video not playing · DIGIT-ARC

Years back i had a vga camera and i've taken a lot of pics and videos using that..the videos(avi format) at that time played well in windows media player in XP... now i'm using vista and last day when i tried to see those old videos i couldnt see that in xp (i tried windows media player & vlc player). But when i copied the video to XP which i was running on VM Player, the videos played well...can i play those videos on vista

curioustechy said:
Years back i had a vga camera and i've taken a lot of pics and videos using that..the videos(avi format) at that time played well in windows media player in XP... now i'm using vista and last day when i tried to see those old videos i couldnt see that in xp (i tried windows media player & vlc player). But when i copied the video to XP which i was running on VM Player, the videos played well...can i play those videos on vista

try using KM player. or install the Vista Codec Pack by Shark 007 (just Google for a sec) & give a try.

try installing k lite codec pack, it can basically play all formats

klite codec and shark didnt work

use KM player.

BTW, use a app called Mediainfo GUI - it will give you all the details about your vid files like codec, Bitrate, Aspect ratio etc.

After installing K lite codec pack, right click on the media file select "media info" next post that information here for further analysis

CA50 said:
After installing K lite codec pack, right click on the media file select "media info" next post that information here for further analysis

IT COMES LIKE THIS:

General
Complete name : T:\home\family memories\a passion 4 cycling.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 2.70 MiB
Duration : 16s 728ms
Overall bit rate : 1 355 Kbps

Video
ID : 0
Format : Indeo 4
Codec ID : IV50
Codec ID/Info : Intel Indeo Video 5.0 Wavelet
Duration : 16s 728ms
Bit rate : 1 137 Kbps
Width : 320 pixels
Height : 240 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 12.195 fps
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 1.213
Stream size : 2.27 MiB (84%)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Little
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Codec ID : 1
Codec ID/Hint : Microsoft
Duration : 16s 713ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Sampling rate : 8 000 Hz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 261 KiB (9%)
Interleave, duration : 279 ms (3.40 video frames)

I think there something wrong with the Video Bit rate : Is it 1.137 kbps or 1,137 kbps - regarding your video clip size they are both wrong - there's strong chance that the video clip is corrupted.

BTW, change the font color of your above post.

@ topgear

i dont think the file is corrupted. bcoz its playing well in xp. [BTW its 1355]
anyway as u wished the media inf is once again posted below without colours

General
Complete name : T:\home [OK]\misc\a passion 4 cycling.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 2.70 MiB
Duration : 16s 728ms
Overall bit rate : 1 355 Kbps

Video
ID : 0
Format : Indeo 4
Codec ID : IV50
Codec ID/Info : Intel Indeo Video 5.0 Wavelet
Duration : 16s 728ms
Bit rate : 1 137 Kbps
Width : 320 pixels
Height : 240 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 12.195 fps
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 1.213
Stream size : 2.27 MiB (84%)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Little
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Codec ID : 1
Codec ID/Hint : Microsoft
Duration : 16s 713ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Sampling rate : 8 000 Hz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 261 KiB (9%)
Interleave, duration : 279 ms (3.40 video frames)

Download this and tell me if the video is working or not :

*www.free-codecs.com/download_soft.php?d=5794&s=188

@curioustechy: try to play those videos in some other pc/laptop having vista os.....
or else use other players such as splash player/km player/gom player etc....

topgear said:
Download this and tell me if the video is working or not :

*www.free-codecs.com/download_soft.php?d=5794&s=188

no topgear, its not working :-(

KaranTh85 said:
@curioustechy: try to play those videos in some other pc/laptop having vista os.....
or else use other players such as splash player/km player/gom player etc....

i tried, hp media player program came along with my laptop, windows media player classic, quick time, vlc, real player,etc...nothing could help... i dont know how its playing flawlessly in xp...i run xp in the same laptop in a virtual machine

have you install that app correctly - try installing it in compatibility ( select XP ) mode one more time and try playing that video file.

If that's not working uninstall every codec app, run ccleaner ( remove reg and temp file ), download K-Lite Mega codec Pack - Select Advanced Install - Under Profile Selection Select Lots of Stuff - Now scroll down and make sure Indeo 4 and 5 is selected under VFW video codecs. Install K-Lite mega codec pack. AFter installation reboot and try playing your videos with Media Player Classic ( installed with K-Lite ).

well try converting the file to a different format using some popular video converter

^^ that's a nice idea though he need to convert it in VM Xp where the files are at least playing well.

^^ why so? i mean he will be converting, not playing. so converting in XP or converting in Win7, will it make any difference? also he can try Linux using live CD.

in Xp VM he can play those videos so most of the chances are a video converting app will convert it correctly on XP VM and if he converts it into a popular video format with say divx or xvid codec the files can be played using any popular media player ( like KMPlayer, GOMPlayer, Mplayer, VLC, MPC HC etc. )

@curioustechy thinking ur prob is not solved yet...

see :: last para of Indeo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
and :: Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerabilities in the Indeo codec could allow remote code execution: December 8, 2009

download:: MPlayer - The Movie Player