Video Yes, Sound No

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About one in every six media files I have download give great picture, but no
sound. Most of the time I get sound just fine, and at first I thought it was
just a fluke, you know, occasional bad file, but it has happened too
frequently now. I just updated my codecs, and my sound drivers are up to
date. Any setting configuration that may lead to some files playing sound
fine, but others not?

System specs

P4 2.6 Ghz
512 DDR
Asus P4S8X-X
Creative SB Audigy LS
Radeon 7200 64MB

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?)

Do these files that don't play have any common charactersitics? ie they all
come from the same place, whereas the ones which play come from somewhere
different? What format are the ones which don't play, avi/wmv etc? Which
codec were they made with, divx/dv etc?



--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com


"Stormy Fairweather" <StormyFairweather@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:ACF70BBC-6812-4080-A10E-A1081A675B98@microsoft.com...
> About one in every six media files I have download give great picture, but
no
> sound. Most of the time I get sound just fine, and at first I thought it
was
> just a fluke, you know, occasional bad file, but it has happened too
> frequently now. I just updated my codecs, and my sound drivers are up to
> date. Any setting configuration that may lead to some files playing sound
> fine, but others not?
>
> System specs
>
> P4 2.6 Ghz
> 512 DDR
> Asus P4S8X-X
> Creative SB Audigy LS
> Radeon 7200 64MB
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?)

All files were .avi, and all were aquired via a file-sharing utility. Most
had comments from third parties who cited the files as excellent, so I think
the problem is on my end, just not sure where.

"Graham Hughes" wrote:

> Do these files that don't play have any common charactersitics? ie they all
> come from the same place, whereas the ones which play come from somewhere
> different? What format are the ones which don't play, avi/wmv etc? Which
> codec were they made with, divx/dv etc?
>
>
>
> --
> Graham Hughes
> MVP Digital Media
> www.dvds2treasure.com
> www.simplydv.com
>
>
> "Stormy Fairweather" <StormyFairweather@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:ACF70BBC-6812-4080-A10E-A1081A675B98@microsoft.com...
> > About one in every six media files I have download give great picture, but
> no
> > sound. Most of the time I get sound just fine, and at first I thought it
> was
> > just a fluke, you know, occasional bad file, but it has happened too
> > frequently now. I just updated my codecs, and my sound drivers are up to
> > date. Any setting configuration that may lead to some files playing sound
> > fine, but others not?
> >
> > System specs
> >
> > P4 2.6 Ghz
> > 512 DDR
> > Asus P4S8X-X
> > Creative SB Audigy LS
> > Radeon 7200 64MB
> >
>
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?)

AVI files come in mnay differnt sorts, as avi is just a file wrapper, one of
the most popular for file download being divx. Use Gspot from headbands to
analyse the video you have to tell you which codec was used adn then track
this down.

Graham

--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com


"Stormy Fairweather" <StormyFairweather@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:C6DCA0AB-6DBB-4B1C-9555-4D1FF8A06451@microsoft.com...
> All files were .avi, and all were aquired via a file-sharing utility. Most
> had comments from third parties who cited the files as excellent, so I
think
> the problem is on my end, just not sure where.
>
> "Graham Hughes" wrote:
>
> > Do these files that don't play have any common charactersitics? ie they
all
> > come from the same place, whereas the ones which play come from
somewhere
> > different? What format are the ones which don't play, avi/wmv etc? Which
> > codec were they made with, divx/dv etc?
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Graham Hughes
> > MVP Digital Media
> > www.dvds2treasure.com
> > www.simplydv.com
> >
> >
> > "Stormy Fairweather" <StormyFairweather@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in
> > message news:ACF70BBC-6812-4080-A10E-A1081A675B98@microsoft.com...
> > > About one in every six media files I have download give great picture,
but
> > no
> > > sound. Most of the time I get sound just fine, and at first I thought
it
> > was
> > > just a fluke, you know, occasional bad file, but it has happened too
> > > frequently now. I just updated my codecs, and my sound drivers are up
to
> > > date. Any setting configuration that may lead to some files playing
sound
> > > fine, but others not?
> > >
> > > System specs
> > >
> > > P4 2.6 Ghz
> > > 512 DDR
> > > Asus P4S8X-X
> > > Creative SB Audigy LS
> > > Radeon 7200 64MB
> > >
> >
> >
> >

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?)

I was missing an audio ac3 codec. Thanks.

"Graham Hughes" wrote:

> AVI files come in mnay differnt sorts, as avi is just a file wrapper, one of
> the most popular for file download being divx. Use Gspot from headbands to
> analyse the video you have to tell you which codec was used adn then track
> this down.
>
> Graham
>
> --
> Graham Hughes
> MVP Digital Media
> www.dvds2treasure.com
> www.simplydv.com
>
>
> "Stormy Fairweather" <StormyFairweather@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:C6DCA0AB-6DBB-4B1C-9555-4D1FF8A06451@microsoft.com...
> > All files were .avi, and all were aquired via a file-sharing utility. Most
> > had comments from third parties who cited the files as excellent, so I
> think
> > the problem is on my end, just not sure where.
> >
> > "Graham Hughes" wrote:
> >
> > > Do these files that don't play have any common charactersitics? ie they
> all
> > > come from the same place, whereas the ones which play come from
> somewhere
> > > different? What format are the ones which don't play, avi/wmv etc? Which
> > > codec were they made with, divx/dv etc?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Graham Hughes
> > > MVP Digital Media
> > > www.dvds2treasure.com
> > > www.simplydv.com
> > >
> > >
> > > "Stormy Fairweather" <StormyFairweather@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> in
> > > message news:ACF70BBC-6812-4080-A10E-A1081A675B98@microsoft.com...
> > > > About one in every six media files I have download give great picture,
> but
> > > no
> > > > sound. Most of the time I get sound just fine, and at first I thought
> it
> > > was
> > > > just a fluke, you know, occasional bad file, but it has happened too
> > > > frequently now. I just updated my codecs, and my sound drivers are up
> to
> > > > date. Any setting configuration that may lead to some files playing
> sound
> > > > fine, but others not?
> > > >
> > > > System specs
> > > >
> > > > P4 2.6 Ghz
> > > > 512 DDR
> > > > Asus P4S8X-X
> > > > Creative SB Audigy LS
> > > > Radeon 7200 64MB
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>