,0)-(0,0)
dwBitRate: 0
dwBitErrorRate: 0
AvgTimePerFrame: 0

VIDEOINFOHEADER2:
dwInterlaceFlags: 0x00000000
dwCopyProtectFlags: 0x00000000
dwPictAspectRatioX: 320
dwPictAspectRatioY: 213
dwControlFlags: 0x00000000
dwReserved2: 0x00000000

MPEG2VIDEOINFO:
dwStartTimeCode: 0
cbSequenceHeader: 31
dwProfile: 0x00000042
dwLevel: 0x0000000d
dwFlags: 0x00000004

BITMAPINFOHEADER:
biSize: 40
biWidth: 320
biHeight: 213
biPlanes: 1
biBitCount: 24
biCompression: avc1
biSizeImage: 0
biXPelsPerMeter: 0
biYPelsPerMeter: 0
biYPelsPerMeter: 0
biClrUsed: 0
biClrImportant: 0

pbFormat:
0000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 01 00 00 d5 00 00 00 ........@...Õ...
0040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 28 00 00 00 40 01 00 00 ........(...@...
0050: d5 00 00 00 01 00 18 00 61 76 63 31 00 00 00 00 Õ.......avc1....
0060: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0070: 00 00 00 00 1f 00 00 00 42 00 00 00 0d 00 00 00 ........B.......
0080: 04 00 00 00|00 17 27 42 e0 0d a9 18 28 3b f3 60 ......'Bà.©.(;ó`
0090: 0d 41 80 41 8d e8 0b c0 7a 5e f7 c0 40 00 04 28 .A€A�è.Àz^÷À@..(
00a0: ce 09 88 Î.ˆ


Media Type 1:
--------------------------
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 320x213

AM_MEDIA_TYPE:
majortype: MEDIATYPE_Video {73646976-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
subtype: Unknown GUID Name {31435641-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
formattype: FORMAT_MPEG2_VIDEO {E06D80E3-DB46-11CF-B4D1-00805F6CBBEA}
bFixedSizeSamples: 1
bTemporalCompression: 0
lSampleSize: 1
cbFormat: 163

VIDEOINFOHEADER:
rcSource: (0,0)-(0,0)
rcTarget: (0,0)-(0,0)
dwBitRate: 0
dwBitErrorRate: 0
AvgTimePerFrame: 0

VIDEOINFOHEADER2:
dwInterlaceFlags: 0x00000000
dwCopyProtectFlags: 0x00000000
dwPictAspectRatioX: 320
dwPictAspectRatioY: 213
dwControlFlags: 0x00000000
dwReserved2: 0x00000000

MPEG2VIDEOINFO:
dwStartTimeCode: 0
cbSequenceHeader: 31
dwProfile: 0x00000042
dwLevel: 0x0000000d
dwFlags: 0x00000004

BITMAPINFOHEADER:
biSize: 40
biWidth: 320
biHeight: 213
biPlanes: 1
biBitCount: 24
biCompression: AVC1
biSizeImage: 0
biXPelsPerMeter: 0
biYPelsPerMeter: 0
biYPelsPerMeter: 0
biClrUsed: 0
biClrImportant: 0

pbFormat:
0000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 01 00 00 d5 00 00 00 ........@...Õ...
0040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 28 00 00 00 40 01 00 00 ........(...@...
0050: d5 00 00 00 01 00 18 00 41 56 43 31 00 00 00 00 Õ.......AVC1....
0060: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0070: 00 00 00 00 1f 00 00 00 42 00 00 00 0d 00 00 00 ........B.......
0080: 04 00 00 00|00 17 27 42 e0 0d a9 18 28 3b f3 60 ......'Bà.©.(;ó`
0090: 0d 41 80 41 8d e8 0b c0 7a 5e f7 c0 40 00 04 28 .A€A�è.Àz^÷À@..(
00a0: ce 09 88 Î.ˆ


Anyone knows a way around this?


Thank you

[Baldrick]

have you enabled h264 decoding in ffdshow?
and maybe also disable mpc internal mp4/mov decoder under video->options->internal filters.

[the_importer]

have you enabled h264 decoding in ffdshow?
and maybe also disable mpc internal mp4/mov decoder under video->options->internal filters.

That second suggestion did the trick. Thank you

[celtic_druid]

Should playback fine using MPC's splitter and ffdshow as a decoder.

[suprzman]

hey everybody,
i'm experiencing a similar problem with .m4v file, downloaded from itunes. my quicktime and itunes are playing the sound okay, but the video is choppy. i searched lots of forums and websites and downloaded ffdshow and quicktime alternative, but neither seems to be working. any suggestions?
when i use media player classic, the following comes up:

C:\Documents and Settings\Z\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music\TV Shows\Lost\13 Par Avion.m4v::Output

Media Type 0:
--------------------------
Unknown

AM_MEDIA_TYPE:
majortype: MEDIATYPE_Stream {E436EB83-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770}
subtype: Unknown GUID Name {08E22ADA-B715-45ED-9D20-7B87750301D4}
formattype: TIME_FORMAT_NONE {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
bFixedSizeSamples: 1
bTemporalCompression: 0
lSampleSize: 1
cbFormat: 0


Media Type 1:
--------------------------
Unknown

AM_MEDIA_TYPE:
majortype: MEDIATYPE_Stream {E436EB83-524F-11CE-9F53-0020AF0BA770}
subtype: TIME_FORMAT_NONE {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
formattype: TIME_FORMAT_NONE {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
bFixedSizeSamples: 1
bTemporalCompression: 0
lSampleSize: 1
cbFormat: 0

any help would be appreciated,
thanks.
z.

[Ai Haibara]

suprzman: You should be aware that video you purchase from the iTunes store is encoded with DRM, so you'll only really be able to view it through iTunes (or a video iPod). Other players, including Media Player Classic, won't be able to view the videos properly.