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Have you got The Playa as well at Divx.com? Try running the file with it instead of using WMP.
 
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I tired the playa already.

It can play the video in playa so I know that there's nothing wrong with the video format.

Though if I move the slider to a particular scene the playa freezes and crashes.

If find that playa is unstable.

Is there any other good Divx player other than playa?
 
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No, the problem is very bound to really be on the video file. Note that if you download a divx file partially, The Playa can still read and Play, but WMP cannot, giving am error message which says the file is a wrong format for the player. Is that what happens to you?

There is another fairly decent player called G... G... G-something (can't remember if it is GVideo, or GDivx - I think it's the latter). Not recomended if you want design, but it might play your video correctly.
 
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it also depends on your hardware specs. maybe you have a slow comp.
 
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Originally posted by RZetlin
Though if I move the slider to a particular scene the playa freezes and crashes.
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Incomplete movies freeze when you reposition the slider. You have to either download the complete movie or edit the movie and make it complete (VirtualDub is a good program for editing divx movies). I don't think any player allows you to skip in incomplete movies.
 
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RZetlin: You think that's bad? I downloaded over three hundred megs for a movie from a slow site, and it crashed without fail at the five minute mark. Bad downloads happen. You'll probably have to get it again.
 
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Originally posted by Demigod79

Incomplete movies freeze when you reposition the slider. You have to either download the complete movie or edit the movie and make it complete (VirtualDub is a good program for editing divx movies). I don't think any player allows you to skip in incomplete movies.
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I downloaded VirtualDub and I checked the video.

Yes, the video seems to be corrupted.

Frame 6723 to frame 6763 is unreadable.

I already tried to Rederive keyframe flags to repair the video, but I get an out of memory message. (This might be because the file is so large.)

Please I need some help on repairing the file.
 
Discussion starter · #11 ·
Originally posted by Ryos
RZetlin: You think that's bad? I downloaded over three hundred megs for a movie from a slow site, and it crashed without fail at the five minute mark. Bad downloads happen. You'll probably have to get it again.
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Ryos did you try and download the same file again?

If you did, did the file worked run properly the second time you download it?
 
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Originally posted by RZetlin
Ryos did you try and download the same file again?

If you did, did the file worked run properly the second time you download it?
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No. I only wanted it because I might have been able to use it for a presentation a couple days later. I'll wait now until Mangle releases it and see what the reviews say.
 
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