avi file won't play

[klaasvaak]

Hi all,

I got an avi-file which won't play, it has the following specs:

Code:

General
Format                           : AVI
Format/Info                     : Audio Video Interleave
Format profile                  : OpenDML
Format settings               : rec
File size                          : 3.50 GiB
Duration                         : 2h 11mn
Overall bit rate                 : 3 807 Kbps
Writing application              : AVI-Mux GUI 1.17.8, Aug 30 2008  12:36:58

Video
ID                               : 0
Format                           : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile                   : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP            : 1
Format settings, QPel            : No
Format settings, GMC             : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix          : Default (H.263)
Codec ID                         : XVID
Codec ID/Hint                    : XviD
Duration                         : 2h 11mn
Bit rate                         : 3 353 Kbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 688 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 1.860
Frame rate                       : 25.000 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.152
Stream size                      : 3.08 GiB (88%)
Writing library                  : XviD 1.2.0.dev47 (UTC 2006-11-01)

Audio
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AC-3
Format/Info                      : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                   : CM (complete main)
Codec ID                         : 2000
Duration                         : 2h 11mn
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 448 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 6 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                        : 16 bits
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Stream size                      : 422 MiB (12%)
Alignment                        : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration             : 64 ms (1.60 video frames)
Interleave, preload duration     : 192 ms

Anyone any idea why the file doesn't play?

many thanks in advance, cheers, Klaas

[halfelite]

did you try running it through avimux or vdub on direct copy

[klaasvaak]

no I didn't, but now I've done the file plays nice and smoothly

many thanks & cheers, Klaas

BTW do you know what makes the new file different so it can be played by my PCH?

[chris57]

It creates a new index, the old one could be absent or not to spec. Also it'll remove JUNK and header stuff hardware players do not expect or like.