VLC does not play avi file
Posted: 04 Jul 2012 14:41
by johngrey
I have downloaded an .avi file from austrian TV and VLC cannot play it, why?
The point is, that KM Player does play it.....
Why? I am using 2.0.0
Thanks
Re: VLC does not play avi file
Posted: 04 Jul 2012 15:25
by Jean-Baptiste Kempf
What are the messages?
Re: VLC does not play avi file
Posted: 05 Jul 2012 08:37
by johngrey
What are the messages?
Something like: VLC cannot play this file and there is nothing that can be done about it....
Re: VLC does not play avi file
Posted: 05 Jul 2012 09:15
by Lotesdelere
"Something like" is too vague, what
exactly are the messages ? And also open Tools -> Messages (set Verbosity to 2) before you start the playback and then paste the
full resulting log here or on
Pastebin.com if it's too long.
Also upload a short sample of a problematic file to either
http://streams.videolan.org/upload/ or to
MirrorCreator.com or to
EmbedUpload.com, so it will upload the file for you to several other hosts, and then post the link to the file here.
Re: VLC does not play avi file
Posted: 07 Jul 2012 01:48
by johngrey
I did send a reply, but it seems to be lost?
After watching the movie, i deleted it, as I do not collect movies. So I cannot repeat the procedure to read the exact wording, but it was one sentence only and it said something very similar to what I wrote. Especially the last part which says, "... unfortunately there is nothing you can do about it."
But I remember one thing. When it would not play on VLC, I right-clicked the file and checked properties, and in file-type it said (.avi)(.avi)
It did say twice the (.avi) I tried to find any info what this mans on the net, but could not find anything...