Technical Difficulties

[MarkReed]

I was hoping someone could help me with a problem I'm having.

I have a computer at home that is not net connected. I've been loading videos onto it recently using a CDRW. (And you thought rapidshare was a pain before? Try using a computer that only gives you 2 hours of net time!)

I've been having trouble getting WMV files to play. At first it was a codec problem, but I've grabbed that package MistressValerie favors (I can't remember the name at the moment) but that required a direct X update. So now I've got Direct X 9.0 loaded on, and the codec package works. I'm running it with the windows media classic that came along with the package.

One of the WMV's will now play. For the rest, I get an error message, the entirety of which I have posted at the end of this message. The main part seems to be ASF ICM Handler::Out. That's what gets said at the top, above the full message.

At this point, I have no idea what to do. I was hoping one of you guys would be a technical genius who just happened to have experienced this before. I'm running Windows 2000 pro. I *think* it's got a service pack installed. I didn't think to check before I left home.

Thanks for your time!


Windows Media Source Filter::Stream 2
ASF ICM Handler::Out

Media Type 0:
--------------------------
Video: Windows Media Video 7 320x240

AM_MEDIA_TYPE:
majortype: MEDIATYPE_Video {73646976-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
subtype: Unknown GUID Name {31564D57-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
formattype: FORMAT_VideoInfo {05589F80-C356-11CE-BF01-00AA0055595A}
bFixedSizeSamples: 0
bTemporalCompression: 1
lSampleSize: 1
cbFormat: 88

VIDEOINFOHEADER:
rcSource: (0,0)-(0,0)
rcTarget: (0,0)-(0,0)
dwBitRate: 0
dwBitErrorRate: 0
AvgTimePerFrame: 0

BITMAPINFOHEADER:
biSize: 40
biWidth: 320
biHeight: 240
biPlanes: 1
biBitCount: 24
biCompression: WMV1
biSizeImage: 0
biXPelsPerMeter: 0
biYPelsPerMeter: 0
biClrUsed: 0
biClrImportant: 0

pbFormat:
0000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0030: 28 00 00 00 40 01 00 00 f0 00 00 00 01 00 18 00 (...@...ð.......
0040: 57 4d 56 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 WMV1............
0050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

 

[SilverleafLycan1]

What was the title of the error message? And what version of media player are you using? This looks pretty much just like the information coded into the file so a media player knows how to decode it and play it properly.
You could always snag vlc player, it's free and plays pretty much everything.

Oh, the windows media source filter says stream. I'm not positive (haven't done a lot of debugging stuff with wmp) but it seems likes it's trying to get the information from the net.

Also, if possible, you could upgrade to a dvd burner and get dvdrw...i remember backing up and transferring files on cdrws, hell even a flash drive would be better, and they're extremely cheap now. Thought I'd just toss that out to help save ya some time and hassle of burn, transfer, erase, burn.

 

[His Divine Shadow]

Moved on over to Tech. Support. It is possible you don't have the right codec still. I hesitate to use non-Microsoft Windows Media codecs due to massive troubles I have had whenever I did so. It may be difficult in your case due to the age of your OS. Testing to see if a codec is installed on your system is a simple matter. First, you need to download GSpot, a codec utility. It is free at http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ Download it and unzip the folder you get. Run Gspot.exe to open the program. Once open click on the blue button that reads "..." below the green "GSpot" logo on the upper left. Browse for the clip in question and click "Open". What does it say under "Status" on the right? Are there any other telling messages? If, in the "Container" box, it does not say "File length correct" then the file is missing pieces and won't play regardless of how many codecs you install. If you know how to take a screenshot taking a screenshot of GSpot and posting it here may be helpful.

You may wish to try downloading codecs directly from Microsoft, although if the Media Player Classic/VLC Player versio you got is new enough it should work fine. Microsoft offers stand-along codecs for download for use with older versions of Windows: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/format/codecdownload.aspx