Problem playing AVI... - Media Controler Information FAILED warning (avi file) - TalkingSoft.com - hzgn.com

any idea why it will not play this avi? i've not had problems with any other avi and i have all the mplayer codecs installed.

avi specs:

video
size = 351 mb
resolution = 624x352
fps = 23.98
codec = xvid mpeg-4
bitrate = 1054 kbps
quality factor = .2 b/px

audio
channels = 2
sample rate = 44100 hz
bitrate = 104 kbps
codec = mp3

well my problem is now fixed.
before, when i used to try and play these files, xbmc would lock up.

now it gives a useful error message in the log and returns to xbmc.

turns out it was a codec dll that i needed for these video9 files.

i put in all the codecs from the xbmcdbr codec pack, now works fine :)

hope this will help others.

using vd removed a/v up to first keyframe and resaved...

still problems:

05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:creating config file: q:\system\players\mplayer\config
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:88 audio & 199 video codecs
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:mplayer_open_file(smb://office/tv/alias_s05e01.avi)
05-10-2005 00:59:28 info stating file smb://office/tv/alias_s05e01.avi.conf
05-10-2005 00:59:28 info stating file q:\system\players\mplayer\alias_s05e01.avi.conf
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:playing smb://office/tv/alias_s05e01.avi.
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:find subtitles
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:auto open z:\subtitle
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:protocol:smb
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:use standard file for protocol:smb
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:option stream url: this url doesn't have a hostname part.
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:
cache fill: 0.00% (0 bytes)
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:
cache fill: 1.56% (131072 bytes)
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:
cache fill: 3.13% (262144 bytes)
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:
cache fill: 4.69% (393216 bytes)
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:
cache fill: 6.25% (524288 bytes)
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:
cache fill: 7.81% (655360 bytes)
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:
cache fill: 9.38% (786432 bytes)
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:
cache fill: 10.94% (917504 bytes)
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:
cache fill: 12.50% (1048576 bytes)
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:
cache fill: 14.06% (1179648 bytes)
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:
cache fill: 15.63% (1310720 bytes)
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:
cache fill: 17.19% (1441792 bytes)
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:
cache fill: 18.75% (1572864 bytes)
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:avi file format detected.
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug dll: q:\system\players\mplayer\mplayer.dll : malloc failed, crash imminent
05-10-2005 00:59:28 error cmplayer::openfile() smb://office/tv/alias_s05e01.avi failed
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg: mplayer_close_file()
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg:
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg: uninit_player
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug msg: uninit_player - done
05-10-2005 00:59:28 debug freeing fs segment @ 0x787a20

how do you tell what codec they use?press info on the remote while playing the file in xbmc or look in the log, and use yaai (http://sourceforge.net/projects/yaai) or gspot (http://www.headbands.com/gspot/) on a win pc.

ps! your problem is probebly not related to the issue affini is having so please post a new topic thread instead.

sounds like a missing initial keyframe; open file in virtualdub, (set to direct stream on both video and audio) and cut out everything before the first keyframe and then save as a new file. then check if can play in xbmc, (if it played then that means it was a corrupt file however) if that new file plays fine in xbmc then please try to play the original-problem-file in latest mplayer for win32 (and also in a xbmc build from before 1st of august if possible) to test, ...if it played in mplayer and 'old' xbmc then it's a bug in new xbmc cvs (which was probebely introduced with the ffmpeg update on 31st of juli 2005)

in last log you ran out of memory.. lower cache

where can i dl a compiled mplayer for the pc. i dl'd one but it was only command line and did not work at all.
the official mplayer is only available in command-line and that is the one you should use, however there are seveal gui-frontends available that you can download and use with mplayer:
http://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/releases/win32/
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/projects.html (look for gui frontend under "windows")

ps! i asked you to "direct stream" the audio and video in virtualdub, not re-encode it (direct stream doesn't reencode anything), ...by the way; didn't virtualdub detect any errors?

btw... this file plays fine on my pc.

xbmc log...

error mplayer generated exception in ffmpeg_decode_decode

debug...

03-10-2005 19:26:34 info mplayer play:smb://office/tv/alias - s05e01.avi cachesize:8192
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg: set audio functions called
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg: done
03-10-2005 19:26:35 info flipping bi-directional subtitles disabled
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:mplayer_init()
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:enable mplayer osd
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:mplayer dev-cvs-050906-20:54 � 2000-2004 mplayer team
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:cpu: intel celeron 2/pentium iii coppermine,geyserville
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:(family: 6, stepping: 10)
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:detected cache-line size is 32 bytes
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:cpuflags: *mmx: 1 mmx2: 1 3dnow: 0 3dnow2: 0 sse: 0 sse2: 0
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:compiled for x86 cpu with extensions:
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg: mmx
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg: mmx2
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg: sse
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:creating config file: q:\system\players\mplayer\config
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:88 audio & 199 video codecs
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:mplayer_open_file(smb://office/tv/alias - s05e01.avi)
03-10-2005 19:26:35 info stating file smb://office/tv/alias - s05e01.avi.conf
03-10-2005 19:26:35 info stating file q:\system\players\mplayer\alias - s05e01.avi.conf
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:playing smb://office/tv/alias - s05e01.avi.
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:find subtitles
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:auto open z:\subtitle
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:protocol:smb
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:use standard file for protocol:smb
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:option stream url: this url doesn't have a hostname part.
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:
cache fill: *0.00% (0 bytes)
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:
cache fill: *1.56% (131072 bytes)
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:
cache fill: *3.13% (262144 bytes)
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:
cache fill: *4.69% (393216 bytes)
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:
cache fill: *6.25% (524288 bytes)
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:
cache fill: *7.81% (655360 bytes)
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:
cache fill: *9.38% (786432 bytes)

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03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:
cache fill: 10.94% (917504 bytes)
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:
cache fill: 11.72% (983040 bytes)
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:
cache fill: 12.50% (1048576 bytes)
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:
cache fill: 12.50% (1048576 bytes)
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:
cache fill: 12.50% (1048576 bytes)
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:
cache fill: 12.50% (1048576 bytes)
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:
cache fill: 13.28% (1114112 bytes)
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:
cache fill: 15.63% (1310720 bytes)
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:
cache fill: 17.19% (1441792 bytes)
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:
cache fill: 17.97% (1507328 bytes)
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:
cache fill: 19.53% (1638400 bytes)
03-10-2005 19:26:35 debug * msg:avi file format detected.
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:video: *[xvid] *624x352 *12bpp *23.976 fps *1041.3 kbps (127.1 kbyte/s)
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:clip info:
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg: software: virtualdub
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:starting lookup for subs
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:global subsize: 0 - vobsub: -1, demux: -1, subs: -1
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:global subpos : -1
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:============================================== ============================
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:forced audio codec: hwdts
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:forced audio codec: hwac3
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] mpeg layer-2, layer-3
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:audio: 44100 hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 14000->176400 (112.0 kbit)
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib mpeg layer-2, layer-3)
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:============================================== ============================
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:opening video filter: [pp=default]
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:============================================== ============================
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] ffmpeg's libavcodec codec family
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm:ffmpeg (ffmpeg mpeg-4)
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:============================================== ============================
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:[pp] using external postprocessing filter, max q = 6.
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:checking audio filter chain for 44100hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100hz/6ch/16bit...
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:af_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 44100 hz, little endian signed int
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:af_pre: 44100hz 2ch signed 16-bit (little-endian)
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:ao: [win32] 44100hz 2ch signed 16-bit (little-endian) (2 bps)
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:building audio filter chain for 44100hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100hz/2ch/16bit...
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:starting playback...
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:mplayer_open_file(smb://office/tv/alias - s05e01.avi) done 1.0000
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug playback has started
03-10-2005 19:26:36 info activating window id: 12005
03-10-2005 19:26:36 notice start led control
03-10-2005 19:26:36 info loading skin file: videofullscreen.xml
03-10-2005 19:26:36 notice dim lcd on playback
03-10-2005 19:26:36 info loading skin file: videoosd.xml
03-10-2005 19:26:36 info loading skin file: videoosdsettings.xml
03-10-2005 19:26:36 info * msg:[mpeg4 @ 01011fc8]
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug cguiinfomanager::setcurrentmovie(smb://office/tv/alias - s05e01.avi)
03-10-2005 19:26:36 info * msg:header damaged
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:error while decoding frame!
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:ffrw:normal play
03-10-2005 19:26:36 error mplayer generated exception in ffmpeg_decode_decode
03-10-2005 19:26:36 error mplayer generated exception in ffmpeg_decode_decode
03-10-2005 19:26:36 info * msg:[mpeg4 @ 01011fc8]
03-10-2005 19:26:36 info * msg:header damaged
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:error while decoding frame!
03-10-2005 19:26:36 error mplayer generated exception in ffmpeg_decode_decode
03-10-2005 19:26:36 info * msg:[mpeg4 @ 01011fc8]
03-10-2005 19:26:36 info * msg:hmm, seems the headers are not complete, trying to guess time_increment_bits
03-10-2005 19:26:36 info * msg:[mpeg4 @ 01011fc8]
03-10-2005 19:26:36 info * msg:my guess is 2 bits ;)
03-10-2005 19:26:36 error mplayer generated exception in ffmpeg_decode_decode
03-10-2005 19:26:36 info * msg:[mpeg4 @ 01011fc8]
03-10-2005 19:26:36 info * msg:hmm, seems the headers are not complete, trying to guess time_increment_bits
03-10-2005 19:26:36 info * msg:[mpeg4 @ 01011fc8]
03-10-2005 19:26:36 info * msg:my guess is 1 bits ;)
03-10-2005 19:26:36 error mplayer generated exception in ffmpeg_decode_decode
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg: mplayer_close_file()
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg:
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg: uninit_player
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug * msg: uninit_player - done
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug freeing fs segment @ 0x787a20
03-10-2005 19:26:36 debug playback has finished

i don't believe i re-encodedi thought you reencoded because you wrote "i used vd to re-encode... it turned a 360 mb avi into a 38gb avi" however it sounds now like you didn't do that.

error i get when loading the original avi in vd...
http://members.cox.net/affini/vd_error.jpgthat do mean your audio-track is corrupt/messed-up and will need to be re-encoded (just the audio-track), to do that you need to open the original file in virtualdub again; set 'direct stream' on video only this time and compress on audio, in audio settings convert to uncompressed-pcm and save and as a new file (this is what virtualdub means when it state to "decompress the *entire* audio stream to an uncompressed wav file), then when done open that new file in virtualdub and again set 'direct stream' on video only this time and compress on audio but this time in audio settings change to convert to mp3 (recommend cbr instead of vbr) and save as a new file, that new file should now be fixed. * ...sure you can try to skip the first "decompress the *entire* audio stream to an uncompressed wav file" and convert directly from vbr-mp3 to cbr-mp3 but that could like virtualdub state introduce a skew (ie. time delay) in the audio/video sync.

ps! still suggest you try to play the file in mplayer for win32 on a windows pc though, and if get same problem there report it to mplayer becuase they might be able to fix in it the future.

will not play = means ?

any log output to go with that statement ?

i have similar problems with some avis, actually, quite a few avis.
how do you tell what codec they use?
when i try and play them, the video kind of starts then xbmc crashes and i have to reboot the xbox.

i'll try and get a log file together, and also try an older version of xbmc.

ps! i asked you to "direct stream" the audio and video in virtualdub, not re-encode it (direct stream doesn't reencode anything), ...by the way; didn't virtualdub detect any errors?

i don't believe i re-encoded... i did a "save as" and it took about 30 seconds to save the file. if i re-encoded it would take 30-60 minutes. under both 'video' & 'audio' menus i have "direct stream copy" selected.

if there is another way i should do it please let me know. i've never used vd before.

error i get when loading the original avi in vd...

http://members.cox.net/affini/vd_error.jpg

i used vd to re-encode... it turned a 360 mb avi into a 38gb avi... wow!

anyway, after the encoding it still cannot play on xbmc but works fine on windows media player on the pc (as did the original).

i will do some more testing but it looks like the pc software is much more forgiving.

where can i dl a compiled mplayer for the pc. i dl'd one but it was only command line and did not work at all.