Codec Problems with AVI (1 Viewer)

[Tesla]

I’ve recently ran into a problem that is lowering my WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor). Some of the more recent Bleach episodes (that I get from torrents for her) refuse to play. It seems the person encoding them has changed the way they encode them.

I compared the “bad” episodes in GSpot to the ones that do play ok. I noticed they both say DivX 5.x/6.x and “Codecs are installed”. However, only the “bad” ones have [ISFT] Lavf 52.2.0 listed in the UserData/MetaData box.

For the past year or so, my WinXP-MP box has played everything I throw at it. I mainly play .WAV and .MP3 music, DVD video_ts folders, and Divx/Xvid .AVI videos. When I setup this box, I used this again (because it work fine on the last box).
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/newcomers-forum-240/mediaportal-install-guide-49685/

This is what I have installed:
Haali Media Splitter v1.10.175.0 (08-2010)
ffdshow: ffdshow_rev3517_20100731_clsid.exe
VsFilter (current version is 2.39)
PowerDVD 9 Deluxe (9.0.1501.0)
QT Lite and Real Alternative Lite

I also noticed that if I play the “bad” videos from my Windows 7 machines (using WMP12 … with no additional codecs loaded)
… they play fine.





MediaPortal Version: 1.1 (DB = mySQL5)
MediaPortal Skin: Streamed-MP 1.2.1.1553
Windows Version: XP Pro (SP3)
CPU Type: AMD Athlon-64 X2 4200+ (2.2 Ghz) Dual-Core
HDD: 320gb, 3 x 1000gb SATA (WD Black)
Memory: 2048mb (2 gb) dual-channel
Motherboard: Gigabyte MA78GM-US2H
Video Card: nVidia 8600 PCIe 256mb
Video Card Driver: 163.75
Sound Card: Realtek HD (onboard)
Sound Card AC3: S/PDIF - Optical out
Sound Card Driver: 5.10.0.5864
1. TV Card: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1600 MCE 1183
1. TV Card Type: Analog/ATSC/FM (Hybrid)
1. TV Card Driver: 1.62.26028.0
2. TV Card: Nec DVD+/-RW-DL Burner
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: CyberLink PowerDVD 9
MPEG2 Audio Codec: FFDShow
h.264 Video Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider: TimeWarner
HTPC Case: Onkyo TX-sr607 7.2 HDMI AVR (630 watts)
Cooling: JBL Speakers - Infinity Sub
Power Supply: 400 watt
Remote: MCE (w/ eHome IR Rx)
TV: Panasonic 46" Plasma - 46pz850u
TV - HTPC Connection: RGB -> Plasma / SPDIF -> Amp.

 

[Kotik]

Could you please upload a small sample?

 

[Tesla]

Could you please upload a small sample?

I would, but I don't know how to clip off 10 seconds of video from an AVI.

So, when I followed that guide, I understood (possibly wrongly) that if you install PowerDVD9 (like I did) you don't need to install MPC Video Decoder because PowerDVD handles H.264/AVC/VC-1. But since I was having problems ... and also I read something about some files bypassing FFDShow, I went ahead and installed it (as per guide) and did the RadLight Filter steps. It didn't help though.

I also noticed was the "bad" videos say AVI 1.0 in GSpot, while the good ones say AVI 2.0. Oh, and Windows Media Player 11 on the XP machine won't play the bad videos either. So, I don't think it's really a MP problem. However, MP is the only thing I run on this box (it's my media server) so hopefully you guys can still help me.

If this should be working, would it help to upgrade my Haali and FFDShow? Or, could it be a FFDShow setting?

How does one go about trouble-shooting something like this? I thought if I used FFDShow I couldn't fall into Codec Hell.