acura1988 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 there are avi files i played have sounds but no pictures, however it shows if i play on other player. any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greywizard Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 What codec do they use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acura1988 Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 MPEG4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greywizard Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 MPEG4 is not a codec per se, but a compression format defined in a standard comprising several parts. And as far as the great majority of video files out there (which implement it) are concerned, it's mostly encountered in two of its flavors: MPEG4 - Part 2 ASP (Advanced Simple Profile) which is implemented in the famous: DivX, XviD, 3ivX, libavcodec and others; MPEG4 - Part 10 also known as H.264 or AVC (Advanced Video Coding) which is implemented by codecs such as CoreAVC, x264, MainConcept and many others. So, which one are you trying to play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The UnUsual Suspect Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 There is a free program you can use to detect the type of video your attempting to play called "gspot", or if you want a simple fix, you can install a good codec pack. I use K-Lite codec pack (full). It's free and contains all the codecs needed to play every type of video I've ever used. Just keep in mind that installing conflicting codecs can make your system unstable, so don't go changing the default settings unless you know what your doing. also don't install multiple codec packs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greywizard Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 @TUUS: But MPC Star already contains ffdshow internally, which decodes most formats out there; installing an external codec pack seems redundant here. My guess it that the decoding for the codec type this files uses is disabled in ffdshow. That's why I was asking for codec type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acura1988 Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 im trying to play is MPEG4 (H264) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acura1988 Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 how do i check if the codec really disabled in ffdshow and how to enable it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kluelos Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 The codec pack you installed should have some sort of settings utility that came with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The UnUsual Suspect Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Most .avi files are Divx or Xvid, which use h263/x263 codec. Video encoded with h264/x264 are usually .mkv, .mp4 or .mov. Are you sure it's an .avi file? I suggest you examine it with gspot and report the results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greywizard Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 @acura1988: You can access the ffdshow video configuration page through the menu of MPCStar in the Start menu of Windows. There check on the Codecs page of ffdshow and make sure that h.264 playback is enabled in ffdshow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acura1988 Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 ok i have checked that it is not disabled and i am still unable to play the file with picture any other ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kluelos Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 When you are playing a file in MPCStar, look at the file info (under the FILE menu). MPCStar will tell you all about what it's doing, there -- what streams it detected, how encoded, what it's using to handle them, and other things. You may be able to get a handle on what the problem is from that information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acura1988 Posted February 11, 2011 Author Share Posted February 11, 2011 problem solved, thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The UnUsual Suspect Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 problem solved, thx This is not a proper response for this forum. Our forum isn't here to only help you, it's here for other users as well, to learn how to solve similar problems, so simply saying it's solved without explaining exactly how you solved it, is somewhat rude and it doesn't help anyone reading this topic. Please post exactly how you solved it, other wise this topic will be of no use to anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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