cram codecs

[natty]

anyone knows where to find this please

[bendixG15]

Google it .. all kinds of hits

[natty]

well i did try google b4 coming here but cannot find a site to install this codec as when i try to use videolan to play this movie all i get is audio but no video just a grey screen

[jagabo]

ffdshow includes a CRAM decoder.

[natty]

well i have just installed ffdshow and hasnt made any difference where is this cram decoder on ffdshow then

[jagabo]

Start -> All Programs -> Ffdshow -> Video Decoder Configuration -> Codec -> MS Video 1 -> Libavcodec

Also in the VFW decoder config.

[natty]

well just checked all of that and its same as you put here

Start -> All Programs -> Ffdshow -> Video Decoder Configuration -> Codec -> MS Video 1 -> Libavcodec

but I still cannot view video using VLC media player just get audio with just a grey screen no picture

[jagabo]

That seems to be a problem with VLC. I can play them in several other media players -- WMP, Mplayer2, MPC, KMPlayer. Windows ships with Microsoft Video 1 codecs.

[Ai Haibara]

VLC uses its own (internal) codecs, and doesn't rely on the codecs (or DirectShow filters, etc.) installed on a system, so it won't be able to take advantage of ffdshow. As jagabo suggested, you can try one of the other players.

Are you using the current version of VLC, by the way?

[natty]

I have latest version of VLC player too

[celtic_druid]

Most of ffdshow's decoders come from libavcodec which VLC also uses, so it is a little odd. Still VLC always used to be behind in terms of syncing with ffmpeg. How does it play in mplayer or even ffplay?