problem with video

[ludwicza]

hey, i got this divx movie the other day, and when i open it up, the video looks completely garbled in every media player, but the audio works.. any way to fix it? it took me a while to download it, both files were ~700MB, so if anyone knows how to fix these movies, i'd be very grateful..

the files are named: The.Pianist.Cd1.(DvDScreener).[QiX].Osloskop
The.Pianist.Cd2.(DvDScreener).[QiX].Osloskop

[setarip]

1) Load the file into VirtualDub or NanDub

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

[ludwicza]

File information

Video Stream:

Frame Size, fps (microseconds per frame): 624x336, 23.975fps (41708 microseconds)
# of frames (time): 113597 (1:18:57)
Decompressor: XviD MPEG-4 Codec
Number of key frames: 684
Min/avg/max/total key frame size: 2286/16432/46724 (10977K)
Min/avg/max/total delta frame size: 115/4002/22069 (441380K)

Audio Stream:

Sampling rate: 48000Hz
Channels: 5 (Stereo)
Sample precision: 0-bit
Compression: Unknown (tag 2000)
Preload skew: 28000 samples (0.58s)
# of frames: 113435
Min/avg/max/total frame size: 1145/2335/28000 (258759K)

[setarip]

If you don't already have it, download and install an XviD (NOT DivX) video codec...

[ludwicza]

XviD

I had XviD installed prior to this, so I tried re-installing it, and still no luck

[Pes]

movie is corrupted ... try dll once again ... just part of the movie (10 %) .. put it in virtualdub and watch it

[UncasMS]

since there are several xvid version, try one of the latest releases.

koepi's latest version should be from ~15-1-03

[ShuMO]

Xvid edits...

Many players aren't kind when it comes to Xvid. MS Winmedia has no tolerance whatsoever.

If your file can be opened in v-dub, and you can view some of the frames, heres how I fix my files that are partially bad:

Xvid doesn't open for edit in your normal apps. However, I've had success opening it with V-Dub using the 'file open' with popup selected, then the option to rekey. I dont save the file, just using this method to identify the bad frame. I also use V-Dub to run a quick scan for errors. If its 1-5 bad frames, I find that acceptable and will locate the bad frame, copy the frame before it (from Key frame to Key frame minus 1) and make 'pieces' of my video file. I replace the bad spots with recreated 'still scenes' of equal length then recompress them using xvid as the codec. I then use AviJoiner to reassemble the peices (V-dub complains to much sometimes) The Audio I take from the original files using graphflt, then I re-mux it into my 'rebuilt' file so as to maintain sync. My result is viewable, with a 'screen still' effect where the bad spots are. For some folks and for some content types this can be an acceptable answer.