PotPlayer plays a movie with no audio

[alek8976]

I have a .avi movie file that when i try to play it with potplayer it doesn't output any audio. If i play the file with other movie players it has audio. Any ides why potplayer play the movie with no audio? I don't have problems with other movie files that i played with potplayer but only with this one, and i guess the problem is with potplayer because other players are playing the movie with audio.

[Baldrick]

What is the audio in the avi? Identify with mediainfo or mediainfoxp.

edit: And did you install the "additional codec" when you installed potplayer? It's the last step in the installation.

[alek8976]

This is the information about the file generated with mediainfo:

Complete name                            : E:\Movies\xxxxx.avi
Format                                   : AVI
Format/Info                              : Audio Video Interleave
File size                                : 1.33 GiB
Duration                                 : 3h 19mn
Overall bit rate                         : 954 Kbps
Writing application                      : VirtualDubMod 1.5.10.1 (build 2424/release)
Writing library                          : VirtualDubMod build 2424/release

Video
ID                                       : 0
Format                                   : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile                           : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP                    : 2
Format settings, QPel                    : No
Format settings, GMC                     : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix                  : Default (H.263)
Codec ID                                 : XVID
Codec ID/Hint                            : XviD
Duration                                 : 3h 19mn
Bit rate                                 : 752 Kbps
Width                                    : 544 pixels
Height                                   : 320 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 1.700
Frame rate                               : 25.000 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.173
Stream size                              : 1.05 GiB (79%)
Writing library                          : XviD 1.0.2 (UTC 2004-08-29)

Audio
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AC-3
Format/Info                              : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                           : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness              : Big
Codec ID                                 : 2000
Duration                                 : 3h 19mn
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 192 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 6 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 274 MiB (20%)
Alignment                                : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration                     : 40 ms (1.00 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration             : 500 ms

I didn't install any codecs, i am using potplayer in portable format. I just extracted the setup file.

[Baldrick]

Potplayer has not built in codecs/splitters for all video so you must install them. If you don't want that use vlc media player.

[AllisOne]

@ alek8976: it really helps when you give all info you can (what OS+ x32/x64, what version of PotPlayer - stable/beta, x32/x64 and portable/installed), when explaining your problem. So people don't have to drag it from you and discover, after you suddenly drop on them it's a portable version, that they wasted their time, 'cos the solution might be different.

First you can check in PotPlayer what container/codecs the file is by right-click and choose Playback/System Info (or just CTRL+F1). Yes, it uses MediaInfo internally.

You can play with and see if any internal codec can decode the audio here: Preferences - Filter Control - Audio Decoder - Built-in Codec (S/PDIF, HDMI) settings. Go to AC3 and toggle/try all decoders. If there's nothing to toggle, you can download the codecs from here:

x32: http://get.daum.net/PotPlayer/Codec/OpenCodecSetup.exe

x64: http://get.daum.net/PotPlayer/Codec/OpenCodecSetup64.exe

Then unpack them and put into Module folder. FFmpegMininum.dll should go to FFmpeg folder together with FFmpeg.dll. I don't use portable version of PotPlayer, so I don't know, if it's gonna recognise them without using exe installer.

If still not working you can use somebody's portable repack from here (or just copy whole Module folder to yours):

http://vokol.deviantart.com/art/PotPlayer-Mini-Portable-428187430

It contains both x32 and x64 versions and all additional internal codecs. I don't know how portable it is and how safe, but my antivirus didn't give me any warning.

[alek8976]

It turns out that i didn't have the open codec in my Module folder. I extracted OpenCodecUnity.dll and put it there and now the movie has audio.

Thanks!