My computer won;t play video files.

Chris Britton · #1 June 3, 2009, 1:54 PM

NB: Posting this in here as I can't seem to post a topic in Problem Solving

Right; I am a member of a small community called The Warzone 2100 Resurrection Project. It is for a team of people who continue to mod and develop the RTS Warzone 2100 since it became Open Source.

Now I volunteered to take a look at the games FMV Scenes to see how they can improve them. Getting them improved is not easy since the original files were lost when they game became open source, so on the latest version released they are of lower quality than the rest of the game. I was able to secured a download of the file off one of the members of which I have quited bellow and includes the download link:

Get http://download.gna.org/warzone/vide...s_avi.tar.lzma (AVIs made from the RPLs with rpl2avi). Should play in any player.

My problem is that i have downloaded but an unable to play the files in anything I have, iTunes never brought it up, Windows Media Player claimed it either couldn't support it or the codec used to compress it. Quicktime didn't recognize it. VLC plays it without any audio or video This may be due to the type of file but I need to be able to take a look at these scenes.

Can anyone recommend something to open this damm thing and get it playing?

Danny Stewart · #2 June 3, 2009, 2:06 PM

http://codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

Grab at least the Standard pack, if not the Full pack. Install that and you should be all set.

Alternatively you could always grab VLC and play it using that.

Chris Britton · #3 June 3, 2009, 2:12 PM

Originally Posted by Danny Stewart

http://codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

Grab at least the Standard pack, if not the Full pack. Install that and you should be all set.

Alternatively you could always grab VLC and play it using that.

I tried VLC. It played it without any audio or video

Chris Britton · #4 June 3, 2009, 2:21 PM

Originally Posted by Danny Stewart

http://codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

Grab at least the Standard pack, if not the Full pack. Install that and you should be all set.

Downloaded the full pack, tried to play the file and it claims it can't render the file.

Chris Britton · #5 June 3, 2009, 5:21 PM

Problem solved, downloading the same file link on wz2100.nets download page meant ti played perfectly on VLC.

Ross Hendrie · #6 June 3, 2009, 5:41 PM

Originally Posted by Chris Britton

NB: Posting this in here as I can't seem to post a topic in Problem Solving

I've noticed this issue aswell, btw.

Danny Stewart · #7 June 4, 2009, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by Ross Hendrie

I've noticed this issue aswell, btw.

You guys need to bring this to me directly as soon as you notice it.

Not through a post on the forums. Hit me up on Twitter or send me an email so I can fix it right away.

EDIT: This has been fixed. The forum had "Forum is Open for New Posts" set to no, bizarrely.

Recurring Villain · #8 June 6, 2009, 11:04 AM

I just watched the Shawshank Redemption in VLC. If anyone was wondering.

No...?

Gee. I better go get twitter.

Danny Stewart · #9 June 7, 2009, 5:44 AM

Originally Posted by Recurring Villain

Gee. I better go get twitter.

You already have one.

http://twitter.com/fucktwittar

Recurring Villain · #10 June 7, 2009, 10:58 PM

Every time I see my only tweet I lol.

Superkid11 · #11 June 8, 2009, 11:44 AM

A lot of people seem to think mPlayer is better than VLC. I don't know whether that's really true or not, but it does seem to load faster in my experience.
(Note: The Mac version on that site sucks. This is where to go for the Mac version.)

Danny Stewart · #12 June 8, 2009, 3:13 PM

Dude, fuck mPlayer and VLC. QuickTime is the only way to watch videos on a Mac.

Chris Britton · #13 June 8, 2009, 4:34 PM

Originally Posted by Superkid11

A lot of people seem to think mPlayer is better than VLC. I don't know whether that's really true or not, but it does seem to load faster in my experience.
(Note: The Mac version on that site sucks. This is where to go for the Mac version.)

VLC is much better than mPlayer, since it comes with everything you need to watch almost everything on the Internet. No need to download any binaries or codes.

Superkid11 · #14 June 8, 2009, 5:40 PM

mPlayer is the same way. I haven't had to install any codecs or anything.

Then again it might be different for the Windows version.

Danny Stewart · #15 June 9, 2009, 4:11 AM

Originally Posted by Superkid11

mPlayer is the same way. I haven't had to install any codecs or anything.

Then again it might be different for the Windows version.

Mplayer = balls.

Recurring Villain · #16 June 10, 2009, 3:18 AM

Originally Posted by Danny Stewart

QuickTime is the only way to watch videos on a Mac.

They should at least install VLC for all the codecs it comes with. Personally I prefer VLC to QT 'cause it's way less bloated and has a bunch of crap you can do to mess with the file.

For the noobcaptain, though, QT is probably sufficient. Just don't be surprised when it doesnt recognize that bluray rip you downloaded off TPB.

Danny Stewart · #17 June 10, 2009, 5:22 AM

Originally Posted by Recurring Villain

They should at least install VLC for all the codecs it comes with. Personally I prefer VLC to QT 'cause it's way less bloated and has a bunch of crap you can do to mess with the file.

For the noobcaptain, though, QT is probably sufficient. Just don't be surprised when it doesnt recognize that bluray rip you downloaded off TPB.

Sir, Perian is all I have to say. http://perian.org/

Perian makes QuickTime just as able as VLC, but keeps the nice Mac UI and integration.

It is because of Perian that I do not feel the need to touch anything other than QuickTime, ever, period.

Recurring Villain · #18 June 10, 2009, 6:39 AM

Originally Posted by Danny Stewart

I do not feel the need to touch anything other than QuickTime, ever, period.

cool story bro

Chris Britton · #19 June 10, 2009, 7:46 AM

Originally Posted by Danny Stewart

Sir, Perian is all I have to say. http://perian.org/

Perian makes QuickTime just as able as VLC, but keeps the nice Mac UI and integration.

It is because of Perian that I do not feel the need to touch anything other than QuickTime, ever, period.

Always a way, isn't there?