aspect ratio (solved) and AVI open problem (SOLVED!)

[Digiface]

here comes strange part,even a new fresh copy of that file won't open! and like i said,file used to open fine. and i just installed new versions of AC3Filter and FFDShow,but still won't open.

[Tizio]

And that new copy is scanned without problems by AVImedic?

[Digiface]

Originally Posted by Tizio

And that new copy is scanned without problems by AVImedic?

there was also that 0.1Mb of fake data. i'm really confused :shock: there must be something about that file structure that some players won't open. but it open with older BSPLayer,and if i remember right, it even opened with this new one earlier.

EDIT: and i check with Video Fixer and DivFix and came up with clean bill,no errors.

[Tizio]

You can try to strip the index with DivFix and see if BSplayer is able to rebuild it by itself once you load it, or try to strip the index and then rebuild it with DivFix.. :?

I don't know how to fix your problem in other ways..

[Digiface]

but even new copy didn't open. :(

[Tizio]

But AVImedic told you that also the new copy has a fake data section, isn't it?
You'll not loose anything if you try, you can only gain from that try

[Digiface]

but it used open even with that bad data. but i can watch that file with MPC :D

[Digiface]

it's strange that file start to play after explorer.exe process is restarted. :?: (opening that one avi file makes explorer.exe to restart)

[Tizio]

But you open the file from explorer? Under Windows XP?
If the index is corrupted explorer lock-ups (and in your case also restarts)..
Have you tried to open the movie directly from BSplayer?

[Digiface]

yes i have,won't still open.

[Digiface]

cat,do you have anymore ideas? :roll:

EDIT: this is getting so weird. i just rebuild index with DivFix and still won't open. and AVIcodec program also won't open that file. what the heck is happened? :?: :?: :?:

the one who solve this,must be genious.

[Tizio]

Originally Posted by Digiface

the one who solve this,must be genious.

So it's not my case

cat (=> J7N) it's your turn 8)

[Digiface]

and that file won't even play with alternative avi splitter,that it said to play broken avis. http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Avi_Splitter.htm

[J7N]

Can you open your file with VirtualDubMod? Save it with a new name and perhaps choose Matroska container. Or, try to remux your file with mkvmerge/MMG (i dunno if it accepts invalid avis).

Disable movie thumbnails and metadata in Explorer by running "regsvr32.exe /u shmedia.dll".

Cat out.

[Digiface]

Originally Posted by J7N

Disable movie thumbnails and metadata in Explorer by running "regsvr32.exe /u shmedia.dll".

i have done that.

is this something that must be in windows; Ligos LSX-MPEG Player.

[J7N]

I'm sorry I don't understand what do you mean by "Ligos LSX-MPEG Player" in this context.

If you have just one (or a few) files that don't play, it leads to conclusion that something is wrong with that file and you need to fix it.

[Digiface]

but it used to play and even fresh copy of that same file didn't play. both files had that 0.1Mb of fake data. this is bizarre.

and with that Ligos,i'm just troubleshooting the problem. i had installed ligos mpeg2 decoder, but i unistalled that and installed different decoder. and then i removed that Ligos LSX-MPEG Player registry entry with RegCleaner,because i thought that it was related to that decoder. i mean that entry deleting was something i did before that avi problem came.

and what i think is,problem maybe has something do with that avi is OpenDML AVI,"rec list" style. and that somehow some players cannot play those type of avis anymore. i have check many of my avis and haven't found any other with that type.

that file used to play even with that fake data and actually Video Fixer and DivFix says that there's no errors in that file. (but maybe they are wrong?)

i have reregister windows avi splitter and some other files but without succes.

[J7N]

Originally Posted by Digiface

but it used to play and even fresh copy of that same file didn't play.

Some people truncate AVI files if they don't fit into 703 MB CD.

both files had that 0.1Mb of fake data.

So you have found the problem: the file contains unrecognized data. Try remuxing it as I suggested (it doesn't involve re-encoding).

[Digiface]

i just did that (click link below) with virtualdubmod,but file still won't open.

http://megkazul.net/sfixavi.html#2

[Digiface]

UP ^

actually AVImedic says that avi had bad header. how can i fix that?