Weird video playback

[snoopy22]

Well sorry but I don't know where to post this, so here goes.

I was transferring a video from my desktop to my laptop. Both winxp. After transfering, the video is 177MB (30+min runtime btw), the video said it only had a runtime of 1minute and 16 seconds. Is there anyway to fix this? and what's causing this?

[redwudz]

How did you transfer? My first guess is that the video was corrupted during transfer. Probably at 1 min 16 seconds. You can try opening it in Gspot 2.70, but I suspect you will see the same. Transfer it again, maybe using a different method. I assume the original played back properly?

And welcome to our forums.

[snoopy22]

I forgot one more thing.

If I go back and forth during the video (on the seeker), it will show later parts of the documentary, and if i let it play it'll play out from where i start from.

I.E., if i start from the beginning and click it to move it to half way, then back again, it'll show footage that is much later than just 1 minute and 16 seconds. So I don't understand why it's doing this.

[guns1inger]

What format is it ?

If it is Dvix/Xvid you might be able to fix it by re-indexing. Open it in AVIDemux and if the index is corrupt, it should offer to rebuild it. Otherwise try opening it in Virtualdub and scanning for errors.