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movie (mp4) won't play

Postby cmarbach » 19 Jan 2010 04:06

When I try to play a file (.mp4), VLC opens but with no screen and movie will not play. Other .mp4 files seem to play just fine.

Any idea what is wrong?

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Re: movie (mp4) won't play

Postby VLC_help » 19 Jan 2010 13:46

Could you share us some info from that file? (like used codecs etc.)

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Re: movie (mp4) won't play

Postby smurfmachine » 21 Jan 2010 00:02

similar issue, no idea on codecs used as it was a file i downloaded off BBC Iplayer

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Re: movie (mp4) won't play

Postby Lotesdelere » 21 Jan 2010 14:44

We need sample files.

Upload them to Rapidshare, Megaupload or any other similar file sharing site.

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Re: movie (mp4) won't play

Postby smurfmachine » 07 Feb 2010 03:24

mine was downloaded off Iplayer. just grab any show from there for example data.
if i uploaded it to any of those places i'd be violating my Iplayer desktop agreement with them.
its probably their (the BBC) security encoding that stops you playing them.
i've since been able to play non-protected mp4 files thorugh my version of VLC.

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Re: movie (mp4) won't play

Postby VLC_help » 07 Feb 2010 14:38

Iplayer doesn't work where I live.


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