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Please share those files.

No video window pops up. I can hear the audio as it plays but no video. BG

We still support those. What happens when you play those?

... on some old quicktime files that I am sure I used to be able to play before ( previous versions of VLC and I think Quick time too). They are in WMV3 and WMA2 format. Are there some old codecs that are no longer supported, or do I need to get access to third party codecs? I am on OSX High Sierra. ...

... mux_asf debug: removing input main debug: removing module "packetizer_copy" main debug: killing decoder fourcc `WMV3', 0 PES in FIFO main debug: removing a sout input (sout_input:0x618000422f00) main debug: removing module "avcodec" avcodec debug: ffmpeg ...

... main debug: removing module "avcodec" avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (Windows Media Video 9) stopped main debug: killing decoder fourcc `WMV3', 2 PES in FIFO main debug: saving a free vout main debug: reusing provided vout main debug: removing module "asf" asf warning: unknown ...

The WMV3 is a known bug.

Hello,

in difference to Version 2.0.8 for Mac isn't it possible anymore to play wmv3 Videos in v2.10, and the repeat button disappeared.

Could you please upload a sample file to http://streams.videolan.org/upload/ referencing this forum thread? Thanks!

Hi, Unfortunately I still can't get VLC to play WMV3 files. I tried your suggestion and, when this didn't work, I uninstalled VLC with AppCleaner and downloaded the 2.0.3 again. Still no luck. Red coloured errors in log are: " cannot open codec ...

Thanks for your suggestion. I'll try this later today and update the thread with the outcome. I'll also post more detail about the error msg (if it reoccurs).

Works great for me.

Could you reset VLC's preferences by deleting a folder called "org.videolan.vlc" and a file named "org.videolan.vlc.plist" in your Library's Preferences folder? you can find the Library folder by option-clicking on the Finder's "Go" menu.

I'm a noob here, so please bear with me... Since upgrading to Mountain Lion, VLC will not play WMV3 files. I'm sure they ran fine on Snow Leopard but now I just get a codec error message. :( I have installed Flip4Mac3 but that puts an annoying watermark and a voice-over ...

... that (as expected) works brilliantly with Windows, but we also have 70 Macs on site too. I have actually managed to get the streams to play using WMV3 codec and RTSP as the handler, but the videos stutter incredibly at start up (video plays for 8 secs and stops while audio catches up) and then ...

... would find it. is there a mix and match of transcoding that works well on itunes? the original file encapsulated as asx or asf audio: WMA2 video: WMV3 thanks in advance!

... - Windows Media Audio 2 (WMA2) Channels - Mono Sample rate - 16000 Hz Bits per sample - 16 Stream 1: Type - Video Codec - Windows Media Video 9 (WMV3) Resolution - 440x330 Frame rate - 25 Statistics: Input: Read at media - 7157KiB Input bitrate - 4244 kb/s Demuxed - 1878 KiB Stream bitrate - ...

I'm having this exact same problem.

Anyone know a fix?

Hi,
I have the same issue with vlc 1.0.2 on my ppc running leopard.
I noticed some wmv and some flv have exactly the same problem as in the pic shown above...
Any suggestions?

... on vlc 0.9. Trying to find where things got wrong I tried mplayer 1.0rc2 (works fine) and mplayer from svn (green lines). The common ground for wmv3 is ffmpeg (I think?), but when I built ffmpeg and converted a file from .wmv to .mpeg there where no such lines. I tried both vlc 0.5 and from ...

frame skips happen to all the files i could throw at it. Playback is smooth with QT X w/ Perian. It's the same VLC binary that I used to when my computer was running Leopard, and it ran like a champ then. I have logs for playing h264, mp4v, mpegv, wmv3, xvid i can send you.

... VLC stuttering from time to time. For comparison I tried this with Windows Media Player and the video was smooth throughout. The codecs used are WMV3 and wma2. It would appear this is a general VLC issue (not Mac specific). Edit: opened ticket: 2948

... Kbps Maximum Overall bit rate : 2 423 Kbps Encoded date : UTC 2009-06-25 17:22:50.531 Video ID : 2 Format : VC-1 Format profile : MP@ML Codec ID : WMV3 Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Video 9 Codec ID/Hint : WMV3 Description of the codec : Windows Media Video 9 - Professional Duration : 12mn 46s ...

... reads: ffmpeg: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?) ffmpeg warning: Bits overconsumption: 32753 > 32752 (wmv3@0x2ade800) ffmpeg warning: cannot decode one frame (2048 bytes) ffmpeg warning: Bits overconsumption: 63000 > 62752 (wmv3@0x2ade800) ffmpeg warning: ...

You have an issue in your install, since all WMV3 files play on latest 08.6c on my mac. Okay. I ran the delete prefs script and put my VLC folder in the trash. Did a manual seach to make sure all the VLC related files were in the trash and deleted ...

You have an issue in your install, since all WMV3 files play on latest 08.6c on my mac.