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MOV files with no video?

Postby Guest » 31 Jul 2006 12:32

I have some .Mov files I can't play properly. There is audio, but no video :(
Why? Can I solve this?

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Postby Guest » 31 Jul 2006 12:36

MOV is a container. What's the formats inside the container?

Press ctrl i and go to the Advanced Info.. tab. This page will tell you, post that info.. here. :)

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Postby Guest » 31 Jul 2006 13:36

Here's the info:

stream 0
Codec: jpeg
Language:
Type: Video
Resolution: 640x480
Frame Rate: 30.000000

stream 1
Codec: araw
Language:
Type: Audio
Channels: 1
Sample rate: 7875 Hz
Bits per sample:8
Bitrate: 63 kb/s

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Postby Guest » 31 Jul 2006 17:30

It's that motion JPEG stuff, use 0.8.4 version of VLC to play it.

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Postby fkuehne » 31 Jul 2006 19:40

VLC 0.8.5 plays this kind of file here as well.
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Postby Guest » 31 Jul 2006 21:02

There have been quite a few people here that say 8.5 doesn't work for them with mjpeg where 8.4 or 8.4a does. There are also other bugs that have been introduced in streaming, playing DVDs and the skins 2 interface.

Perhaps it's time to consider paying more attention to the functionality before moving ahead with new features. It's always nice to improve the player but if the over all preformance of various plugins suffers are people going to keep using it?

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Postby fliffo » 01 Aug 2006 03:58

VLC 0.8.5 plays this kind of file here as well.
not for me definately...I have VLC 0.8.5 and whatever I try I can't see any video in this kind of .mov file (they came from a digital camera I have). I think I'll go back to the previous version 'cos this one doesn't just seem mature enough. :?

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Postby Guest » 03 Aug 2006 06:06

VLC 0.8.5 plays this kind of file here as well.
Version 0.8.5 is definately not playing MJPEG based MOV files on my computer while VLC v0.8.4a is playing the same file without any problem on the same computer.

This has already been reported MANY times from MANY different users.
Some examples:
viewtopic.php?t=20597
viewtopic.php?t=22925
viewtopic.php?t=23689

And there are many more threads about this issue.

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Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 03 Aug 2006 10:19

Can you try a nightly build and says if this problem is still happening ?

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Postby fliffo » 03 Aug 2006 11:14

where can I find those nigthly builds?

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Postby The DJ » 03 Aug 2006 13:45

Don't use PMs for support questions.

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Postby Guest » 03 Aug 2006 21:12

video doesn't show up

Code: Select all

sdl_image warning: SDL_image couldn't load the image (Unsupported image format)
tested with vlc-0.8.6-svn-20060803-1310

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Postby magnummandel » 15 Aug 2006 13:55

strange... 0.8.5 under windows only plays the sound of the file, while 0.8.5 under linux shows the video quiet fine....

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Postby Guest » 15 Aug 2006 18:47

Yep, problem seems to be Windows only.
Maybe that SDL problem?

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.mov workaround

Postby marktxx » 18 Aug 2006 16:32

on Windows
open .mov file with vlc 0.8.5
Check ‘Stream Output’
select output file name with .mp4 extension
b. Check MP4 for Encapsulation Method
c. Check Video Codec, choose mp4v in drop-down, choose Bitrate 1024, Scale 1*

my files were from my digital camera (jpeg codec)

Click ‘OK’

now VLC can play it :)

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Postby ultraseb » 20 Aug 2006 15:07

work for me but i think that there is a real bug inside VLC

i order to play all my *.mov file

i have put this line into regedit :

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VLC.mov\shell\Play\command]

"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --one-instance-when-started-from-file "%1" :sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,vb=1024,scale=1}:duplicate{dst=display}

now when double clic on a mov sequence (i have only *.mov from my digital camera) it play very well !!


thanks to you guy !

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Postby KAMiKAZOW » 04 Sep 2006 19:18

Yep, problem seems to be Windows only.
Also happens on Mac OS X (tried with 0.85 as well as trunk-20060902).

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VLC and .MOVfiles from my Digicam

Postby der_alte » 11 Sep 2006 15:33

Hello,

i have Problems too viewing '.MOV'-files from my
Casio-digicam on VLC 0.85 and several nightly-builds of VLC 0.86
on my w98se(en)-system. In VLC 0.84a it works fine !

It seems to be only a windows-only-problem.
(i know, windows itself _is_ a problem)

It will be nice, this Problem could be fixed in the next Version.

thanks
martin

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VLC is not the best for .mov

Postby few » 16 Sep 2006 15:38

Hi mates !

i'm new and from Paris, France

using a mac with final cut pro and trying to play .mov on VLC

why all these problems ?

isn't it easy tu put a PAL 720/576 /48000 Khz codec in this thing ?

is quicktime a really awful system ?


thanks for help me to think that someone care about that

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Postby Zane » 12 Dec 2006 18:08

Hi all, same problem here with Windows XP fully updated :(
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Postby fishy993 » 12 Dec 2006 21:21

I tried to play an MP4 on my VLC and got a black screen...no image whatsoever but I had audio...weird


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