Avi Not A Movie File Error
Contents |
title. You can not post a blank message. Please type your message and try again. This discussion is locked Julie Barron Level 3 (515 points) Q: can't play avi? "This is not a movie file" I have a few avi's that I can't open. I get the error message "This is avi file not playing in vlc not a movie file". I've updated everything I can think of, including Perian and various movie
Avi Codec
players, but still no luck. When I use VLC, it starts the movie but there is a message on the screen- something about "Play with avi player Windows Media Player- missing codecs". But when I try to play it with WMP it doesn't work...Any suggestions?? Tibook G4,, Mac OS X (10.4.5) Posted on Sep 8, 2009 8:58 AM I have this question too Close Q: can't play avi? windows media player encountered a problem while playing the file "This is not a movie file" All replies Helpful answers Page 1 Next by Limnos, Limnos Sep 8, 2009 9:00 AM in response to Julie Barron Level 9 (54,205 points) Mac OS X Sep 8, 2009 9:00 AM in response to Julie Barron Download Mediainfo Mac (free) and check what the codecs really are. Helpful (0) Reply options Link to this post by Julie Barron, Julie Barron Sep 8, 2009 9:01 AM in response to Julie Barron Level 3 (515 points) Sep
How To Convert Avi To Mp4
8, 2009 9:01 AM in response to Julie Barron Hmmm... I tried to open another file and got the message that i need to install movieXplayer for it to work. Of course, they don't have a version for Mac and it's not free. Are there any work-arounds? Helpful (0) Reply options Link to this post by Limnos, Limnos Sep 8, 2009 9:11 AM in response to Julie Barron Level 9 (54,205 points) Mac OS X Sep 8, 2009 9:11 AM in response to Julie Barron It would really help to know the codecs involved. If it is something truly proprietary with no Mac version then there may be no option. The other thing to try is opening the file with a web browser. Sometimes they have codecs for doing weird media.Edit:oops, crossed posts. Check VLC website. I recall reading supported formats for MacOS there recently and vaguely remember WMV3 was not one of the supported codecs. WMV is definitely one of those weird proprietary codecs.Message was edited by: Limnos Helpful (0) Reply options Link to this post by Julie Barron, Julie Barron Sep 8, 2009 9:08 AM in response to Limnos Level 3 (515 points) Sep 8, 2009 9:08 AM in response to Limnos Wow, great... According to MediaInfo Mac, the files use VC-1 for Video and WMA2 for Audio. One of the files actually uses WMV 3 for Video and WMV2 for Audio. So shouldn't they open with Windows Media Video? Helpful (0) R
One games Xbox 360 games PC ultra xvid codec pack games Windows games Windows phone games Entertainment All media player codec pack softpedia Entertainment Movies & TV Music Business & Education Business Students &
Idealshare Videogo
educators Developers Sale Sale Find a store Gift cards Products Software & services Windows Office Free downloads & security https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2149020?tstart=0 Internet Explorer Microsoft Edge Skype OneNote OneDrive Microsoft Health MSN Bing Microsoft Groove Microsoft Movies & TV Devices & Xbox All Microsoft devices Microsoft Surface All Windows PCs & tablets PC accessories Xbox & games Microsoft Band Microsoft https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/821417 Lumia All Windows phones Microsoft HoloLens For business Cloud Platform Microsoft Azure Microsoft Dynamics Windows for business Office for business Skype for business Surface for business Enterprise solutions Small business solutions Find a solutions provider Volume Licensing For developers & IT pros Develop Windows apps Microsoft Azure MSDN TechNet Visual Studio For students & educators Office for students OneNote in classroom Shop PCs & tablets perfect for students Microsoft in Education Support Sign in Cart Cart Javascript is disabled Please enable javascript and refresh the page Cookies are disabled Please enable cookies and refresh the page CV: {{ getCv() }} English (United States) Terms of use Privacy & cookies Trademarks © 2016 Microsoft
name, etc). I tried to open in Windows Media Player, but it said it couldn't recognize it. So I assumed I was https://www.moviecodec.com/file-types/avi-file-format-not-recognized-5189/ missing a codec. I then downloaded GSpot, and loaded the file. It said the format wasn't a recognized avi, and no codec information was available at all. I assumed that the file was renamed, and it was an mpg, or mov, or something else. But after changing the extension numerous times, I got nowhere. So how do I determine what file it really media player is? Is it an avi, with an unrecognized codec? Has anyone else had this problem? 01-21-2005 05:31 PMnate Gspot's pretty good at detecting avi's. It'll accept almost anything you throw at it, so long as it's an avi. So it's probably not an avi. Make sure you have file extensions enabled. Open any folder, go to tools, folder options, then under the avi not a view tab uncheck the box "hide file extensions for known file types". If it still doesn't give you anything workable, then just feed it into any program you can think of. I'd try media player classic, videolan, winzip, winrar, isobuster, among others. Wordpad could give you useful information in the first few characters too (if you can load the file). 01-21-2005 05:40 PManonymous1,580 posts Feedback Well, I guess it isn't an avi then. Just a strange file renamed to .avi extension to piss off downloaders...:( oh well. 01-23-2005 03:01 AMnate Feedback Oi. I have the same s***ty problem the codec doesnt work! it plays the sound but bno picture! wot can i t be?@ 01-23-2005 10:58 AMxAmjak Feedback Just a bump. I've downloaded an Avi file, and tried to play it in every video player I have. I have done the following, so don't automatically assume I havent: -Downloaded all codecs(I have over 50 video and 30 audio, all updated) -ran it in GSpot, it has said every single time that it is not an avi file -ran it in VirtualDub -ran through about 5 a