Kerem Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 i am keep downloading the sample vids for the fx1 but i dont understand whats the .m2t file extension cuz i cant view them.i can just see one frame of the vid then windows media player closes down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Daniel J. Ashley-Smith Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 (edited) Well it's definitely an mpeg movie file, and it should work with wmplayer no problem. Tried reinstalling wmplayer? Or you could try BSPlayer or VLC. From an educated guess, I would say that when you open the movie clips it overloads the memory and causes wmplayer to pack up. How much memory do you have on your pc? Edited December 5, 2004 by Daniel J. Ashley-Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredrik Broman Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 m2t = mpeg2 transport stream. I use VLC http://www.videolan.org to watch them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Daniel J. Ashley-Smith Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Actually I have come across the same problem. I just converted the file into it's own format, but when converting I think some kind of an error was ironed out. If your getting this problem, the convert the video using: MainConcept H.264 Technical Preview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Tyler Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Change the filename extension to .MPG and see if that will play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Daniel J. Ashley-Smith Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Yeh I tried that, still the same problem. And I tried opening it up with multiple programs, still nothing. I'm not exactly sure what the problem is, but it seems to work when re-encoded. But the MainConcept program re-encoded it at its original bitrate so nothings lost. (Just a pain) Just one of those things.. (Computers HATE ME) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvin Pingol Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 But the MainConcept program re-encoded it at its original bitrate so nothings lost.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Is the codec being used a lossless one? For some reason I wouldn't think so, since you mentioned bitrate - you can't really have adjustable bitrates with lossless codecs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Daniel J. Ashley-Smith Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 (edited) Actually now that you mention it, I've just noticed that that program does compress the video even further. But it's also kind of strange because the original movie clips are now playing.. just one of those things. Edited December 7, 2004 by Daniel J. Ashley-Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted December 7, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted December 7, 2004 Hi, I've also found VLC to be a particularly robust computer video player. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Daniel J. Ashley-Smith Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Hi,I've also found VLC to be a particularly robust computer video player. Phil <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Personally I always prefer official software from the OS. Windows Media Player has never done me wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted December 7, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted December 7, 2004 Hi, I've found that VLC will frequently play files that've been damaged by networks, bad optical media, and with other issues, that Media Player won't touch. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvin Pingol Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 I've found that VLC will frequently play files that've been damaged by networks, bad optical media, and with other issues, that Media Player won't touch.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> WMP is very picky when it comes to data corruption of media. This is certainly a bad thing when the corrupted data is at the beginning of the file, for the application will either give you an error message, or freeze, or perform an illegal operation. Plus, WMP bogs down the processor moreso than other players, for what reason I don't know why - perhaps it's doing some weird background operations I'm unaware of... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted December 8, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted December 8, 2004 Hi, The problem with the AVI file structure is that the index of frames is held at the end of the file, so if there's corruption which affects the sequencing anywhere before the end, that makes the index unreadable and the entire file impossible to play - which is a bummer. Smart software can get around this. Versions of media player greater than about 6.4 are pretty bloated. The interfaces are written in an XML variant which relies on Javascript to process UI interaction. Christ knows what the system overhead for this is, but I think it's safe to assume that man went to the moon with less computing power than it takes to run the "play" button in Media Player 9. Then, consider the security implications... Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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