major problem..

[Dwarfje]

I have a big problem,

whem i want to play movies like .avi, i see the sample on the left at details but when i open it in windows media player 9 i have no picture i installed 1000 codecs but nothing works i have sound and windows media player doesnt ask for downloading a codec. i have it with every media file, media player or windvd same problem.

please help i cant watch none movie

[shiny#3]

welcome dwarfje.

(lots of Dwarfs here these days)

next time it would be a good idea to provide a little more
detailed info. ( on system you use or the "avi" you want to play)

but for now....

I suggest that you get rid of the 1000 codecs you have installed.
of course leave the windvd decoders untouched.

make sure that your display settings are set to true color 24 bits at least!

of course you could use windows media player to watch your
avi files especially if you want to keep the microsoft boys
informed of the movies and music you prefer

but I would recommend the BS player or the MV2 player.
good and fine freeware players!!!!

if you are not sure about codecs I also suggest
that you get the small version of the Tsunami filter and codec pack
that can be obtained at Uncas homepage
use the mini version Tsunami filter pack version 3.9.6
when you start encoding yourself then upgrade to the big one
vesion 3.9.9

once again!!! uninstall the other 1000 codecs before you install
the filter pack.

good luck

[UncasMS]

if you are not sure about codecs I also suggest
that you get the small version of the Tsunami filter and codec pack
that can be obtained at Uncas homepage
use the mini version Tsunami filter pack version 3.9.6
when you start encoding yourself then upgrade to the big one
vesion 3.9.9

i'm sorry to object here, but please DO NOT load the older filterpacks from my site!

i realize it is high time i disabled those downloads alltogether.

the reason for NOT using the filterpack-mini is quite simple.

it was comprised back in those days when FFDSHOW was not existing and we wanted to provide a filterpack for those users, who wanted PLAYBACK only.

in case anyone wants decent playback capabilities of mpeg-4 formats these days (i.e. divx 3,4,5 + ms mpeg v1-3, xvid and quite a few more) than there is absolutely no better choice than using FFDSHOW!

FFDSHOW will play all major mpeg-4 formats and it does so way better than most original decoder filters!

so if you want playbackfilter use ffdshow and you'll not need anything else!

go for the LATEST ALPHA build.

[Dwarfje]

i have uninstalled everything, installed tsunami and it says that every videocodec is installed and that i can play the"avi"if i render it. but still no picture.. videocarddriver maybe ? installed the latest drivers... (club3d ati radeon 9700pro)

[UncasMS]

use the latest ffdshow alpha or provide us with what virtualdubmod states under FILE => FILE INFORMATION

[Dwarfje]

in virtualdub he plays all of my movies and not with mv2 player.

here information about the movie:

framsize,aspect_ratioinformation: 320x240, 30.000fps(33333 u.s.)
fps, #of frames: 303 (0:10)
number of I,P and B frames: 19/133/151
I-frame min.avg.max/total fr.size: 8084/12317/16136(229K)
P-frame .......................: 5992/7096/7905(922K)
B-frame........................: 129/503/1005(75K)
Average bitrate: 993 Kbps (121KB/s)

Audio Track Format: 44KHz joint stereo, 112Kbps layer II

# of frames: 387
total size: 139K

[setarip]

To Dwarfje

Your file is apparently indicated to be a 10 second long MPEG file, NOT an .AVI...

[Dwarfje]

no i know but i have it with all types of movies.....

[UncasMS]

i'm still wondering if you use ffdshow or not

[Dwarfje]

i use ffdshow and it played all movies but very slow you dont see the hole movie but then i restart and it doesnt work agian:\ but with virtualdubmod everthing works fine! stupid problem

[WildmanJoe]

I've mentioned it once and I'll say it again... wtf (why-the-fish) do people even think of using that screwy M$ player version 9.0? It's crappy, useless, spies on what you do, etc... It's a UPS (Useless Piece of Software).

Try another player such as BS Player (highly recommended here) http://bsplayer.org/html/download.php or try my favourite player MV2 Player http://mv2.czweb.org/ and if all else fails... REFORMAT your computer to get rid of that annoying WMP 9.0

[Dwarfje]

thats easy to say but my movies wont work with all of the players not even mv2 and BS player.. except for virtualdubmod.... but maybe i must think of a format because the problem is very difficult