was this not supposed to happen? (m2ts files not playing)

[jimboTON]

Hi, i was told vlc could play nearly everything, so I found it very strange when it didn't play the video from a couple very standard m2ts files I have (I can only hear the audio ).

here is what the log had to say:

ffmpeg error: cannot open codec (Windows Media Video VC1)
main error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `WVC1'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.

Could someone provide some insight on this?

is it not VC1 a pretty common codec? what could be wrong? I'm using VLC 0.86h in Windows XP, no other media players are present (aside from Windows media).

thanks in advance!

[VLC_help]

http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ#Tra ... n.27t_work
known issue.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Do you have a sample ?

[jimboTON]

I'm afraid not, I don't know how to obtain a small playable part out of a m2ts stream, and the whole thing is pretty big.

But the problem seems to be the one described in the wiki so it's all right

I was afraid something was wrong with my pc, VLC installation or whatever..

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Well, we have the codec, so we should decode it, wiki or not.

[VLC_help]

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=47262&p=150132&hilit=m2ts#p150132
that topic has the sample files. I can provide more files if you need them.

[badbob]

Getting the same problem here, plays fine in WMP.

[VLC_help]

You use VLC 0.9.2?

[digitall2]

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=47262&p=150132&hilit=m2ts#p150132
that topic has the sample files. I can provide more files if you need them.

All the samples played great with VLC 0.9.2 and Vista x64, 6700 Quad Core and nVidea GPU.

[jpavlik]

I'm still getting the message the WVC1 is not supported - using 0.9.2.

I have a few files that I could perhaps post.