AVIDemux: can't play AVIs

[exon]

I have an XVid AVI that I want to cut out one short scene..

I cut the scene, set the video and audio to 'copy' (so it doesn't re-encode), and save the new video..

But- I can't play the new video.. I can hear the audio, but not see the video..

I CAN play the original, no problem..

??

[poisondeathray]

did you cut on keyframes? (if not, did it ask you to smart render?)

did you use format=> avi ?

did you give name + extension (e.g. "myvideo.avi") ?

[exon]

I'm not sure if I cut out keyframes or not.. when I saved the video, it DID ask if I wanted to smart render (and I clicked 'yes')..

My output format is AVI (no specific configuring, Normal Muxing, etc)

I add the extention on render (test.avi) as I saw it didn't add it automatically..

Very weird problem, I hope it can be solved..

[poisondeathray]

what does mediainfo or gspot say about the exported file?

what version of avidemux?

what media player are you using to play ?

as an alternative you could use vdub to edit for now

[exon]

Mediainfo doesn't show any errors:

Container and general information
AVI: 694 MiB, 1h 20m
1 video stream: MPEG-4 Visual (XviD)
1 audio stream: MPEG Audio (MP3)

First video stream
1 077 Kbps, 640*336 (1,905), at 25.000 fps, MPEG-4 Visual (XviD) (Simple@L3)(BVOP)

First audio stream
117 Kbps, 48.0 KHz, 16 bits, 2 channels, MPEG Audio (MP3) (Version 1)(Layer 3)(Joint stereo / MS Stereo)


It is the latest version of AVIDemux (I just downloaded it)

I'm just trying to play it in Windows Media Player (the original does play)..

I guess I can try to change the Video settings from 'Copy' to MPEG-4 ASP (XviD), although I think that re-encodes, right? I'm trying to avoid that..

This should be easy, I'm literally just cutting out one shot..

[poisondeathray]

Can you see if it plays in another player e.g. vlc, mpchc

Maybe the newest avidemux version is buggy? You can try older versions/builds

Yes, if you set video to Xvid it will re-encode

Vdub should work as well, and you can setup smart render also

[exon]

It plays in VLC..

if I set it to XviD, it goes up to 4G in filesize!


grrrrrrr

[budwzr]

What does MediaINFO say about the original?

[[_chef_]]

It plays in VLC..

if I set it to XviD, it goes up to 4G in filesize!


grrrrrrr

...enable compression for the output...