can't play .AVIs

bigred · 30th June 2009, 10:28 PM

Media player gives sound but no video.

Tried installing QuickTime and doesn't work at all - says I need some other component but doesn't bother to tell me what.

Ideas? Thx

Ducky · 30th June 2009, 10:30 PM

Download and install VLC, and you should be fine. It will play pretty much anything you throw at it.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

GreNME · 30th June 2009, 11:22 PM

This may help. The first listing should do the trick.

Policenaut · 30th June 2009, 11:37 PM

Originally Posted by Ducky

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Download this. VLC rocks.

Worm · 1st July 2009, 07:03 AM

Another vote for VLC. Very, very rarely fails to play anything.

MG1962 · 1st July 2009, 07:17 AM

I have recently switched to VLC after similar media player issues - Never looked back

pgwenthold · 1st July 2009, 08:33 AM

VLC is great.

Bobert · 1st July 2009, 05:50 PM

Originally Posted by ducky

download and install vlc, and you should be fine. It will play pretty much anything you throw at it.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

word

prewitt81 · 1st July 2009, 05:59 PM

VLC is great, and the k-lite codec pack is also good if you prefer to still use WMP or Media Player Classic (which comes with this install).

GreyICE · 1st July 2009, 06:05 PM

VLC is great for AVIs. For mkvs and wmvs I still prefer codecs, as there's a hell of a lot of problem with VLC's implimentation of mkv files.

bigred · 1st July 2009, 09:29 PM

VLC worked, thanks! POS media player, you're outta here

Wowbagger · 1st July 2009, 10:49 PM

Yeah. VLC is da shizzle. Use that.

JcR · 1st July 2009, 11:19 PM

I use VLC to play all my flac files.

JoeyDonuts · 2nd July 2009, 02:47 AM

Go to ******* for your video needs. As long as you have Flash installed, the porn train never stops.

Well, what else would you need a video player for?

Edited for Breach of Rule 2.

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laca · 2nd July 2009, 02:55 AM

VLC is nice, but mplayer is better IMO.

Undesired Walrus · 2nd July 2009, 04:45 AM

I knew that VLC would be advocated here. The only downside is that it seems to override all my prior sound settings and blast me across to the other side of the room, ears bleeding.

It must be the godsend of every teenager who is desperate to open that porn file but simply can't.

Oliver · 2nd July 2009, 05:47 AM

Originally Posted by bigred

Media player gives sound but no video.

Tried installing QuickTime and doesn't work at all - says I need some other component but doesn't bother to tell me what.

Ideas? Thx

Are you talking about all Avi's or some specific ones? Also, it's possible to make AVI's using different codecs, so your problem most probably is due to missing codecs. To get the most common codecs, you may like to install a "codec-package" such as this:

Codec Guide: K-Lite Codec Pack and other useful stuff

GreyICE · 2nd July 2009, 11:19 AM

Originally Posted by Undesired Walrus

I knew that VLC would be advocated here. The only downside is that it seems to override all my prior sound settings and blast me across to the other side of the room, ears bleeding.

It must be the godsend of every teenager who is desperate to open that porn file but simply can't.

Does porn use obscure encodings? I use it for anime. You wouldn't believe how many fansubbers think it's cute to find the most bizarre, otherworldly encoding scheme and use it for godawful reasons that would baffle Marilyn Von Savant (what's a Theora anyway you [censored] [censored] mother loving [censored]).

jsiv · 2nd July 2009, 01:50 PM

Both VLC and MPlayer are pretty ****** players really with mediocre unaccelerated codecs. They are free and will open most things though, so that's a definite bonus.

The big codec packs are generally a bad idea and have a tendency to make your system screwy. There's really only a few codecs one usually needs. XVid for Xvid and DivX video, an H.264 codec (usually for HD video), AC3Filter for AC3 audio, Haali Media Splitter for .MKV files, and the VobSub filter for subtitles. With Win 7, you only need the last three.

If you can't figure out what video format a file is, the GSpot utility is very handy.

deRoy · 5th July 2009, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by Ducky

Download and install VLC, and you should be fine. It will play pretty much anything you throw at it.

Seconded.

Wowbagger · 5th July 2009, 08:34 PM

I'm surprised no one mentioned VLC, yet. You should try that.

ETA: Never mind. I see a few of you already did so.

Ducky · 5th July 2009, 09:07 PM

Originally Posted by Wowbagger

I'm surprised no one mentioned VLC, yet. You should try that.

ETA: Never mind. I see a few of you already did so.

You should have left the edit off. I lol'ed.

Wowbagger · 5th July 2009, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by Ducky

You should have left the edit off. I lol'ed.

(Eh, maybe. I'll compromise with you, for now. I turned it light gray.)

TheDaver · 12th July 2009, 02:36 AM

I advise against installing codec packs because they usually include stuff you really don’t need that could possibly mess up your computer. Or worse, they could contain malware (which will almost definitely mess up your computer).

Instead, when you have an AVI that won’t play properly, I recommend you use an app called GSpot to determine what codecs the AVI in question uses, and then just hunt down the individual codecs needed.

Ducky · 12th July 2009, 02:40 AM

Originally Posted by TheDaver

I advise against installing codec packs because they usually include stuff you really don’t need that could possibly mess up your computer. Or worse, they could contain malware (which will almost definitely mess up your computer).

Instead, when you have an AVI that won’t play properly, I recommend you use an app called GSpot to determine what codecs the AVI in question uses, and then just hunt down the individual codecs needed.

This is solid advice if you want to use windows media player, etc.

I still prefer VLC.

laca · 12th July 2009, 03:11 AM

Originally Posted by jsiv

Both VLC and MPlayer are pretty ****** players really with mediocre unaccelerated codecs. They are free and will open most things though, so that's a definite bonus.

I thought they were heavily accelerated. At least they were the last time I looked at the mplayer source...

bigred · 12th July 2009, 07:39 AM

Originally Posted by TheDaver

I advise against installing codec packs because they usually include stuff you really don’t need that could possibly mess up your computer. Or worse, they could contain malware (which will almost definitely mess up your computer).

Now you tell me.

I am cooling on VLC and so installed one for Windows Media player. Still no .FLAC play ability though. Don't get me wrong, thx for all this info, but I haven't found a player I really like as yet.

Ducky · 12th July 2009, 07:45 AM

Originally Posted by bigred

Now you tell me.

I am cooling on VLC and so installed one for Windows Media player. Still no .FLAC play ability though. Don't get me wrong, thx for all this info, but I haven't found a player I really like as yet.

That's odd, since .FLAC is one of the codecs VLC says it plays.

I've yet to find a media player I like, but VLC comes close. If someone would rewrite the interface of VLC to be a little prettier I would be happy. Something akin to Songbird or Rhythmbox's interface on VLC engine.

TheDaver · 12th July 2009, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by Ducky

This is solid advice if you want to use windows media player, etc.

I still prefer VLC.

Oh, so do I.

It’s great, and is has much better format support than Windows “out of the box”, but it doesn’t play everything.

TheDaver · 12th July 2009, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by bigred

Now you tell me.

I am cooling on VLC and so installed one for Windows Media player. Still no .FLAC play ability though. Don't get me wrong, thx for all this info, but I haven't found a player I really like as yet.

I know the feeling.

My solution is to use VLC for video and foobar2000 for audio. Works well for me, since I take pride in my music collection and really appreciate having features like a music library and album art display on my audio player but just need my general media player to play video.

geni · 12th July 2009, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by GreyICE

(what's a Theora anyway you [censored] [censored] mother loving [censored]).

A patent free codec based on VP3. Wikipedia uses it.

Other patent free options are dirac (mostly experimental at the moment) and a few odds and ends that don't work.

bigred · 12th July 2009, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by Ducky

That's odd, since .FLAC is one of the codecs VLC says it plays.

No, I meant Windows Media Player.

What I dislike about VLC is that the EQ comes up as a separate "box" and doesn't always kick in when you enable it. I don't care about the "prettiness" thing.

Ducky · 12th July 2009, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by bigred

No, I meant Windows Media Player.

What I dislike about VLC is that the EQ comes up as a separate "box" and doesn't always kick in when you enable it. I don't care about the "prettiness" thing.

Fair issues. There's some online support for these types of problems in their forums, and there's skins that would combine the EQ, I think.

jsiv · 13th July 2009, 08:32 AM

Originally Posted by laca

I thought they were heavily accelerated. At least they were the last time I looked at the mplayer source...

Well, you are wrong. I haven't looked at the source, but putting it next to actual accelerated codecs like those from Cyberlink or Microsoft that will play HD video with ~0 CPU use, it's pretty obvious that it isn't.

Originally Posted by bigred

No, I meant Windows Media Player.

Windows Media Player (WMP) will play FLAC just fine, provided you actually have a FLAC codec installed. Chances are that whatever you installed wasn't actually a standard Windows codec (also known as DirectShow filters or Media Foundation transforms). I'm pretty sure the download from the official FLAC site isn't, it's just some tool. Here's an example of a package that includes filters for all the Ogg formats and FLAC: http://www.xiph.org/dshow/

Once you've installed that, you might have to take an additional step to get WMP to recognize the .flac files, but it's not very hard. Just right click on a .flac file and select Open (or Open with if it's already associated with something else), then pick Windows Media Player from the list and make sure the "Always use the selected program..." option is ticked. Hit okay, and WMP should launch and maybe give you this message:

Just tick the "don't ask me again" option and hit Yes. You're now done, and can just double-click .flac-files and they'll automatically open in WMP. You'll also be able to add them to libraries and playlists, if you use that. The same process can be used to make it recognize any other formats you have codecs installed for (like .MKV).

laca · 13th July 2009, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by jsiv

Well, you are wrong. I haven't looked at the source, but putting it next to actual accelerated codecs like those from Cyberlink or Microsoft that will play HD video with ~0 CPU use, it's pretty obvious that it isn't.

We might be talking about different things... I referred to the codecs being accelerated, i.e. optimized code in asm. You might be referring to the other codecs using hardware decoding, thus using much less CPU than mplayer for ex., that does all decoding in software.

e.g. see this thread

jsiv · 13th July 2009, 10:01 AM

First time I've heard it used to mean "optimized in assembly." I would have thought most people read it as hardware accelerated, which is indeed what I meant.

30th June 2009, 10:28 PM	#1
bigred Philosopher Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: USA Posts: 9,443	can't play .AVIs Media player gives sound but no video. Tried installing QuickTime and doesn't work at all - says I need some other component but doesn't bother to tell me what. Ideas? Thx

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1st July 2009, 08:33 AM	#7
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30th June 2009, 10:30 PM	#2
Ducky Titanium Superhero Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota Posts: 10,769	Download and install VLC, and you should be fine. It will play pretty much anything you throw at it. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

30th June 2009, 11:37 PM	#4
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1st July 2009, 05:50 PM	#8
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1st July 2009, 05:59 PM	#9
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1st July 2009, 06:05 PM	#10
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1st July 2009, 09:29 PM	#11
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2nd July 2009, 05:47 AM	#17
Oliver ~The Rascal~ Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 16,228	Originally Posted by bigred Media player gives sound but no video. Tried installing QuickTime and doesn't work at all - says I need some other component but doesn't bother to tell me what. Ideas? Thx Are you talking about all Avi's or some specific ones? Also, it's possible to make AVI's using different codecs, so your problem most probably is due to missing codecs. To get the most common codecs, you may like to install a "codec-package" such as this: Codec Guide: K-Lite Codec Pack and other useful stuff
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GreyICE Philosopher Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 6,543	Originally Posted by Undesired Walrus I knew that VLC would be advocated here. The only downside is that it seems to override all my prior sound settings and blast me across to the other side of the room, ears bleeding. It must be the godsend of every teenager who is desperate to open that porn file but simply can't. Does porn use obscure encodings? I use it for anime. You wouldn't believe how many fansubbers think it's cute to find the most bizarre, otherworldly encoding scheme and use it for godawful reasons that would baffle Marilyn Von Savant (what's a Theora anyway you [censored] [censored] mother loving [censored]).
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2nd July 2009, 01:50 PM	#19
jsiv King of Svalbard Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bortenfor alle blåner Posts: 4,105	Both VLC and MPlayer are pretty ****** players really with mediocre unaccelerated codecs. They are free and will open most things though, so that's a definite bonus. The big codec packs are generally a bad idea and have a tendency to make your system screwy. There's really only a few codecs one usually needs. XVid for Xvid and DivX video, an H.264 codec (usually for HD video), AC3Filter for AC3 audio, Haali Media Splitter for .MKV files, and the VobSub filter for subtitles. With Win 7, you only need the last three. If you can't figure out what video format a file is, the GSpot utility is very handy.
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5th July 2009, 04:40 PM	#20
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5th July 2009, 08:34 PM	#21
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5th July 2009, 09:07 PM	#22
Ducky Titanium Superhero Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota Posts: 10,769	Originally Posted by Wowbagger I'm surprised no one mentioned VLC, yet. You should try that. ETA: Never mind. I see a few of you already did so. You should have left the edit off. I lol'ed.

5th July 2009, 09:18 PM	#23
Wowbagger The Infinitely Prolonged Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Westchester County, NY (when not in space) Posts: 7,725	Originally Posted by Ducky You should have left the edit off. I lol'ed. (Eh, maybe. I'll compromise with you, for now. I turned it light gray.)
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12th July 2009, 02:36 AM	#24
TheDaver hairy farting brute Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Montréal Posts: 825	I advise against installing codec packs because they usually include stuff you really don’t need that could possibly mess up your computer. Or worse, they could contain malware (which will almost definitely mess up your computer). Instead, when you have an AVI that won’t play properly, I recommend you use an app called GSpot to determine what codecs the AVI in question uses, and then just hunt down the individual codecs needed.

12th July 2009, 02:40 AM	#25
Ducky Titanium Superhero Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota Posts: 10,769	Originally Posted by TheDaver I advise against installing codec packs because they usually include stuff you really don’t need that could possibly mess up your computer. Or worse, they could contain malware (which will almost definitely mess up your computer). Instead, when you have an AVI that won’t play properly, I recommend you use an app called GSpot to determine what codecs the AVI in question uses, and then just hunt down the individual codecs needed. This is solid advice if you want to use windows media player, etc. I still prefer VLC.

12th July 2009, 03:11 AM	#26
laca Muse Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 739	Originally Posted by jsiv Both VLC and MPlayer are pretty ****** players really with mediocre unaccelerated codecs. They are free and will open most things though, so that's a definite bonus. I thought they were heavily accelerated. At least they were the last time I looked at the mplayer source...
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12th July 2009, 07:39 AM	#27
bigred Philosopher Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: USA Posts: 9,443	Originally Posted by TheDaver I advise against installing codec packs because they usually include stuff you really don’t need that could possibly mess up your computer. Or worse, they could contain malware (which will almost definitely mess up your computer). Now you tell me. I am cooling on VLC and so installed one for Windows Media player. Still no .FLAC play ability though. Don't get me wrong, thx for all this info, but I haven't found a player I really like as yet.

12th July 2009, 07:45 AM	#28
Ducky Titanium Superhero Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota Posts: 10,769	Originally Posted by bigred Now you tell me. I am cooling on VLC and so installed one for Windows Media player. Still no .FLAC play ability though. Don't get me wrong, thx for all this info, but I haven't found a player I really like as yet. That's odd, since .FLAC is one of the codecs VLC says it plays. I've yet to find a media player I like, but VLC comes close. If someone would rewrite the interface of VLC to be a little prettier I would be happy. Something akin to Songbird or Rhythmbox's interface on VLC engine.

12th July 2009, 05:47 PM	#29
TheDaver hairy farting brute Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Montréal Posts: 825	Originally Posted by Ducky This is solid advice if you want to use windows media player, etc. I still prefer VLC. Oh, so do I. It’s great, and is has much better format support than Windows “out of the box”, but it doesn’t play everything.

12th July 2009, 05:53 PM	#30
TheDaver hairy farting brute Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Montréal Posts: 825	Originally Posted by bigred Now you tell me. I am cooling on VLC and so installed one for Windows Media player. Still no .FLAC play ability though. Don't get me wrong, thx for all this info, but I haven't found a player I really like as yet. I know the feeling. My solution is to use VLC for video and foobar2000 for audio. Works well for me, since I take pride in my music collection and really appreciate having features like a music library and album art display on my audio player but just need my general media player to play video.

12th July 2009, 06:32 PM	#31
geni Anti-homeopathy illuminati member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: UK Posts: 20,280	Originally Posted by GreyICE (what's a Theora anyway you [censored] [censored] mother loving [censored]). A patent free codec based on VP3. Wikipedia uses it. Other patent free options are dirac (mostly experimental at the moment) and a few odds and ends that don't work.

12th July 2009, 07:10 PM	#32
bigred Philosopher Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: USA Posts: 9,443	Originally Posted by Ducky That's odd, since .FLAC is one of the codecs VLC says it plays. No, I meant Windows Media Player. What I dislike about VLC is that the EQ comes up as a separate "box" and doesn't always kick in when you enable it. I don't care about the "prettiness" thing.

12th July 2009, 07:13 PM	#33
Ducky Titanium Superhero Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota Posts: 10,769	Originally Posted by bigred No, I meant Windows Media Player. What I dislike about VLC is that the EQ comes up as a separate "box" and doesn't always kick in when you enable it. I don't care about the "prettiness" thing. Fair issues. There's some online support for these types of problems in their forums, and there's skins that would combine the EQ, I think.

13th July 2009, 08:32 AM	#34
jsiv King of Svalbard Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bortenfor alle blåner Posts: 4,105	Originally Posted by laca I thought they were heavily accelerated. At least they were the last time I looked at the mplayer source... Well, you are wrong. I haven't looked at the source, but putting it next to actual accelerated codecs like those from Cyberlink or Microsoft that will play HD video with ~0 CPU use, it's pretty obvious that it isn't. Originally Posted by bigred No, I meant Windows Media Player. Windows Media Player (WMP) will play FLAC just fine, provided you actually have a FLAC codec installed. Chances are that whatever you installed wasn't actually a standard Windows codec (also known as DirectShow filters or Media Foundation transforms). I'm pretty sure the download from the official FLAC site isn't, it's just some tool. Here's an example of a package that includes filters for all the Ogg formats and FLAC: http://www.xiph.org/dshow/ Once you've installed that, you might have to take an additional step to get WMP to recognize the .flac files, but it's not very hard. Just right click on a .flac file and select Open (or Open with if it's already associated with something else), then pick Windows Media Player from the list and make sure the "Always use the selected program..." option is ticked. Hit okay, and WMP should launch and maybe give you this message: Just tick the "don't ask me again" option and hit Yes. You're now done, and can just double-click .flac-files and they'll automatically open in WMP. You'll also be able to add them to libraries and playlists, if you use that. The same process can be used to make it recognize any other formats you have codecs installed for (like .MKV).
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13th July 2009, 09:40 AM	#35
laca Muse Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 739	Originally Posted by jsiv Well, you are wrong. I haven't looked at the source, but putting it next to actual accelerated codecs like those from Cyberlink or Microsoft that will play HD video with ~0 CPU use, it's pretty obvious that it isn't. We might be talking about different things... I referred to the codecs being accelerated, i.e. optimized code in asm. You might be referring to the other codecs using hardware decoding, thus using much less CPU than mplayer for ex., that does all decoding in software. e.g. see this thread
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13th July 2009, 10:01 AM	#36
jsiv King of Svalbard Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bortenfor alle blåner Posts: 4,105	First time I've heard it used to mean "optimized in assembly." I would have thought most people read it as hardware accelerated, which is indeed what I meant.
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