Anyone know what codec this file uses

[Craig Tucker]

Well it was'nt really solved as I still cannot play the file.

Thanks for the reply vaguelywierd I will try a visit to the codec zone.

Craig

[BJ_M]

just an odd thought but my hardware capture systems use mjpeg .. but the mjepg file it creates is not readable on most machines with out a lic version of pin.'s mjpeg (this is for reeltime - but the same applies to some avid etc .. )

[KingJohn]

You surely don't act like one, unless you're a feline.

Must make a note of this, it was so funny I could not stop laughing, well that's probably what you wanted to hear.. TW

[KingJohn]

Well it was'nt really solved as I still cannot play the file.

Thanks for the reply vaguelywierd I will try a visit to the codec zone.

Craig

HI

In your original post

I cannot get anything to open or play it, I have the nimo codec pack installed so I have the divx mpeg 4 fast and low motion, 4.12 and 5.01 codecs installed.

Then someone talked about xvid, and it got sidetracked, by the lack of your further posts I assumed you had already sorted this by now, or posted in another topic when the problem was found.

I am sorry if things got out of hand with the stupid xvid, but it is usual for the original poster to come back with, I tried that and it don't work.

The lack of those responses leads people to believe the problem was resolved.

It now seams you have every codec on this earth and you still cannot play it, are you sure you don't want me to send you the fake codec :

[Craig Tucker]

Kingjohn.

What do you mean by the fake codec.

Craig

[KingJohn]

Well a lot of people have "ALL" the codec's and still cannot do anything with the file. If it wont open in Vdub or it cannot be Identified by Windows > Properties, then changes are its a fake.

Even files of the same size as a correct one can be fakes. You have spent a lot of time on this one, and I am sure by now you would have it sorted, so I referred to the fake codec being needed for the fake files

Sometime fakes come with clever headers that make the system think they are something else, sometimes they have a few frames of video like a violet colour and the rest is black, sometimes they are just rubbish.

Vdub
File > file information

Windows > right click > properties

TMPGEnc > setting > advanced

By now you should be seeing what it is, if your getting warning or errors one after another, and have all the codec's, then its got to be a fake.

This is why I recommend people use Sig2dat and verified movies

[Craig Tucker]

Well I've given up on the men in black file, I am now having problems with another one. If I try to play it I get audio only.

The file is Scooby.Doo.(2002).Divx.avi

If i try to open it in vdub I get the message

Could'nt locate decompressor for format DX50 unknown
Virtual dub requires video for windows blah blah blah

If I check the properties of the file by right clicking I get.

Image
480x384

Audio
Duration 01:21:15
Bitrate 128kbps
Audio format MP3

Video
Framerate 25FPS
Data Rate 147kbps

Size 701MB (735,365,120)

Any Ideas

Craig

[PsyDonia]

the MIB2 .avi version that is 600meg.
I now that version.
I have talk to that guy that have relesed that version on the net and it´s a fake movie.
it is nothing only a file in big size.

But on the net there is an "TS SVCD" of mib 2 and that have really good quality

[Martyn1980]

That Scooby Doo(2002).avi file is the DIVX version of Centropys SVCD and is great quality for a TS, and the file you have sound exactly like it, have you installed the Nimo Codec pack, and when you right click on it and got to properties what does it say the Codec is, cant remember myself but i think Virtual Dub said DivxLow Motion, which is what most stuff is.

I dont know of any avi versions of MIB2 which are any good, if you want a good version of Men In Black 2, make sure its by TCF, they have a TS SVCD which is the version is think PsyDonia means, which is good quality, and a VHS Screener which is ok for a screener, but i'd go for the Screener as it is better and has much better sound, although it does has a counter on it, but this one is harder to find.

[KingJohn]

Well I've given up on the men in black file, I am now having problems with another one. If I try to play it I get audio only.
The file is Scooby.Doo.(2002).Divx.avi
If i try to open it in vdub I get the message
Could'nt locate decompressor for format DX50 unknown
Virtual dub requires video for windows blah blah blah
If I check the properties of the file by right clicking I get.
Image
480x384
Audio
Duration 01:21:15
Bitrate 128kbps
Audio format MP3
Video
Framerate 25FPS
Data Rate 147kbps
Size 701MB (735,365,120)
Any Ideas
Craig

Well DX50 is DivX 5, maybe the new version at www.divx.com however Scooby Doo was released in 2 SVCD's .mpg it is possible its another fake but it is also possible someone has converted those mpeg 2 files to DivX 5.02 !

Scooby.Doo(2002)Centropy.VCdistro.Sharereactor.cd1 .mpg (SVCD)
1 - 747,990 KB

Scooby.Doo(2002)Centropy.VCdistro.Sharereactor.cd2 .mpg (SVCD)
2 - 747,307 KB

Lower quality
sd1.mpg
1 - 415,159 KB
sd2.mpg
2 - 414,786 KB

And some even lower quality AVI

Scooby Doo(part1).avi
1 - 108,832 KB
Scooby Doo(part2).avi
2 - 109,155 KB

[Frankanger]

Before downloading anything off Imesh consider two things:

1:Mediaforce are flooding the system with their nasty little tracking files. Basically dummy releases of popular downloads, they then track on your pc. You could be opening yourself up to a 'denial of service' order if they hammer your ISP.

2: Check the forums on Imesh for lists of dummy files, I'm sure the Men in Black 2 rip you downloaded was mentioned their several times as a fake, an empty file. Go check out the link below for any movies you might want to download, too see if it is a good file hosted on the Mesh. they even have a handy dandy piece of software that allows you to add the films to your Imesh download queue, much like Sharereactor.

http://www.fasttrackmovies.com/


Hope this has been some help to you, because those blank files are annoying.

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Remember the only way to stop Mediaforce from going spy on your ass is to burn them. Crank up your firewalls, make these corporate whores sizzle!!!!!

[Frankanger]

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Sorry, but I got confused, the programme for adding films is mainly used in connection with Grokster/Kaaza, not Imesh.

Hope this didn't get anybody's hopes up, but the list of movies is still good, and you can check the filesizes as well, so you know you're not getting stiffed by THE MAN.

[Martyn1980]

Centropy's 2 disc SVCD of Scooby Doo has been converted to Divx and it is 5.02 and not DivxLow Motion as i said earlier, and its as good as and i think a little better than the SVCD one, less blocky for a start, plus the two files are joined seemlessly, which is a bit harder to do with mpegs, it looks more like it was encoded straight from the same source as the SVCD rather than the encoded from the SVCD version.

What i do to check files is after i have say 50mb i copy the temp file it makes and rename the file extension to avi, mpg, bin whatever it is and try and see if i can open it, this is easiest with mpgs, and pretty easy with bin files DIVX is sometimes a problem, but 70% it lets you check.

Before downloading a fil check on http://www.vcdquality.com/ to see if you can find it, dont download stuff that says Men In Black 2 (DVDRip), because you know its fake, theres even a file on edonkey claiming to be a studio workprint of Terminator 3.