Corrupt AVI Header

[Jola]

Hi

I'm sure this has been discussed before but can't find the thread.

I have an avi which wont play. DivFix reports I/O Error 131, DivXRepair reports "Bad Frame". VirtualDub's error message is "The avi dosen't have a movie data block(movi)!" and Gspot's report is as per the atachment.

Is it for the bin?

Thx
Jola

 

[ChickenMan]

VirtualDUB reports an error but does it load in okay? If so, then set Audio & Video to Direct Stream Copy and then hit Save AVI and give it a new name.

 

[Jola]

No, It wont load.

Thx
Jola

 

[celtic_druid]

Can you play it with mplayer or VLC? If so then you could probably remux via mencoder with -oac copy -ovc copy, etc.

 

[Jola]

No, I get the "encountered an unknown error" thing in WMP, I don't know what VLC is

Thx
Jola

 

[celtic_druid]

I said mplayer, not wmp. VLC = Video Lan Client. mplayer = The Movie Player (formaly the linux movie player) www.mplayerhq.hu

 

[Jola]

Thx but because I dont have a masters in IT I haven't got a cat on earths chance of configuring MPlayer!

Jola

 

[celtic_druid]

You don't really need to configure anything. You can just drop media files onto the EXE and if supported they will play.

 

[joe14580]

Thx but because I dont have a masters in IT I haven't got a cat on earths chance of configuring MPlayer!

Jola

Then try VLC, it's what I use, just yahoo/google "vlc" and it shall be yours .

 

[Jola]

Thanks for youer replies.
When I drop the file on the MPlayer exe, it just flashes up some dos stuff, too fast to read.
I tried the VLC and it wont load and it caused VLC to crash. VLC did however play another file I know to be right.
Are there any other options?
Cheers
Jola

 

[celtic_druid]

Sounds like the file is pretty well screwed to me.