Aging codec?
 

I have a video file that plays just fine on a 32 bit Vista laptop but on my 64 bit desktop the video skips the middle section during playback. The complete video is about 16 minutes long but it will only play for about 6:00 minutes. I've tried to convert the file to a different format but when I do it stops at 5:00 minutes into the video. My theory is that newer codes are interpreting some data as an end of file marker.

I have a general fear that a lot of my older videos will become unplayable as their codecs become obsolete. The problem is I don't even know what constitutes a modern or current codec. Does anyone have any advice?

Have you tried using VLC player ? its a fairly stable player to try out first.

http://www.download.com/VLC-Media-Pl...-10267151.html

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CP.

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VLC player is one of the programs that lead me to the "end of file" or "bad timing" in the codec conclusion. VLC will play the entire file if I move the slider bar but shows incorrect data for the length of the movie. I assume the right utility could update the codec and I would not have to worry about these files becoming unplayable.

try the free program on this post i made a while back
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CP.

https://forum.oneclickchicks.com/showthread.php?t=5218


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Or upload the video to rapidshare and i'll try converting it for you
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CP.

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I'd be grateful for your assistance, I'd be happy to send the files to you but I do not have a rapid share account. I found a free product called VirtualDub that fixes the problem but also increases the files sizes from around 100MB to over 7GB. If you have any more ideas I'm happy to get the advice.

virtualdub can repair videos but you have to add the codec compressions yourself, along with audio compression.
click on video tab at top, then click compression, then choose divx.

then click audio tab, click "full processing mode" then click audio again and then click cpmpression. Choose mpeg layer3.

this will redeuce file size.

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CP.

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http://www.cccp-project.net/ <--- best codec pack I've found.

It comes with Media Player Classic as well.

Thanks to you both. I will let you know how it works out.