VirtualDub: can no longer play H264

[terrypin]

VirtualDub gives this error when I try to play certain AVI files.



GSpot says the files is:
Video Codec Type: H264
Video Codec Name: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
Video Codec Status: Codec(s) are Installed

I can play the file with all the other players I've tried.

It's obviously a by product of uninstalling ffdshow. I don't want to re-install that for now at least (mainly because I find it impenetrably complex!). I have AVIs associated with VirtualDub, so how can I get it to play files of this sort please?

I'm also puzzled why MediaInfo seems to be reporting the file rather differently:
Format : AVC
Format/Info: Advanced Video Codec
Format profile: Main@L4.0
Codec ID: H264

Codecs remain a true black art to me, so I'd much appreciate some help please.

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[Baldrick]

Install a h264 vfw codec like http://komisar.gin.by/old/1995/x264vfw.1995kMod.x86.exe ( http://komisar.gin.by/ )

[terrypin]

Thanks a bunch, Baldrick, that fixed it!

Excuse the change of topic, but ... I have AVI (Cinepak) and AVI (MJPG) files that do play OK in VirtualDub (and all my players) but their thumbnails don't appear in folders. Any thoughts please?


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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[jagabo]

I have AVI (Cinepak) and AVI (MJPG) files that do play OK in VirtualDub (and all my players) but their thumbnails don't appear in folders. Any thoughts please?

Did you forget this thread:
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/335068-No-MOV-thumbnails-in-XP-folders?highlight=thumbnails

[terrypin]

Thanks jagabo, but no! See my latest reply to Darrell about issues I'm having with Codec Tweak that are muddying the water.

But another intriguing aspect has just arisen. In another folder I found that I could see my MP4 thumbnails! I copied one across to the folder under discussion - and its thumbnail vanished. Closer inspection revealed that this folder had no Thumbs.db. Yet under Tools > Options > View I don't have a checkmark in Do not cache thumbnails. Just the same as the setting in the other folder.

So it seems that this particular issue comes down to: why isn't a Thumbs.db being created?

Anyone have any ideas please?

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[DarrellS]

I replied to your question in the other thread.

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I've run into this problem before also. I may have been able to fix it with a XP repair but I may have had to do a clean install. Now I make a Acronis backup every time I get my system running the way that I want.

Google used to be a very useful tool but now, every time you ask it a question, it will give you millions of pages that have nothing to do with what you asked. If you Google "why isn't a Thumbs.db being created?", it will show you all kinds of pages on how to get rid of Thumbs.db but not one single page for "why isn't a Thumbs.db being created?" or any other way that you want to word it.