Video Playback Issues

[JGreg7]

I have an unusual problem with my T410 laptop.

The video players will not play any video file longer than 1 hour 52 minutes. When I play video files that are longer than 1 hour 52 minutes, the video player simply ends at 1 hour 52 minutes. All of the videos have been converted using Avex DVD Ripper Platinum to AVI format. I have used several video players that all exhibit the same issues.

I have been further experimenting and have the following:

I have tried three different hard drives, two Windows 7 loads, and one Windows XP SP3 load. Each load used the codes and drivers associated with the OS. Windows Media player was two different versions: 11 on XP, 12 on W7. In all cases, the video playback is limited to 1 hour 52 minutes and 53 seconds.

I verified the video files play full length (> 2 hours) on several other computers with a variety of operating systems, but they all stop short on the T410 laptop.

I sent the computer in for warranty repair, since after testing I suspected it could be a hardware issue. Lenovo replaced the mother board and performed a series of tests to confirm it is operating properly. Lenovo says that since they ran all of the system tests, it can not be a hardware issue. I have also run a series of my own diagnostics tests and everything seems to be working normally.

Has anyone experienced a similar problem?
Is it possible that the computer is simply not capable of playing a long video file?

[Baldrick]

Have you tried a player with build in codecs like VLC Media Player?

[JGreg7]

I tried the VLC Media player and it does play the file, however it first does a "repair" of the file. The same file plays normally on another computer. I used the gspot video codec tool, and it shows that the codecs needed are installed.

Something is going on, but I can not figure out what it is.