Re: WMP11 and AVI


Knowing they're coming from 3 different cameras is useful data.
But again without a sample, all I know so far is that playback is failing.
It's possible the codec (what codec are these files using?) is choking, but
why does it fail on new files but not old?

At this point actually looking at the files themselves becomes highly
relevant.

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"Gran" <none> wrote in message
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Hmm, do you think every single video I have made since July 17th is
corrupt? I use 3 different cameras and 7 different sd cards and the result
is the same with every one. I have discovered since I first posted that
the problem doesn't occur with an XP desktop running WMP10 at home but
does occur with my Vista Laptop. I will be testing it on other
configurations when I hav the opportunity.
I don't know anything about AVI validation but I will research it.
Thanks.


"zachd [MSFT]" <zachd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sooooo WMP actually is probably more careful about corrupted files here
than QuickTime is. It's hard to guess at this without looking at the
file, though. It does indeed sound like the files are corrupt. If you
put up a sample file somewhere, such as megaupload, I can run them
through a quick AVI validator - or you could do the same yourself.

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"gran" <none> wrote in message
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When I try to open the movies, the very beginning shot shows. If I click
the
Play/Pause button, it just switches from Play to Pause. Nothing happens.
I
can move the slider and different scenes appear as single shots. If I
click
the Stop button, the screen goes black. If I then click the play button,
I
get a message that says Windows Media Player cannot perform the
requested
action at this time. I have earlier movies taken before July 17 and they
all
will play with WMP. The movies after that won't play. I have to use
QuickTime.

Thanks


"zachd [MSFT]" <zachd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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What exactly happens when you try?

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"Gran" <none> wrote in message
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My Canon camera shoots very good movies in AVI format. Until recently,
I could play these movies in WMP11 on my Vista laptop. WMP11 will
still play the older movies but will not play the movies I took
starting 2 weeks ago, same camera, same card. I thought that maybe
they became corrupted on the card but I can play them in QuickTime so
I know they are ok.
I am guessing that there might have been an update that screwed this
up but why will the older movies play and not the newer ones?









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