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Hello,

Could You guide me through my issue?

a) I have a broken AVI file

b) I load the AVI file - VLC asks me if I want to repair it

c) VLC repairers everything and the AVI works fine

d) but when I run the same file again I must start everything from point "b)"


How can I save the fixed AVI file after the reindexing process is done?


Thanks in advance for Your support!

imm0rta1

VLC can not do that.

I don't know how to fix that problem, without transcoding the file again ? :/

mplayer can generate indexes too, for broken avi files, but it lets the index in a SEPARATE file, so I suppose it's a bit complex to put the index back in the .avi.

@funman , @all

It is not possible??? You are kidding me, right?

Oh gosh, so I'm now thinking loud why the heck this feature implemented at all?

so that each time when I want to watch a broken AVI I must reindex it over and over again?


Is there any thread with update suggestion for that???



greetings

imm0rta1

don't get broken avis

Oh gosh, so I'm now thinking loud why the heck this feature implemented at all?

so you can workaround your broken files and be able to do seeking

but every time I must do it all over again I would like to do it once and save the results ---- what if I had "only" 1GHz processor?

BR

imm0rta1

You can try to fix you broken AVI with Virtualdub by resaving the AVI to new file.

You can also use DivFix++

You can try to fix you broken AVI with Virtualdub by resaving the AVI to new file.

I did it..and indeed VLC can now open it without any error message..BUT I cannot seek in the file, cannot move the play head or the files go directly to the end.
Could you please explain me what is happening? and a possible fix?
Thnaks very much

Can you seek those files with other media players?

Not at all!
Actually this is what I done..and it now works.
I saved the file in VirtualDub as suggested upper.
Then I opened the resulting file in "VideoFixer" and I strip the index, then rebuilt it...and it now works correctly.