Re: How to playback "Magic of Flight.mpg"?
- From: Frank <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:22:35 -0400
On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:06:56 -0700, in 'rec.video.desktop',
in article <Re: How to playback "Magic of Flight.mpg"?>,
D <tarb@xxxxx> wrote:
On Jul 13, 11:38 pm, Frank <fr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:19:28 -0700, in 'rec.video.desktop',Thanks Frank for your suggestions!
in article <Re: How to playback "Magic of Flight.mpg"?>,
D <t...@xxxxx> wrote:
On Jul 13, 11:06 pm, Frank <fr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:59:00 -0500, in 'rec.video.desktop',
in article <Re: How to playback "Magic of Flight.mpg"?>,
"Ken Maltby" <kmal...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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"D" wrote ...
Hello!
I downloaded "Magic of Flight.mpg". MS Windows XP SP2 Media Player
writes that it does not have a codec to playback the file. GSpot does
not show the codec too.
How to playback the file?
Illegal downloads don't typically have very good
customer support. In the immortal explanation of Jack Sparrow: "Pirate!"
Last time I looked, the "Magic of Flight" download was a
WMV, HD demo clip, that comes in a SFX ZIP archive,
(.exe file). It comes in 720 and 1080, versions. It is a two
minute clip.
The 720p version really shows what can be done at only
6000kbps, with the right codec and an unlimited digitizing
and encoding budget.
Luck;
Ken
If it's a Windows Media Video file, then it should have a .wmv
extension, not a .mpg extension. A .mpg extension would imply an
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video datastream. A quick look at the file in a hex
editor program will immediately determine whether or not it's a
Windows Media Video file. Just look for the characters WMFSDK (Windows
Media Format Software Development Kit) within the first few thousand
bytes of the file. The six characters are separated by binary zeros.
If such examination shows that it's a Windows Media Video file, then
changing the file extension from .mpg to .wmv should allow Windows
Media Player to play the file, although a codec download may be
necessary. This might be required if the file is encoded with the VC-1
codec (wvc1dmod.dll), for example. The system would need an active
Internet connection in order for the codec download and installation
to be successful.
If it's really an MPEG-1 file, it should play in Windows Media Player
because Windows includes an MPEG-1 video codec.
If it's really an MPEG-2 file, it will not play in Windows Media
Player unless a third-party MPEG-2 video codec has been installed on
the system, since Windows doesn't include an MPEG-2 video codec. And
if it really is an MPEG-2 file, the audio track could be MPEG, LPCM,
Dolby Digital (AC-3), or even DTS. Without installing third-party
codecs, Windows will support MPEG and LPCM playback, but not AC-3 or
DTS.
If it really is an MPEG-2 file, and there's a DVD drive, even if it's
just a reader and not a burner, installed in the system, then there's
a good possibility that the drive came bundled with a DVD-Video disc
player application. This application would have included the video and
audio codecs necessary for playing DVD-Video discs. These codecs are
usually DirectShow compliant, and will work in Windows Media Player as
well as the third-party DVD-Video disc player program. Also, such
programs usually have the ability to play not just DVD-Video discs but
also MPEG-2 files located on the system's hard disk drive, so that's
something that the OP could try.
The next step would be to try the free the VideoLAN VLC media player
program, which comes with its own set of codecs.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
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- Show quoted text -Thaniks Frank for your suggestions!
VLC plays the video, but with virtical pink stripe at right of its
screen.
What, you don't like pink stripes? (Just kidding.)
The file is not mpeg 2, mpeg 1 or WMV. The .mpg is an incorrect
extention, because WinDVD is installed and MS Windows XP sp2 Media
Player does not playback the file.
How to make Roxio easy DVD creator convert the video to DVD-video,
because it writes
that there is still no codec for the video?
Best regards,
Dima
What codecs (video and audio) does VLC media player say are being
used? And does looking at the program in a hex editor give any clues?
And exactly what did GSpot report?
If you need a hex editor, you could, at least for the moment, try the
trial version of UltraEdit-32.
http://www.ultraedit.com/
I'm sure that there are lots of free hex editors out there as well,
although I'm partial to UltraEdit.
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VLC media player shows that the video codec is mpgv.
Then I believe that it's an MPEG-2 file.
Does VLC determine the codec correctly?
I would hope so, especially in the case where it's able to
successfully playback the file. :)
How to install the mpgv codec only?
I think that you're dealing with an MPEG-2 Transport Stream (TS) file.
If so, that would explain why VLC media player is able to play the
file while Windows Media Player (WMP) can't. Even with a
DirectShow-compliant MPEG-2 video codec installed, I think that WMP
might still need some sort of file reader/spliter to handle the TS,
which you probably don't have.
By the way, if the file really is an MPEG-2 Transport Stream, then a
more appropriate file extension might be .ts or .m2t.
I installed UltraEdit-32. The find command finds 00 and .. by
searching for WMFSDK.
When displaying a WMV file in UltraEdit-32, you'll see something like
the following in the right-hand (ASCII) column:
W.M.F.S.D.K.V.e.r.s.i.o.n.
Each period represents a hex zero, thus searching (literally) on the
character string WMFSDK will never yield a hit. You would have to do a
hex search on 57004D004600530044004B0056 in order to get a hit. Try it
on a valid .wmv file and see if it works. It should.
The Codec field is blank in the Gspot. The Container is "File Type:
MPEG-2 Transport Stream
Mime Type: video/mp2t".
Here are two things to try.
One, see if the "Stream/Save" option in VLC can save the file out for
you in some other format - one that you can read successfully in Roxio
Easy DVD Creator. "MPEG PS" (Program Stream) might be a good choice.
If that doesn't work, then try a program (free for the download) such
as MPEG Streamclip, although you'll need a QuickTime-compatible MPEG-2
codec installed in order for it to work.
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-win.html
Also, if you check the VideoHelp Web site, you'll see a number of
other suggested ways of converting MPEG-2 TS files to other, more
friendly, formats.
http://www.videohelp.com/
With regard to the pink stripe that you're seeing during playback in
VLC media player...
If you do a "Stream/Save" operation, this stripe may not appear in the
output file. It may only manifest itself when the program is
displaying the file on your computer's monitor, in which case it's
caused by an idiosyncracy in/incompatibility with your video card
and/or its drivers. Sometimes, adjusting the options in VLC will
remedy this. In the VLC media player program, go to
Settings | Preferences... | Video | Output modules
and try different options for DirectX and OpenGL. You'll want to
enable "Advanced options", so that you'll have access to all of the
available options. You may get lucky and find a combination of
settings that works correctly with your video card and driver. I've
seen this specific problem on various systems and have always been
able to fix it either by adjusting the Video options in VLC or by
updating the video card's drivers to the latest version.
Best regards,
Good luck!
Dima
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