video file strangeness

[dredge000]

I have a problem with some of my video files. A typical example is a file that is 176000 mb, but when i open it, it appears to be only 45 seconds long. However, if i jump to other parts of the file (ex. 15 seconds in) a different sequence plays, its like the entire file is there, but it is all embedded within the 45 seconds. I hope I am explaining this alright... Anyways, I was wondering if there is a specific codec or program that i can use to change the file to play the entire length at once, without skipping around. I am using windows media player 9, and i think my codecs are generally up to date. Thanks for any help you can give me,
Dredge

[WE_DELIVER]

Ive had the same problem many times and all I can say is that it's a corrupted file.

[Krell]

Tsk Tsk Tsk . . .

There's nothing wrong with your porn dude, you're safe.

I don't think its a codec problem either, it's the way WMP plays certain files, such as asf files. It may be that the audio or video is encoded Variable Bit Rate. Either use a different player like BSPlayer, or ZOOM, or deal with it.

Here's a good site to read.
http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html

[The Gauge]

Is this an MPEG file or an AVI?

I'd had similar problems that have always been as a result of joining several small parts of a film together into a single film... like pr0n for example. :)

Particularly, I've noticed that MPEG under Windows XP seems particularly sensitive to video related applications you install.

For example, my joined MPEGs were playing fine until I installed the TV player / capture application that came with my Hauppauge TV card. Since I installed that, all my MPEG clips show as being as long as the first segment I joined. e.g. 3 x 30second clips used to play for 1:30s... now it plays just 30s and skipping through the file will normally get WMP to resume from the second or third chunk... you know what I'm on about.

Either way, I've not found a way of correcting this problem except to reinstall the OS and pay particular attention to what software you're installing.

[The Gauge]

Here's a good site to read.
http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html

Yeah, good link Krell.

Most likely you've installed some software that's changed WMP's mpeg settings and/or your pr0n clips weren't joined together particularly well.

We all sympathise, I'm sure. There's nothing worse than having to let go of the Captain so you can drag'n'drop the next vinegar stroke... :)

[crackerjacker]

Everyone here has given good advice. If you do have a corrupted avi file this is what you need to do.
I recommend you download a program called virtual dub. Once you download it and install it you need to take the avi file that is corrupted and let virtual dub open it for you. If it gives you an error while you open it with virtual dub a part of the movie is corrupted and virtual dub will allow you to fix the file.

Recently I had to fix a corrupted avi file for someone so what i did was use virtual dub. I then edited out the part that was corrupted.

Virtual dub allowes you the option to edit out part of the avi that is corrupted as well and save the rest of the avi to a new file.

You can save it in segmented parts or more.
There is another program called avidefreezer that you can use as well.

I prefer virtualdub though, but avidefreezer might work for you to.

here are some links to help you.
first here is the tutorial for avidefreezer

http://screw.wz.cz/avidef/AVIDeFreezer%20Tutorial.htm

download avidefreezerhttp://www.doom9.org/Soft21/Editing/avidefreezer.zip here

virtual dub
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualdub/VirtualDub-1.5.10.zip?download

heres another good program also to strip out part of a avi file that is partially corrupted. but of course before you decide to use this one program make sure you make a back up copy of the avi file your going to use because this program is not perfect and can mess up the file.

so back up that avi file first.
now heres the link.
DivFiX
http://download.divfix.maxeline.com/DivFix110.zip

[dredge000]

Thank you for all your help, I really appreciate your comments. I'm still trying to work out the issue, I downloaded virtualdub, and when i loaded one of the files it gave me this whole slew of warnings that basically told me what i already knew, I'm trying to use that program now to repair the file but im not sure how to do it. If i dont have much luck with that, i'll probably check out one of the other players that were suggested. For anyone else with this problem, I'll post any solution i eventually find, so check the thread later,
cheers,
dredge

[CompuGeek]

That must be some really good pr0n for you to go to that much trouble.
:gj

[dredge000]

Compu: its not so much that its really good, but more that its affected alot of my files... oh yeah, and i have alot of free time...

neither bsplayer or zoom did the trick, i think virtual dub works, but it looks like its gonna take a long time for each file. I'm beginning to think that a bad hack of one of my codecs is responsible for all this

[CompuGeek]

Compu: its not so much that its really good, but more that its affected alot of my files... oh yeah, and i have alot of free time...

neither bsplayer or zoom did the trick, i think virtual dub works, but it looks like its gonna take a long time for each file. I'm beginning to think that a bad hack of one of my codecs is responsible for all this

In VirtualDub you need to click on the Video menu and set it to Direct Stream Copy.