Re: Problems Decoding Video Captured By Digital Camera

On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 22:13:58 -0600, in 'rec.video.desktop',
in article <Re: Problems Decoding Video Captured By Digital Camera>,
"Pat Cook" <pchamster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi everyone:

"Frank" <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:gpoeg3hdvpvkp31vvg8o9gtler9dm4ojhf@xxxxxxxxxx
On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 19:37:04 -0600, in 'rec.video.desktop',
in article <Re: Problems Decoding Video Captured By Digital Camera>,

I took screenshots as I was going along doing all of the above. I've
ZIPped up all eight of them (file size = 1,824,223 bytes) and would be
happy to send it to you as an e-mail attachment if you wish.

Naah. Just post 'em on the web somewhere for me to download. Looks like
I'm gonna need 'em.

http://www.humanvalues.net/hdv/PatCook.zip



To resolve your problem, I would suggest downloading and installing
the following Windows Media codecs.

http://www.wmplugins.com/ItemDetail.aspx?ItemID=1023

When you get to the above referenced Web page...

Under "Download Sites:" follow the link called "Click here to go to
the codec download page."

On that new page, under "Codec Installation Package for Windows Media
Player 7.1 and later", download the Windows 2000 version of the file
(WM9Codecs9x.exe) and then run it.

Tried it. Wouldn't even install on this machine (Windows XP)

Drat!


Then, further down on that same page, under "Codec Installation
Package for Windows Media Player 6.4", download the file
(wmp6cdcs.exe) and run it.

Now test to see whether WMP 11 will successfully play your file.

Just did after installing the above file (Choosing the REINSTALL ALL
COMPONENTS option in setup) and restarting the computer. Same result. :(

Drat, again!


If that doesn't solve your problem, please post back here, and if you
want me to send you a copy of my screenshots, let me know that as
well.

Good luck!

Like I said, it looks like I'm gonna need those screenshots

Link above, but I STILL want to know whether or not you have a copy of
the file mp4sdmod.dll in your C:\WINNT\system32 directory (or whatever
your Windows System32 directory happens to be called).

As to the screenshots, I'm not certain just how much they will help
you. My primary reason for creating them was simply to provide proof
of what I had written with regard to my ability to play back your file
in the several applications that I had listed (WMP 6.4, WMP 9, WMM,
GraphEdt, etc.).

I also uploaded a ZIPped version (9,453,684 bytes) of the fixed
(repaired) version of your .asf file - the one produced by ASFCheck
with the /f (fix) switch that I had mentioned a couple of posts back.

http://www.humanvalues.net/hdv/IMAG0003FIXED.zip

You might want to conduct all of your future testing with this
repaired version of the file rather than the (slightly invalid)
version that you originally posted.

In fact, in the future, assuming that you're going to continue using
this Mustek DV 5300 SE Digital Camera, and assuming that it
consistently produces files that ASFCheck reports as containing
errors, please be aware that it takes just moments for ASFCheck to fix
such errors, and the program can even do a directory's worth of files
with a single command.

In other words, you can very easily make fixing files from the camera
in ASFCheck a standard part of your camera-to-computer import
procedure. It's an extra step, I know, but it's a quickly accomplished
extra step and in my opinion is well worth it.

Note that ASFCheck is a CLI application, not a GUI application, so if
you're not familiar with using the command line, there may be a small
learning curve in that respect.

That reminds me. You surely have a copy of the Filter Graph Editor
program (GraphEdt.exe), right? Launch it and do a File | Render Media
File... operation against IMAG0003FIXED.ASF and see if it will render
properly. That would serve as a good test in determining whether your
DirectX subsystem is working correctly.

If GraphEdt is unable to render the file - and you will receive an
error message if it can't - you could then try manually drawing a
graph.

And here's something else to try: When you looked at your file within
GSpot, did you try to render it? If you don't know how, go down to the
"Proposed Codec Solutions and Tests" portion of the UI (user
interface) - it's in the lower-left corner - and click on those
numbered buttons in the following sequence.

First try:

GSpot
Vid
1

This will probably fail.

Then try:

GSpot
Aud
1

This will probably also fail.

Then try:

MS
A/V
1

Hopefully, you'll get a "Render OK." message with a list of the filter
chain used. If so, then try to play the file by clicking:

MS
A/V
2

Let me know what happens.

Here's a screenshot (147,835 bytes) from GSpot after having just
rendered the fixed-by-ASFCheck version of your file.

http://www.humanvalues.net/hdv/GSpotPlayback.zip

Please report back on your results with regard to all the above. Then,
if you want to continue this, I have other things that we can try.

(And it looks like I'm gonna need that luck too!) :(

If only such a thing could be sent through the tubes of the Internets.

--
Frank, Independent Consultant, New York, NY
[Please remove 'nojunkmail.' from address to reply via e-mail.]
Read Frank's thoughts on HDV at http://www.humanvalues.net/hdv/
(also covers AVCHD and XDCAM EX).
.

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