Read-Only Video Help...

[syracusefan1]

I have a short video clip of myself (link below) I want to watch, but for some reason when I try to watch it on Real Player and Media Player Classic, it doesn't work. It is a read-only file, which I think is the problem (not sure what read-only means), and am not sure what to do in order to watch it. Please someone help me?!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/5alv7d

[syracusefan1]

And this is what happens when I try to play it on DivX...

[anonymez]

if you had followed the advice given in this thread http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?t=67207 you will have downloaded ffdshow already. simply go start-->programs-->ffdshow-->video decoder configuration and make sure MJPEG is set to libavcodec

[syracusefan1]

It still isn't working after doing that. Would you mind downloading it, and trying to play it? It's only 6 mb.

[benbryant]

I downloaded the file and Media Player Classic played the file beautifully with the help of ffdshow

Regards

[anonymez]

syracusefan1, as ben implied, ditch divx player & try media player classic

i can't dl the file, apparently i'm already downloading something from them (i'm on a vast network); no need though, ben has it

[syracusefan1]

Yeah, I tried Media Player Classic, as well. And it did not work...

[syracusefan1]

I downloaded the file and Media Player Classic played the file beautifully with the help of ffdshow

Regards

Do you have any other codecs that may have helped you play the file? Could you please explain everything you did in detail so I can figure this out (including how you opened the file in Media Classic)?

[benbryant]

I have ffdshow and Koepi's XviD installed. Please let us know if you have any codec packs such as K-Lite in your PC. These codec packs are totally well known for offering more complicate problems than helping. If you do have them, please vaporize (uninstall) them all and hope to be able to fix the problem without doing a windows clean install

It's very easy to use Media Player Classic. You can open the file by go to File > Open File > click Browse at Open to go the location where you keep the file. I normally just start it up, drag and drop the file directly over it, and the player will automatically play the file for you

ffdshow's decoder will help Media Player Classic recognize MJPG files and open it. Please download ffdshow from the link that anonymez posted above with his instruction

Regards

[syracusefan1]

Where do I go on my computer to check where K-Lite might be? Here are some photos of my ffdshow video encoder configuration so someone can tell me if I need to change something in order for this video to work...

[syracusefan1]

[benbryant]

No, the one you posted was VFW codec configuration. You need to select "Video decoder configuration", look for MJPG. If it lists as "disable", just click on it and change to "libavcodec". Click OK when done

Regards

[syracusefan1]

Oh damn, that's my fault. I didn't mean to copy those. Does that mean I should change the MJPEG in the video ENCODER back to disabled? Here they are...

[anonymez]

it plays fine on my pc; mpc has an internal avi splitter and pcm filter which work for this file, and i'm using the same ffdshow build, it's a problem on your end.

try disabling postprocessing, then click 'info & debug' and set merit to very high

i would suggest another decoder, but i just looked around and seems like ones that were previously freeware now are commercial lol

[syracusefan1]

What do you suggest I do for help? Should I get someone (professional) to look at my computer and help me out?