What's wrong with this AVI?

magick · 9 Apr 2007 at 02:43

I've downloaded some AVI's and they will only play in Media Player Classic that comes with Quicktime Alternaive or DivX Player v6. They won't play in Winamp or WMP. Anyone know what could be wrong with the files?

Tute · 9 Apr 2007 at 02:53

Sounds like a Codec issue.

Download GSpot and use it to find out the codec needed, then either install it or reinstall it (if you already have it).

magick · 9 Apr 2007 at 03:03

Tute said:
Sounds like a Codec issue.

Download GSpot and use it to find out the codec needed, then either install it or reinstall it (if you already have it).

Done. I got GSpot v2.7 and it says codecs are installed but in the container box it highlights a compatibility note and says file has 'google data chunk'. Is this what will be causing the issues then?

GSpot said:
File Length Correct
Compatibility Note: Has Google Data Chunk
AVI v1.0
Interleave: 69 ms (2.1 v.frames)
Audio frames: Aligned on interleaves
Video: 57.1 MB (58.25%)
Audio: 37.1 MB (37.87%)
AVI Overhead: 3.80 MB (3.88%)

1337z0r · 9 Apr 2007 at 05:46

winamp and wmp are crap for videos.

manoz · 9 Apr 2007 at 05:56

VLC FOR THE WIN!!!

bledd · 9 Apr 2007 at 10:41

vlc is a bit of a shotgun approach imo

media player classic is a far cleaner and leaner player, if you press Ctrl + 0, you can remove the title bars, so its nice and slim

VeNT · 9 Apr 2007 at 10:45

manoz said:
VLC FOR THE WIN!!!

fixed

manoz · 9 Apr 2007 at 11:07

lol, thought about doing that, didn't have the nerve