AVI files: No navigation within video with VLC?

[Joern]

Hello,

I just installed VLC and think it is great to replace earlier players, since it plays everything I have, even AVCHD.

But there is a problem with AVI-files: I can start and watch them regularly, but as soon as I want to navigate (jump to another location within the video, use single frame etc.), the video will be played mixed up, extremely fast and erratic and is finished after a few seconds.

I already tried all output modules and I tried AVI from different sources.

I have XP SP3. Windows Media Player, Power DVD 5 and K-Lite Pack don´t have (and never had) problems with AVI on the same system. And I am astonished, because AVI is such an old format!

Thanks in advance if you have ideas!

Greetings from Wuerzburg

Joern

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Can you sahre the file?

[Joern]

Yes I can (but it needed some time)

I work with a MiniDV cam (PAL). It produces files (DV Type 1) with 200 MB per minute, so I took a rather short piece:

http://home.arcor.de/joernl/OrigFromCam.avi

Try the following:

Start the Video with VLC (this works so far for me), then click on a different position in the movie time line (or jump 3 sec or use single frame steps). In my case, then it stops for a time and after some seconds begins to play the rest only in erratic single frames and pieces.

Today, I found out the following: I converted the video to DV Type 2 using Ulead Media Studio. This seems to work!

But of course I cannot recode all my AVI files from Type 1 to Type 2, since I have tons of these videos from this camera on a lot of different disks. And other Media Players do it. So maybe there is a specific problem of VLC with DV Type 1? Although this should not be an exotic format, since I have a Sony MiniDV cam (PC6).

Regards

Joern

[Joern]

Now I uploaded an example file some days ago - does anybody have an idea? Or is this problem unkown?

If noone can help me: Are there other places for me to ask?

@ Jean-Baptiste: You asked for the file - what did you find out?

Thanks a lot!

Joern

[VLC_help]

I can check out the file during weekend if no-one else does it.

[Joern]

That would be very nice, I hope you have a nice weekend besides that

Joern

[VLC_help]

Issue seems to in VLC build-in AVI demuxer since with

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vlc --demux ffmpeg

seeking works.

[Joern]

Thank´s for the info. Since I am no professional, I needed some hours to find out what you mean, what a demuxer is and where in VLC to choose it. Now I chose it in VLC-settings-all-codecs-Demuxer. I switched from "Standard" to "FFmpeg". This works indeed, but it reveals a new problem:

With this setting, other files don´t work. For example, mp4-files are played with an interrupted sound. So it seems to me, that I have to choose a different Demuxer for different file-types. This would be very uncomfortable to do manually each time. Can I force vlc to use ffmpeg only for .avi-files and not for others? Or was my way to ffmpeg wrong?

Thanks and regards,

Joern

[VLC_help]

You can create two different shortcuts that launch VLC with different options.

[Joern]

OK, that works. Thank you very much. But (again):

I already said that I´m no Professional. Therefore I even had a problem to know how to make this shortcut. If somebody else reads this forum later, he might be interested how to do this. So I will "translate" the help...
And I´m interested to hear, if my way was the best way to do it for Windows (XP):

1.) Fast way: Klick on "Start" - "Ausführen" (English: Start - Run) and type
X:\...\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe --demux ffmpeg (including blanks)
where X:\...\ is the path on the computer where VLC was installed. Then pull and drop the video over the vlc-window or open the video.

2.) Alternative for often usage: Create a new icon for vlc.exe on the desktop - or make a copy of the existing one.
Right-click on this icon, then on "Eigenschaften" (Properties) and find the field where the entry ends with "...vlc.exe"
Add " --demux ffmpeg" (including blanks but without ")
and click OK
Then pull & drop the .avi-Video over the new icon to play it.

Read You

Joern

[HDAV]

I tired to follow the instructions but got nowhere --demux ffmpeg to the end gave me an error message (XP pro SP3)

[Joern]

Hi HDAV,

I have XP SP3 too. But my PC is in repair at the moment. Did you use 1.) or 2.)? Please type here the complete line that you used and the path to your vlc.exe on your PC. I will look it up as soon as my PC is back. Will need some days.

[HDAV]

The second as i want to use VLC to analyise video footage (avi) frame by frame, any developers reading this who can customise VLC to a specific purpose please get in touch. having the frame advance and rewind controls working 100% is critical

At present i have lsot them totally!!!! anyone tell me where they should be or the list of hot keys?

Found the "e" in hot keys but after 20 or so frames it locks up and crashes Any ideas?

[VLC_help]

Found the "e" in hot keys but after 20 or so frames it locks up and crashes Any ideas?

Known VLC bug.

[HDAV]

Found the "e" in hot keys but after 20 or so frames it locks up and crashes Any ideas?

Known VLC bug.

Ah thats a problem, is there a fix on the way? If not I will have to look for a different playback platform as frame by frame analysis is key

any idea on an alternative for frame by frame playback?

[VLC_help]

Virtualdub is quite nice for frame by frame.

You can follow the development of this bug via http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/2951