Video problems

[abptt]

This is my first time doing this and I am a big fan of the VLC player. I just downloaded the new version today. Now to my question. When I tried to play a new wmv. file that I downloaded from the internet today, I only heard the audio loud and clear but I wasn't able to see the video at all. I re-installed three times and nothing changed. I played the file in both RealPlayer and Windows Media Player and the file worked fine, both audio and video.Then I checked the messages, and this popped up:

main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 300 ms)

I have been looking all over the internet trying to find an answer and I hope there is one. Thanks for your time.

P.S. The codec was Windows Media Video VC1 (WVC1), and the resolution is 1920x1080. Does that mean anything?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Your computer may be too slow to decode HD in real-time. Try to enable GPU acceleration in the preferences.

[abptt]

I used the GPU acceleration and when I played the file again still no video, just audio. Here is what i saw in the messages now:

avcodec info: obtained IDirect3DDeviceManager9
avcodec info: DXVA2CreateVideoService Success!
avcodec error: DxFindVideoServiceConversion failed
avcodec info: obtained IDirect3DDeviceManager9
avcodec info: DXVA2CreateVideoService Success!
avcodec error: DxFindVideoServiceConversion failed
main error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (pts_delay increased to 300 ms)

What does it mean?

[Lotesdelere]

We need a sample of a problematic file.

[abptt]

What will happen after that.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

If you're lucky someone will find and fix the underlying bug. Otherwise and most likely, nothing will happen.

[abptt]

Should I send the the file to anyone or just post it on here.

[Lotesdelere]

Upload a short sample on some file sharing site, you may want to use Multiupload.com as it will upload the file on several other hosts for you, and then post the link to the file here.

[abptt]

Okay. Can i just PM the file to you and then you can check and see what the problem is.

[abptt]

Here is the file from fileserve. If you can help I really appreciate it. Don't judge.

http://www.fileserve.com/file/KXDGnvy

[Lotesdelere]

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Format profile : AP@L3 Codec ID : WVC1 Description of the codec : Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile Scan type : Mixed Scan order : Bottom Field First

This video contains interlaced material and the native VC-1 decoder of VLC, and in fact any open source VC-1 decoder that I know, can not play interlaced VC-1 video. On Windows you can use the DMO codec with VLC (it may work on some Linux distros as well):

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vlc --codec dmo

[abptt]

Is there a place where can I download that DMO codec at?

[Lotesdelere]

There is nothing to download, it's just about using the Windows Media Player system codecs rather than the VLC built-in codecs:
http://wiki.videolan.org/Direct_Media_Object

IIRC it works with XP and Vista with WMP9 up to WMP11. I'm not sure about WMP12 and Seven though, not to mention X64 versions.

[abptt]

Well that's a bummer because I have Windows 7 32-bit and WMP12. So I guess I'll have to watch on WMP instead of VLC for this. Unless you can tell me how I can use Windows codecs to play in VLC.

[Lotesdelere]

As said in the Wiki article and in one of my posts above you can use either the "--codec dmo" switch or activate it through the menu Tools -> Preferences -> Input & Codecs then on the right panel tick the "Use system codecs if available" box then press Save and exit and restart VLC after the change.

However it seems not to work fine with your video for some reason. I can see the first image and then it vanishes. Maybe your video(s) need to be repaired / remuxed / reindexed with something like AsfBin(Win).

[abptt]

I downloaded AsfBin but I have no idea what I am doing since they don't have a manual on how to use it. Is there a way someone can help me out.