wmv with no sound

[wrGuest]

Not sure if this is a bug. Never had any sound issues with VLC. Today i have tried to watch video samples at http://www.sysinternals.com/videos.html and i get no sound. Media Player Classic (without any codecs installed, and this is only wmv9+wma9) is playing sound ok. I have other wmv9+wma9 files which plays ok with VLC.

[wroot]

UPD: with current version i can watch those videos with sound, but still cant move to some place of the video. It shows, but sound dissapears. Cant find whether those videos are still available.

P.S. i have also changed the OS to WinXP SP2 (was Win2000 SP4)

[VLC_help]

You could google those filenames and hopefully you can find some alternative download links.

[revolunet]

one the newest wmv audio codec, wmav i think is not yet supported by VLC ;(

[Arite]

What WMA codec is it? Press "Ctrl+I" and click on "Advanced information".

You could also try using:

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--codec dmo

To start VLC with it open e.g. "Start >> Run..." and enter "cmd".

In the commandline enter, assuming VLC is installed in the default location:

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C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe --codec dmo FILE

Where FILE is the location of the *.wmv file (e.g. "C:\Temp\Test.wmv").

Cheers, Arite.

[revolunet]

even with --codec dmo the newest wmav codec isnt supported ;(

[wroot]

Stream 0
Codec: wmas
Language:
Type: Audio
Channels: 1
Sample rate: 22050 Hz
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 20 kb/s
Codec name: Windows Media Audio 9 Voice
Codec description: 20 kbps, 22 kHz, mono

Stream 1
CodecL WMV3
Language:
Type: Video
Resolution: 640x480
Codec Name: Windows Media Video 9

i have put one of them at my site: http://www.wroot.lt/misc/sample.wmv

[Arite]

Well the audio does playback fine in both 0.8.6e and 0.9.0-git (20080402-003), however as you said seeking loses the audio. The message output is as follows after seeking:

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dmo debug: ProcessInput(): not accepting dmo debug: ProcessOutput(): failed

It then loops continuously.

The only suggestion I have is quickly transcoding to another format. For example with your sample the sout string (generated using mostly default settings in the "Steam output" window):

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:sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,vb=1024,scale=1,acodec=mpga,ab=192,channels=2}:duplicate{dst=std{access=file,mux=mp4,dst="C:\Temp\OUT.mp4"}}

Worked fine and the audio was retained when seeking.

Cheers, Arite.