VLC cannot play samples.avi anymore

[wazer]

Hi there for a long time ever since two-flower i think VLC dont handle samples.avi well anymore.

I have tested newest nighties and official version 2.0.4 the issue remains.

Those sample files plays well in other players.

Here's a log from verbosity 2

http://pastebin.com/nYG5eqLQ



Here's the sample.avi ~50mb

Rapidshare:
https://rapidshare.com/files/613191975/sample.avi

Multiupload:
http://www.multiupload.nl/G2Q0U236OG


Thanks n regards wazer.

[edwardw]

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$ file sample.avi sample.avi: RAR archive data, v14, flags: Archive volume, os: Win32

Trying to extract it gives this:

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$ unrar e sample.rar UNRAR 4.00 beta 3 freeware Copyright (c) 1993-2010 Alexander Roshal Extracting from sample.rar WARNING: You need to start extraction from a previous volume to unpack sublime-deadfall_vod.iso Cannot find volume sample.r00 No files to extract

Conclusion: this is a broken RAR file, not a VLC problem.

[Lotesdelere]

It's not an AVI but a RAR file containing an ISO image with MPEG-2 video, AC-3 audio and RLE subs.
FFplay is playing it.

You should just extract the ISO from the RAR file.

[edwardw]

It's not an AVI

Evidently not. (Unless the wrong file was uploaded; I got it from the Rapidshare link.)

[wazer]

It's not an AVI but a RAR file containing an ISO image with MPEG-2 video, AC-3 audio and RLE subs.
FFplay is playing it.

You should just extract the ISO from the RAR file.

Please We all know that WMP aint that advanced and it play's it well, this has always worked before with VLC. Try out vlc-1.1.11-win32 it works flawless in that... I think twoflower had something left out that supported those sample avi that comes with the files.

[wazer]

It's not an AVI

Evidently not. (Unless the wrong file was uploaded; I got it from the Rapidshare link.)

No its no a wrong file.. Check out old versions of VLC player 1.1.11 it works fine also WMP plays it with default codecs in windows 7 !.

[wazer]

Hello any coders/helpers here?


Here's the log from vlc version 1.1.11 with verb:2 where it works just fine!



http://pastebin.com/4pEwZCnu

[wazer]

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[wazer]

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[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

This file is broken, so no.

[wazer]

This file is broken, so no.

Well its not since its only asking for other directions as you can see if you open it in fx. winrar... All the files are made that way, and since its working in 1.1 then i cannot see how its broken it was a feature in VLC before two but is now gone/left out/forgotten???

Those files are provided to thousands of users and we all have those problems with twoflower.


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[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Just extract the file from the rar...

[wazer]

Just extract the file from the rar...

Since when did vlc turn into, just do more complicated work so vlc can play it. No thanks ill look for other alternatives to vlc that actually can play all my files without doing crazy amount of work first

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Great.
Then you won't blame us for not playing DVD-inside-ISO-inside-RAR-renamed-AVI files.

[wazer]

Great.
Then you won't blame us for not playing DVD-inside-ISO-inside-RAR-renamed-AVI files.

I dont see why the feature from 1.1 cannot be implemented? Can you tell me why, copy paste the code and make it fit with twoflower and profit ?

[edwardw]

Well, I tried to extract your file, but it was part of a multi-part RAR file, and one cannot extract a multi-part RAR file without all of the parts being present.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Well, I tried to extract your file, but it was part of a multi-part RAR file, and one cannot extract a multi-part RAR file without all of the parts being present.

Of course.

[wazer]

Well, I tried to extract your file, but it was part of a multi-part RAR file, and one cannot extract a multi-part RAR file without all of the parts being present.

Dont extract it just put it into vlc?

Would you mind trying to play the same file in vlc 1.xx ?


Something was left out from 1.x to 2.x

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

No complete sample => no fix.