Installed ffdshow, computer STILL can't find FLV1

[timmus]

I am unsuccessfully trying to convert some FLV1 AVIs into any format at all. These AVIs play in Windows Media Player, but not in anything else; VirtualDubMod reports "VideoSourceAVI error: The source image format is not acceptable. (error code -2)".

I have already installed the ffdshow package, and in both VFW Config and Video Decoder config I have made sure that under Decoder FLV1 (and even VP3, VP5, and VP6) are set to libavcodec. No dice.

When I load one of those AVIs into GSpot, it reports FLV1 codec and that it is NOT installed.

HOWEVER after a failed AVI load in VirtualDubMod, if I go to File > File Information it says the FourCC code is FLV1 "unknown", and the Decompressor is "Panasonic DV CODEC".

What?? I mean, yes, I have this codec on my computer to take in DV from my camcoder, but WHY is VirtualDubMod trying to decompress FLV1 with the Panasonic DV codec?? This is the only thing that I can think of that is botching this whole thing up.

[Soopafresh]

You need to first demux the audio and video with Moitah's demuxer.

http://www.moitah.net/#FLVExtract





You might need the .flv spitter if that doesn't work (but I bet it does)

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303&package_id=183318

[Placio74]

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HOWEVER after a failed AVI load in VirtualDubMod, if I go to File > File Information it says the FourCC code is FLV1 "unknown", and the Decompressor is "Panasonic DV CODEC".
...

Hmm... yes, it's true.
But... i'm just remove and install again Panasonic DV CODEC - then VirtualDubMod used ffdshow VfW.
I'm disable FLV1 in ffdshow VfW and... VirualDubMod used Panasonic DV CODEC.
Strange.



(FLV4/VP6V too)

[Ai Haibara]

Sounds like the Panasonic DV codec may be one of those 'rogue' codecs that tell the system they can play/decode any FourCC video stream, even though they can't, and the system won't try another codec when the rogue fails.

Since you know the Panasonic DV codec is apparently causing problems, here, why not uninstall it while you're trying to work with the FLV videos?