Re: Corrupt Canon S2IS movie clips and WinXP crashes
- From: "per" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 20 Dec 2005 20:10:35 +0100
"Quaoar" <quaoar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> The way Windows XP works with AVI files is that the OS will attempt to
> read through the AVI file when it is accessed by any directory operation.
> Corrupt AVI files will fail the read process and crash at least Windows
> Explorer. This was a known issue in XP RTM; I'm not sure if it still
> applies to XP SP2. In any event, there is a registry fix for the corrupt
> AVI file problem: http://bink.nu/?ArticleID=709 (note that this fix is
> for "large" AVI files, but I've had the problem on 50MB AVI files from my
> Canon G3).
>
> I am having some difficulty understanding exactly what is happening from
> your description, but it seems that there is a possibility that you are
> not actually transfering (copying or moving) the files from the camera to
> the hard disk, but only generating a shortcut to the AVI files still
> residing on the camera?
>
> The fact that you indicate that the crashes occur when opening or
> selecting the folder containing the AVI files is crucial and suggests that
> the folder itself is a shortcut to a camera folder that cannot be accessed
> since the camera is powered off or physically disconnected. XP, or Windows
> Explorer more properly, will appear to hang or become unresponsive as it
> searches for the location of the folder or files indicated in the shortcut
> path statement. Windows Explorer will eventually generate a "file not
> found", "path not found" or similar dialog - this can take several minutes
> and appear to be a crash when in fact it is not.
>
> Anyway, keep us posted on the solution you find.
>
> Q
First, it is possible to download the corrupt movie file to a closed folder.
I can then zip that folder, (no need to open it), and mail it to another
computer.
That second computer may or may not be able to run the movie depending on
Windows version.
It's about one out of ten movie files from the S2IS that has been bad, the
others does work quite ok.
I have also done the registry edit trick.
That made one positive improvement; it's now is possible to open the folder
without crashing!
But, when left- or right-clicking the avi-file within the folder, the crash
is still instantly there.
I also downloaded the http://www.mainconcept.com/products.shtml thing and
also tried the VirtualDub
but only got a crash in VirtualDub too when trying to open the file.
I believe I must remove all the video viewer software and all codecs, and
install new video software from scratch.
How can I go about to find it all on my hard drive, and not missing anything
crucial?
Also, MediaPlayer 10 is the software needed to syncronise files to my Iriver
MP3 Player, therefore I would need to have it.
Thanks you all,
/per
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