I can't time search a WMV file.

[Sikander]

Hello,
I frequently download WMV video files from the internet from various different websites using different download managers. My problem is, sometimes one of the files I download, I can't time search it. It just plays from the start to the end, and won't let me rewind or forward (time search) the wmv file, I don't know whats wrong. It doesn't happen with all the files but with only a few. Please tell me how I can fix it, using some software to convert it into another format and back to wmv? or to just fix it so that I can time search the file.
Thanks.

[Baldrick]

run it through asfbin.

[prjjm]

What function do you use in asfbin to "fix" a wmv file?

[Krispy Kritter]

Typically, when trying to fix corrupt files, all you do is open the file in the tool and then save a new copy of the file. This usually works because the new file has a newly created index.

[JohnnyMalaria]

It may just be the way the files are.

WMP (for example) uses DirectShow as the framework for playing media files and all of the "filters" that get used for a particular file have to support the "media seeking" capability. If one of them doesn't, the file can't be "seeked". A likely culprit is an unusual audio format.

[Alex_ander]

Try AsfTools. http://www.geocities.com/myasftools/?200713
It has an option for setting seekability flags but usually it's better to apply 'basic repair' mode.