Can't get AVI file from buddy to play properly

[Navaros]

My buddy made an AVI file for me of him playing a video game with a program called Gamecam.

He uploaded it to Filefront and I then downloaded it.

When I try to play the file, I get between 0.18 FPS and 0.23 FPS.

I tried playing it in both Windows Media Player and Winamp and there is no difference to this problem.

I had my buddy download the file from Filefront and he said it works fine on his system.

I analyzed the file with a program called GSpot and it said the file uses mp42 S-Mpeg 4 version 2 codec, and it says my system has 3 compatible codecs installed.

When I test the file with GSpot it says "Rendering Successful" although in the FPS section it lists "1.#IO", I have no idea what that means.

I tried re-downloading the file again but that didn't make any difference.

Please tell me how to fix this problem so this AVI file will play properly on my system.

 

[oynaz]

Try getting the Xvid codec.

 

[Navaros]

Originally posted by: oynaz
Try getting the Xvid codec.

Ok, I just did that. When I run the file the problem is the same. When I analyze again with Gspot it still says there are 3 compatible codecs on my system.

Do I have to instruct my computer to use the xvid codec somehow or is that automatic? If it's automatic then that didn't solve this problem.

 

[Navaros]

Anyone have an idea of how to fix this?

 

[ScrapSilicon]

link to the .avi ?

 

[Navaros]

Link to the AVI

 

[ScrapSilicon]

wooo... 229mb .. has no audio track and plays fine in winamp 5.32 thru vid4wa ..
video path>(S) --> Avi Splitter --> Mpeg4 Decoder DMO --> (R)
Corona Windows Media MPEG-4 Video Decoder

 

[Navaros]

How do I make my Winamp 5.32 use vid4wa?

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: Navaros
How do I make my Winamp 5.32 use vid4wa?

/i dl'd it from winamp plugins page ..VID4WA_26.exe ..I also noticed it will start then pop out of sight but once you click the file in winamp ..it'll play.. or from winamp

 

[Navaros]

When I run it in vid4wa the problem is still the same as in the original post.

Guess it means I got a configuration problem with my codecs or something?

How do I fix it?

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: Navaros
When I run it in vid4wa the problem is still the same as in the original post.

Guess it means I got a configuration problem with my codecs or something?

How do I fix it?

I'm not sure ..but I'm also running xp codec pack .. ...from here ..might also need divxinstaller ..but like I'd said..not sure

 

[Navaros]

Originally posted by: ScrapSilicon

I'm not sure ..but I'm also running xp codec pack .. ...from here ..might also need divxinstaller ..but like I'd said..not sure

Just downloaded and installed that. Now it runs normally on my system at long last. Thanks for solving my problem, you rock! Merry Christmas.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: Navaros

Originally posted by: ScrapSilicon

I'm not sure ..but I'm also running xp codec pack .. ...from here ..might also need divxinstaller ..but like I'd said..not sure

Just downloaded and installed that. Now it runs normally on my system at long last. Thanks for solving my problem, you rock! Merry Christmas.

if it was the codecpack then it was probably one of these 2 ..CoreAAC (AAC DirectShow Decoder) 1.2.0 or FFDShow MPEG-4 Video Decoder 2004.10.12 (most likely)