mpeg_system: unable to determine stream type

[new rrose]

Yes! I'm new at this. And when i try to play AVIs on my emac on the latest version of VLC I get this message. I've tried to find the answer on the net, but can't say i've found a clear answer. Would someone help me please, it would be much appreciated

yours,

nrr

[markfm]

Is it one specific file? There have been several posts like this, which seem to be "one-off" -- a user has a problem with a single specific file. Perhaps the file is broken (bad package)

If the file is not too large:
You can upload a sample to
ftp://ftp.videolan.org/incoming
and report it's name here.

[new rrose]

Thanks, but the file is 350 mb, and could be a problem... I remember reading it uses the x-vid codec, but I've never had this problem before.
Could another avi-player be a solution? Which one?

thanks again

nrr

[The DJ]

You should reset your VLC preferences. (see the prefs dialog).

[rlinsurf]

Sorry, I'm getting these all the time now.

They're all of type .hdtv-lol.avi. VLC seems to think they are mpegs. Here's the partial messageLog:


main debug: looking for demux2 module
main debug: probing 11 candidates
aiff warning: AIFF module discarded
au warning: AU module discarded
nsv warning: NSV module discarded
playlist warning: old import module discarded: invalid file
playlist warning: m3u import module discarded
playlist warning: pls import module discarded
pva warning: PVA module discarded
ts2 warning: TS module discarded
real warning: Real module discarded
ps warning: this does not look like an MPEG PS stream, but continuing anyway
main debug: looking for mpeg-system module
main debug: probing 1 candidate
main debug: using mpeg-system module "mpeg_system"
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x7937991a)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x57d93d16)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x57d93d16)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x8398bbb3)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xa98138f0)
macosx debug: stream has changed, refreshing interface
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xc3c3f827)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x83e12954)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x53dce738)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xf5d1ebee)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x305ebdab)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x4e360182)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x5e8bd97d)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x73f9d74d)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x3e8a60ec)
macosx debug: stream has changed, refreshing interface
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x6f1f8ef7)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x6112f11a)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x272acd10)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x4213760a)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x7117f3e2)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x803be6d5)
macosx debug: stream has changed, refreshing interface
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x818db6fa)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x510a9d7d)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x28c089ba)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x6e44dc19)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x203e3469)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xa33d7173)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x9b901628)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xec153313)
macosx debug: stream has changed, refreshing interface
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x7b00a70e)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x0903ebde)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x6cdc71f7)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x20b07c75)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xf9d47790)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x038823dc)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x0fc21def)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x825f4ff4)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x1976b25c)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x08062804)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x054811ab)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x63c2649e)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xdf51a78f)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xc5f54b9c)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xa46bc642)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x1e0856d9)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x57011603)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xfce2cf7b)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x54a49548)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xfa29c62c)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x72536791)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x70d3de29)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xa9be6f76)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xee7f47c5)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x2986428c)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xb8780670)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xa7c14087)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x81b34aa5)
macosx debug: stream has changed, refreshing interface
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x9071ee3e)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x1a72a3e9)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x44ffffa4)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xa6f8b0c2)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xb8a14f56)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x51a4f00c)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x04802699)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xbded56d1)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x4dd7caa4)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x3e33a445)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xe3592b02)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x911b64ac)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x1885f2ad)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x172e487b)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x33de22fd)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x0fd1e17f)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xc6f6de9d)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x98841790)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x57e2a1fd)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x86f325d9)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xd99bd12c)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xcbc77ec9)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xc1865e3c)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xd83a9063)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x8193c1b1)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x259a9975)
macosx debug: stream has changed, refreshing interface
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0xfcbf5058)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x149c499a)
mpeg_system warning: garbage (0x4c218f3e)
mpeg_system error: unable to determine stream type
main debug: selecting ES 0xe1
main debug: looking for decoder module
main debug: probing 21 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "libmpeg2"
main debug: thread 34686976 (decoder) created at priority -47 (src/input/input_dec.c:153)
main debug: selecting ES 0xc0
main debug: looking for decoder module
main debug: probing 21 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "mpeg_audio"
main debug: thread 34695680 (decoder) created at priority 37 (src/input/input_dec.c:153)
main debug: selecting ES 0xe0
main debug: looking for decoder module
main debug: probing 21 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "libmpeg2"
main debug: thread 34705408 (decoder) created at priority -47 (src/input/input_dec.c:153)
main debug: selecting ES 0xe9
main debug: looking for decoder module
main debug: probing 21 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "libmpeg2"
main debug: thread 34715136 (decoder) created at priority -47 (src/input/input_dec.c:153)
main debug: selecting ES 0xe7
main debug: looking for decoder module
main debug: probing 21 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "libmpeg2"
main debug: thread 34724864 (decoder) created at priority -47 (src/input/input_dec.c:153)
main debug: selecting ES 0xee
main debug: looking for decoder module
main debug: probing 21 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "libmpeg2"
main debug: thread 34734592 (decoder) created at priority -47 (src/input/input_dec.c:153)
main debug: selecting ES 0xec
main debug: looking for decoder module
main debug: probing 21 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "libmpeg2"
main debug: thread 34744320 (decoder) created at priority -47 (src/input/input_dec.c:153)
main debug: selecting ES 0xe4
main debug: looking for decoder module
main debug: probing 21 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "libmpeg2"
main debug: thread 34754048 (decoder) created at priority -47 (src/input/input_dec.c:153)
main debug: selecting ES 0xea
main debug: looking for decoder module
main debug: probing 21 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "libmpeg2"
main debug: thread 34763776 (decoder) created at priority -47 (src/input/input_dec.c:153)
main debug: selecting ES 0xeb
main debug: looking for decoder module
main debug: probing 21 candidates
main debug: using decoder module "libmpeg2"
main debug: thread 34773504 (decoder) created at priority -47 (src/input/input_dec.c:153)
main debug: dumping stream ID 0x0 [OK:0/D:0]
main debug: seekable stream, position: 0/158859264 (-:--:--/-:--:--)
main debug: dumping program 0x0, version 0 (partial)
main debug: ES 0xfe, stream 0xfe, fourcc ` ', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xe1, stream 0xe1, fourcc `mpgv', selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xc1, stream 0xc1, fourcc `mpga', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xc2, stream 0xc2, fourcc `mpga', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xc3, stream 0xc3, fourcc `mpga', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xbf, stream 0xbf, fourcc ` ', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xc0, stream 0xc0, fourcc `mpga', selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xcb, stream 0xcb, fourcc `mpga', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xf8, stream 0xf8, fourcc ` ', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xf1, stream 0xf1, fourcc ` ', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xd1, stream 0xd1, fourcc `mpga', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xca, stream 0xca, fourcc `mpga', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xc9, stream 0xc9, fourcc `mpga', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xf7, stream 0xf7, fourcc ` ', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xd8, stream 0xd8, fourcc `mpga', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xfa, stream 0xfa, fourcc ` ', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xe0, stream 0xe0, fourcc `mpgv', selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xcf, stream 0xcf, fourcc `mpga', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xdf, stream 0xdf, fourcc `mpga', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xe9, stream 0xe9, fourcc `mpgv', selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xcd, stream 0xcd, fourcc `mpga', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xce, stream 0xce, fourcc `mpga', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xe7, stream 0xe7, fourcc `mpgv', selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xd3, stream 0xd3, fourcc `mpga', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xc8, stream 0xc8, fourcc `mpga', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xf0, stream 0xf0, fourcc ` ', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xee, stream 0xee, fourcc `mpgv', selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xd0, stream 0xd0, fourcc `mpga', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xec, stream 0xec, fourcc `mpgv', selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xe4, stream 0xe4, fourcc `mpgv', selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xc6, stream 0xc6, fourcc `mpga', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xebbd, stream 0xbd, fourcc ` ', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xc4, stream 0xc4, fourcc `mpga', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xc5, stream 0xc5, fourcc `mpga', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0x94bd, stream 0xbd, fourcc ` ', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xdc, stream 0xdc, fourcc `mpga', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xd4, stream 0xd4, fourcc `mpga', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xf6, stream 0xf6, fourcc ` ', not selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
main debug: ES 0xea, stream 0xea, fourcc `mpgv', selected [OK:0/ERR:0]
message warning: message queue overflowed

You say to chnage the pref's, but can you tell me what to chnage to see these files?

Thanks

[rlinsurf]

Sorry. Forgot to mention this is VLC 0.81.

And this is also happening with files of type:

.hdtv.xvid-tcm.avi

Those files have no errors. They simply don't play at all.

[rlinsurf]

Ummm...

Okay. My bad. I had so many problems with these files before, I started checking them before they were finished.

When completed, they played just fine. All of them.

Nevermind