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Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:11:00 EST

Sorry, no, the folder is empty (most likely we don't have permission to anything in it).

You could try

http://www.filedropper.com/

and upload your file and then send me the shared link (or use the site contact form to sent it to us). That link goes away in 30 days.

STeven.

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Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:11:00 EST

The uploaded original AVI file is now on Dropbox at the link I emailed. Please tell me that this time it works for you! :(

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Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:11:00 EST

I see the flash video but no option to download an avi ...

STeven.

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Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:11:00 EST

Ok, I clicked on View Blog and got this page:

http://starfirebox.blogspot.com/

Obviously, I don't blog very often. Please let me know what you see.

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Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:11:00 EST

Here is the page I'm staring at:

https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9180481036758464641#allposts

If I use the previous link, it doesn't show the last post. The attached jpeg is a capture from the page that does show the clip. Now that I have saved the evidence, I will experiment to see what else is needed. Maybe I need to confirm something before the post actually appears.

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Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:11:00 EST

John,

Can you confirm that link? I don't see Dashboard Camera referenced or see anywhere to download the avi clip. I also looked at your other blog posts but don't see that anywhere. Google also doesn't see anything on your blog to download.

Thanks,
STeven.

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Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:11:00 EST

Here is a link to a 30-second AVI clip which RR Media_Reader cannot handle.

http://elec10jfdavis.blogspot.com/

title is Dashboard Camera

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Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:11:00 EST

John,

Unfortunately, most of the video codec stuff is in Windows. We've found that if the windows Media Player works it will normally play with the Media_Reader module since we *think* it uses the same functions. Alas, once we pass things off to windows we lose track of what works and what does not. You could try the AVI_Reader module which uses older WinAPI functions which sometimes works when Media_Reader does not.

The formats you specified are supported but its probably just something about the video that the media_reader is not configuring correctly but we don't know what that would be.

I've checked a bunch of random avi and mp4s with no issue. At this point it would be much more effective if we can either get a link to your video or a link to a video that you are having issues with so that we can test further. I was also using Win7 64bit to check these files.

If anyone else has this same issue and do have a link that we can get access to that video please post it here!

We have also researched including the VLC DLL into RR as a video playback option but that's a much larger endeavor which will take a while to add.

STeven.

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Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:11:00 EST

Media_Reader cannot read most of my videos.  They are usually .avi or .mpg.  Sometimes Media_Reader gives an error message, sometimes it just freezes.  It is not a problem of missing codecs; VLC and Windows Media Player have no problems with the same files on the same Windows 7 PC.

Even the shortest examples are too large to upload, but here is what VLC reports about one of the .avi files that RR cannot handle:

Stream 0
    Type: Video
    Codec: Packed YUV 4:2:2, Y:U:Y:V (YUY2)
    Resolution: 240x180
    Display resolution: 240x180
    Frame rate: 29.970029

Here is the same information about another file the RR does handle:

Stream 0
    Type: Video
    Codec: MPEG-4 Video (XVID)
    Resolution: 320x240
    Frame rate: 15
    Decoded format: Planar 4:2:0 YUV

I converted the 'bad' .avi file with Movavi to the following format, still with the .avi suffix, which does work with RR:

Codec: MPEG-4 Video (XVID)
Resolution: 240x180
Frame rate: 29.970000
Decoded format: Planar 4:2:0 YUV