it's playing but no sound or picture....

[BazRyn]

so i tried downloading a movie last night.. and when i played it.. it was some weird rap music CRAP .. then i tried downloading the same one this morning... it was the old movie not the CURRENT one as it was titled... so i tried a 3rd time hoping it was a charm.. and now the damn thing doesnt have picture OR sound, but other movies play fine... am i not meant to see it or can i fix this problem?

[setarip]

Although it's probably one of the many phony files available in the download world, in order to determine which codec(s) you need for a particular .AVI, you should do the following:

1) Load the file into VirtualDub

2) From the "File" dropdown menu, select "File Information"

3) Post (here) EVERYTHING you see (both video and audio information), or post a screen capture .jpg of the information box

[BazRyn]

Thank You setarip ... What is VirtualDub?... I dont use a specific divx player to watch the movies I just use Windows Media Player. Is there something else I need to install? if so where would i get it?

[lighthousekeepe]

Two little programs is all you need, Virtual Dub & TMPGEnc. There is lots of advice in many of the posts here.

[Enchanter]

Originally posted by BazRyn
Thank You setarip ... What is VirtualDub?... I dont use a specific divx player to watch the movies I just use Windows Media Player. Is there something else I need to install? if so where would i get it?

Virtualdub is a video encoding tool with many capabilities (in simple words), which can also be used to examine a given video file. Info on the codecs used to compress the video can be obtained in the way that Setarip described.

[BazRyn]

the info....

i couldnt attach the jpg so here's the info:


Video Stream

Frame size‚fps (µs per frame) ------- 352x288, 4.000 fps (250000 µs)
# of frames (time): ------- 19656 (1:21:54)
Decompressor: ------- Uncompressed RGB1
Number of key frames: ------- 19656
Min/avg/max/total key frame size: ------- 12672/12672/12672 (243243K)
Min/avg/max/total delta frame size: ------- (no delta frame)


there was nothing in any of the
Audio Stream fields at all...... should I just delete the stupid files and try a new one?

[BazRyn]

i just want to say

Thanks for all the help and information.. most other sites i've been to are kinda mean to newbies

[setarip]

It is definitely a phony file. The obvious signs are:

4 frames per second (fps) - which would run like a slide show

Uncompressed RGB

No audio information

[BazRyn]

already deleted it

yeah as soon as i saw no audio file i deleted it... thank you for informing me of VirtualDub and for all your help

[setarip]

My pleasure ;>}