VLC player does not play video or just crashes

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VLC player does not play video or just crashes

Postby ihaventaclue » 13 Mar 2010 03:46

Every time i try to play an .AVI file, the video screen does not pop up. only plays as if it were an mp3 file perhaps. no audio is present or anything. but it "plays" other times itll just crash

what could it be? should i try another software?

im on windows XP SP3. 1 gig of ram. 1.2 Ghz processor
pleaaase help

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Re: VLC player does not play video or just crashes

Postby T.Sarastro » 13 Mar 2010 08:58

In my Windows system VLC 1.0.5 does not crash when trying avi-files produced by Canon camera G9. VLC says 'Avi file is broken. Repair ...' . The files however do well using WMP Ver 11.

Not much help, seems to be a common problem

Message window display:
es error: cannot peek
es error: cannot peek
es error: cannot peek
es error: cannot peek
mpgv error: cannot peek
ps error: cannot peek
mjpeg error: cannot peek
ps error: cannot peek
My computers 'Arne2': Model/Manufacturer: FUJITSU D1420, CPU/RAM x86 1995 MHz / 2000 MB (PC2100) / Drive0 100 GB + Drive1 250 GB) BIOS: FUJITSU SIEMENS/Phoenix 4.06 Rev. 1.05.1420, 2002-10-16 HAL Version: "HAL Version: "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"
XP 5.1 SP 3, AVG 9, VLC 1.0.5 , Windows Media Player 11

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Re: VLC player does not play video or just crashes

Postby VLC_help » 13 Mar 2010 18:53

T.Sarastro: Please, don't hijack threads
http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ-1.0 ... anently.3F

ihaventaclue: what does tool called Mediainfo say about that file?


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