Video Play failure (1 Viewer)

[PoBear]

Area: Media Portal Program
MP Version: 0.2.0 RC3
Skin: MCE
Windows Version: XP Pro SP2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 3200
Memory: 1024Mb
Motherboard Chipset: American Megatrends Inc. 3.07, 13/03/2004
Video Card: NVIDIA GeoForce FX5500
Video Card Driver: 6.1.7.7
Video Card Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Video Render Type: Not known
Video Codec Type & Version: DIVX 6.1
Audio Codec Type & Version: audio codec you used for testing
TV Card: None
TV Card Type: N/A
TV Card Driver: N/A
Optional Log:
17/04/2006 21:47:20 Command:MediaPortal.TV.Recording.StopRadioCommand failed reason:No tuner cards installed time:0 msec
17/04/2006 21:47:24 VideoPlayer9:Failed to render file -> vmr9
Optional References: any reference

Synopsis:
I'm trying to play a video file that I have previously recorded on another machine. I select PLAY on the VIDEOS screen after a few seconds the system returs control but the video doesn't start.

I'm a new user and just upgraded from RC2 to RC3, it is quite possible this is a set up error, but I repeated what I did on the previous version.

Many Thanks

Steve

 

[Efros]

Gives all the indocation that you don't have the codec installed for that particular video, try using ffdshow, this allowed me to play a previously inaccessible xvid I had.

 

[PoBear]

Codecs

Thanks for your reply.

I did some more testing after posting, and tried the video directly in WMP10, it requested the codec for download, which failed, however, I tried the same file in another player and it worked without problem!!!

I've had something similar with WMP10 before, frightened the life out of me, as I had loads of recorded TV that it looked like I couldn't play :wink:

Is it possible the codec is being locked by something else? When I've had this issue on WMP10 I've also been recording at the same time, I don't think I've had it when I wasn't!

Regards

Steve

 

[Efros]

Could be a conflict if you've downloaded some codecs or installed some software recently, you could always try a system restore back to when it was working or rather more drastically a complete install. I was having significant problems with my system. bit the bullet installed tinyxp with wmp, dx9.0, .NET and a few other bits and bobs then MP and now everything is hunky dory. But then this is a dedicated MP box with nothing else on it.