When MS gave away Media Center for free I did not get it because I do not use media center. Today I have a need to use Movie maker and found that Movie Maker cannot read mpeg2 file unless I install Media Center, however Media Center is no longer free. Is there another option that can allow Movie Maker to read mpeg2 without costing money and safe (virus free)?
otnos said:
When MS gave away Media Center for free I did not get it because I do not use media center. Today I have a need to use Movie maker and found that Movie Maker cannot read mpeg2 file unless I install Media Center, however Media Center is no longer free. Is there another option that can allow Movie Maker to read mpeg2 without costing money and safe (virus free)?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Tried any of the codec packs out there, like k-lite?
goofball2k said:
Tried any of the codec packs out there, like k-lite?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes, K-Lite allows playback of mpeg2, but Movie Maker still cannot open mpeg2.
>Yes, K-Lite allows playback of mpeg2, but Movie Maker still cannot open mpeg2
I would stay away from any codec pack, incl the popular ones like K-Lite or whatever. The preferred filter set at the moment is LAV Filters (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=156191) which uses libavformat (from ffmpeg). It's been out for over two years, and is still under active development.
Secondly, use http://codecguide.com/windows7_preferred_filter_tweaker.htm (also works for Win8) to remove extraneous codecs (say, from codec packs), and to prioritize desired codecs.
Lastly, suggest moving away from the built-in bundleware you get with Windows. The codecs may be there, but the software may be hardwired to work only with other MS stuff. For free stuff, a good place to start is here,
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-video-editor.htm
Shark007 Codecs are what I'd recommend for Windows 7 and Windows 8. Plus he provides excellent support on the forums.
>Shark007 Codecs are what I'd recommend for Windows 7 and Windows 8. Plus he provides excellent support on the forums.
Shark007 has switched to LAV Filters. The author, nevcairiel, is actively engaged in LAVF's thread on Doom9 (last post of today). That's the best place for support, since he's the dev. One caveat is that Doom9 is fairly hardcore, and noobs who don't search before asking questions aren't treated kindly. In that, it's probably better to use a "downstream" support source like Shark007.
This isn't a slight against Shark. He's been a respected member of Doom9 for a long time. I was using his custom matrices for DivX and XviD way back when.
e.mote said:
>Shark007 Codecs are what I'd recommend for Windows 7 and Windows 8. Plus he provides excellent support on the forums.
Shark007 has switched to LAV Filters. The author, nevcairiel, is actively engaged in LAVF's thread on Doom9 (last post of today). That's the best place for support, since he's the dev. One caveat is that Doom9 is fairly hardcore, and noobs who don't search before asking questions aren't treated kindly. In that, it's probably better to use a "downstream" support source like Shark007.
This isn't a slight against Shark. He's been a respected member of Doom9 for a long time. I was using his custom matrices for DivX and XviD way back when.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yea, he has his own support forum on his website, and has spent a long time working with me to overcome various issues.
I installed K-Lite, it uses lav, but still no mpeg2 decoding in movie maker.
Starting with Vista, MS' intention is to gradually replace DirectShow with Media Foundation. While LAVF supports some of MF's elements (DVXA 2, EVR), it doesn't currently support MF, although the dev said that was on the list of to-dos. It's likely that Movie Maker, being a built-in Win app, uses MF instead of DirectShow. The other possibility is that it's hardwired to WMC, as already said.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Foundation
Codec problems can be troubleshoot with GraphStudio or GraphStudio Next (2nd being an updated fork of 1st). Google for these. These are technical tools, and there is no support for them.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
In any case, the end solution probably remains the same: Ditch Movie Maker, or cough up the $10 for WMC.
Related
(ISSUE IS TO PLAY A WMV FILE ON PPC)
I Tried my best to play atached wmv file on my ppc wm6 even i tried wm video codecs in windows but my research failed and i need all genius users help,,
Me waiting who will first play this file.
Thanks in advance.
Munazzam.
Try CorePlayer 1.2
Try CorePlayer 1.2
Take VistaMediaPlayer Ver.11, it works here
but i need for POCKET PC.
one thread for one file, please stop this sh.....!
Its very urgent Please Help.....
strange file... even vlc cant open it...
try to convert it or make a screenshot & mp3 cause video is same all the time
Thanks someone tried to play it please keep trying to help me.
My i760 came with a small wav player that will pop up in Total Commander (or any file explorer) and play the file. I hear there are some "search" options available if I'm not mistaken HINT! HINT!
It is encoded with the latest WMV9 codec, you won't be able to play this on anything but Windows Media Player 10 or later.... NO PPC player will play it without conversion.... not even CorePlayer (it only supports upto WMV8)
If you really must get it playing on PPC go get a video converter and put it into a useful format like mpg or h264.
Sendaris said:
It is encoded with the latest WMV9 codec, you won't be able to play this on anything but Windows Media Player 10 or later.... NO PPC player will play it without conversion.... not even CorePlayer (it only supports upto WMV8)
If you really must get it playing on PPC go get a video converter and put it into a useful format like mpg or h264.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
But it is strange... It plays well in my device!
maybe becasue you device has WMP 11 or 10
aa125690 said:
But it is strange... It plays well in my device!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Which device you r using?
if it works on pc windows media player, have u tried using windows movie maker/ windows media encoder to transfer to your phone, works for me
Oh, I see what you guys are saying... It is a *.wmv file!
Sorry, I only meant the audio part, not the video.
But i need video specially.
This should work on your phone. It worked on mine.
http://xpdnc.org/downloads/temp/ccent31.avi
I didn't mean for the file size to increase so much, but I wasn't sure what sort of codecs a PPC could handle. I tried a newer Xvid codec at first, and it didn't work. So I reverted to a PPC-specfic AVI container with a generic MPEG4 codec. Hopefully you have 5MB of free space somewhere.
dumpydooby said:
This should work on your phone. It worked on mine.
http://xpdnc.org/downloads/temp/ccent31.avi
I didn't mean for the file size to increase so much, but I wasn't sure what sort of codecs a PPC could handle. I tried a newer Xvid codec at first, and it didn't work. So I reverted to a PPC-specfic AVI container with a generic MPEG4 codec. Hopefully you have 5MB of free space somewhere.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Very very Thanks to Mr.Dumpy for give your preciouse time to work for me can you tell me about the convertor you used for it.
Thanks.
Hey Thats Not Very Funny, When I played it I got this...
Here
munazzam said:
Very very Thanks to Mr.Dumpy for give your preciouse time to work for me can you tell me about the convertor you used for it.
Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I used SUPER.
The download process is a bit of a pain in the butt because they hide everything beneath gigantic walls of text.
1. Go here: http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html#Down
2. Click the link that says, "Start Downloading SUPER ©"
3. Click the link that says, "download and use"
4. Click the down arrow (
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
), or just scroll to the bottom.
5. Click the link that says, "Download SUPER © setup file"
I know it's a ridiculous navigation process, but that's what they make you do. In exchange, you get a free program that does a decent job with converting files. Just toy with it. Test it on some small video files and see what looks best for you.
it plays but only the sound how do i get the video going.
Here's a thread I found over at mobileread. Haven't tried it but it should work.
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11121
you can always convert the files to mp4...
you can try "tcpmp" or the "core media player" "kinoma free player" either one will play flv and play youtube files if you need a cab just let me know…
try this. I used it on my Shadow until i got Coreplayer.
Tcpmp + flvPlugin
The best I ever seen is tcpmpPlayer (try googling) it is free software with a lot of playing features like video mode, zooming, playing speed and u can also adjust the brightness, color, contrast as ur preference. install both player and flvPlugin on device memory. by experience I found Some problem when it was installed on storage card. hope this help u. <<Dedy Wahyudi>>
.flv files use different codecs. You can check for yourself by opening the .flv file with Media Player Classic on your PC and check the file properties. They use FLV1 (Flash Video 1) or FLV4. FLV1 uses the Sorenson codec. FLV4 uses the ON2VP6 codec.
TCPMP and CorePlayer support FLV1. (Youtube uses FLV1).
For FLV4 you need Adobe's Flash Lite 3, which is still in beta release and only works with Opera 9.5. Unfortunately, there is no Opera 9.5 build for WM standard. Until Opera 9.5 is released for WM standard, you will need to convert the FLV4 files to a different format.
dotnetdotcom said:
.flv files use different codecs. You can check for yourself by opening the .flv file with Media Player Classic on your PC and check the file properties. They use FLV1 (Flash Video 1) or FLV4. FLV1 uses the Sorenson codec. FLV4 uses the ON2VP6 codec.
TCPMP and CorePlayer support FLV1. (Youtube uses FLV1).
For FLV4 you need Adobe's Flash Lite 3, which is still in beta release and only works with Opera 9.5. Unfortunately, there is no Opera 9.5 build for WM standard. Until Opera 9.5 is released for WM standard, you will need to convert the FLV4 files to a different format.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Or you can use Skyfire to stream it directly.
Just a reminder, warez is NEVER allowed on this site and posting or offering it on this site WILL get you a ban, possibly even a permanent one.
scotchua said:
Just a reminder, warez is NEVER allowed on this site and posting or offering it on this site WILL get you a ban, possibly even a permanent one.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you for your response. I'm not used to mods doing their jobs on certain other forums.
hi,
you can try "tcpmp" or the "core media player" "kinoma free player" either one will play flv and play youtube files if you need a cab just let me know…
www.staffingpower.com
sentersoftech.
Moyea FLV Player is currently the professional and popular application software for playing back and controlling single FLV files from your desktop as well as from the Internet.
Moyea FLV Player can be used standalone, without the need of the Flash authoring tools or Flash development tools, allowing you to display and preview your FLV files in a more controlled way with ease and to a broader audience than with Quicktime, Windows Media and Real Media, etc.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Hello. I was wondeirng if anyone can recommend a good youtube program besides youtubeplay? youtubeplay is ok, but It doesnt let you list by date or relivance or whatever. Also, is there any program that plays or downloads veoh.com videos? Thanks
The best way to play ANY streaming media site on a win mo smartphone imho, is the skyfire webbrowser:
http://www.skyfire.com
use phelps8 to get an instant download.
Any streaming media site I've used works awesome with skyfire. Takes some getting used to. check the forums for details. But sites like hulu.com work AWESOME with it for watching full episodes or movies..
mycast.orb.com when set to stream in flash will open right in the browser too which is incredible for streaming off a home PC...
break.com,youtube.com,stupidvideos.com etc etc all work great.
I use CorePlayer and it works great
Skyfire works awsome!! feels like im on a PC viewing the many video streaming sites..only one that doesnt seem to work is veoh..doesnt load the videos
YouTubeplay
CorePlayer has a YouTube quick-button, with several quick choices, like "Most popular" and "most linked to." But beware: The program can hang your 6800 if you go full-screen, requiring a soft-reset.
I've read great things about the new multimedia player with the Japanese-sounding name (K-something?); can't think of it now. It was designed for rich Web content from the ground up.
Kinoma ?
Kinoma
That's it: Kinoma.
Thanks to this thread, I installed YouTubePlay. It works flawlessly; rotation and full-screen toggling cause no freezes. I'll still use CorePlayer for music. Mostly, I watch downloaded TV shows. For that, I prefer Windows Media Player because I've installed a plug-in that lets it remember where I left off...just as my Audible Player does for books I've bought at Audible.com.
bombzhome said:
YouTubeplay
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1
I think it operates better in full screen mode as well.
youtubeplay plays the lower quality youtube streams, that's why it works "good". The quality is poor.
Paul in Maryland said:
That's it: Kinoma.
Thanks to this thread, I installed YouTubePlay. It works flawlessly; rotation and full-screen toggling cause no freezes. I'll still use CorePlayer for music. Mostly, I watch downloaded TV shows. For that, I prefer Windows Media Player because I've installed a plug-in that lets it remember where I left off...just as my Audible Player does for books I've bought at Audible.com.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Whats the plugin called?
Protonus said:
youtubeplay plays the lower quality youtube streams, that's why it works "good". The quality is poor.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Really? I will check again but I think I like the video better there vs skyfire, that is if that is what you are comparing it to. I will check again and report back.
rleejr79 said:
Really? I will check again but I think I like the video better there vs skyfire, that is if that is what you are comparing it to. I will check again and report back.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
since skyfire is a proxy/transcode browser it might be lowering the quality of the video
i use kinoma, for orb though since i dont care much for youtube, although ive used it to shut iphone fanboys up a time or two
RiftReaper said:
Whats the plugin called?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Windows Media Player Resume Plug-In.
Protonus said:
youtubeplay plays the lower quality youtube streams, that's why it works "good". The quality is poor.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
well, if you watching it on your phone's bandwidth, you might not want to wait for a high quality file to stream over evdo, or use the extra data if you don't have an unlimited plan.
Skyfire plays embedded flash videos pretty well, but its at around 15 frames per second, so its not as smooth as watching it at home, or downloading it first.
TCPMP with the flashVideoBundle.cab installed works well with pocket IE and will give you the option of downloading the video to your phone (so you can watch it later), or streaming it right on the spot (after a short buffer), which works pretty well.
anyone got the latest cab for skyfire?
240sxer said:
anyone got the latest cab for skyfire?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Edit: if you knew anything about skyfire, or bothered to do any reading, you'd know you need to sign up for the beta to be able to use it.
Hence me asking if anyone has the cab because I didn't.
Asswipe.
240sxer said:
Hence me asking if anyone has the cab because I didn't.
Asswipe.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you can't use it without an account for the love of god. A .cab isn't going too help you. diaf.
Quite simply, I've wanted to play my downloaded itunes TV shows, which are in .m4v format. Searched high and low. I'm not a developer, just a savvy end user, but I was surprised at how few offerings exist for multi-format video players on Android.
Here's what I've found so far. What am I missing?
1. BluMedialab.com 's Media Player v 1.6 - costs approx $3.50 USD - claims to play .m4v files. I bought it, it doesn't. Uninstalled and got refund.
The player that plays more media on your DROID then other apps: from your SD Card or streaming from web.
SD card: WMA, MP3, MP4, M4V, (small!) WMV, MID, 3GP (some)
Streaming: WMV, M4V, MP4 (also non-progeressive!)
Has a built-in SDcard browser, video RSS reader and webbrowser with Google search.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
They say their new TRIAL version is more advanced... So why they continue to sell any version at all is beyond me. But they do. This should be highly discouraged in my view. The moment it's clear an app doesn't perform as advertised, to sell it in the store is morally wrong, and I think such app developers should be economically punished by horrible reviews, and hammered with email til they take down their pay versions. It's ridiculous.
Here is their Trial Version Media Player v 2.2
FIXED crashing!. Please upgrade and update your reviews!
Plays media from your SD Card or streaming from web.
SD card: WMA, MP3, MP4, M4V, (small!) WMV, MID, 3GP(some)
Streaming: WMV, M4V, MP4 (also non-progeressive!)
Has a built-in SDcard browser, video RSS reader and browser with Google search.
Remembers your recents!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
2. Core Player is coming, so they say: from Aug 2009:
While Android works great for many apps.... its A/V system designed by PacketVideo is far from robust enough to add onto no less use. David Turner one of the lead Android Devs even noted last week that there are major changes coming this way with each SDK/NDK release as it relates to multimedia, quoting: "(and believe me the graphics and media frameworks are under extensive changes at the moment, and will keep doing so for quite a number of upcoming releases)".
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
AndroidForums and other sites announce that CorePlayer Mobile 2.0 is soon coming to Android OS!!!
And here is, according to that thread, a pic of a build:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
and here is another from sizzlecore.com:
3. mVideoPlayer for Android:
Some user comments from AndroLib.com :
Without a doubt the best app for the G1 no damn question.
by Brandon the 3/5/2010
I love srt support. Now it's my default video player. Five star well earn. Thank you, Nexus One
by Karan the 3/2/2010
Works great for mp4s I play on here.
by Izzy the 3/2/2010
I like the UI and the "watched" color coding. Please add an "any order defined" playlist function... No other video app is doing that - be the first!
by Hunter the 3/1/2010
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
4. Everything Else....
I found this, Act 1 Video Player at hyperaware.com, and they say:
December 1, 2009 - There is a new version of the app called "Act 1 Video Player for And 1.5" which is intended for the Motorola Cliq and HTC Hero because they are currently stuck at Android 1.5. This version is equivalent to the old 1.13 version of the app and will receive no future upgrades, HOWEVER, you can feel confident purchasing this app because we will be issuing discounts to the latest version of the app when your phone's Android OS ugrades. When this happens, go ahead and purchase Act 1 Video Player then contact us with your Google Checkout order numbers for both "Act 1 Video Player" and "Act 1 Video Player for And 1.5". We will manually refund the difference in price between them.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The comments from the Core Codec site explain why multi-format video players are not prevalent yet for Android. I have to say, really? After a whole year, and Google can't enrich their OS to play videos properly?
Someone please enlighten me. Where's that great app I am missing?
You forgot about the chinese app:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=642713
Well, since there is no guides for how to encoding videos for our lazy Tegra 2 Tablet, I happy making this for you guys.
First of all, im mexican and I never study english, so my gramatical skills aren't very good
All we need in this guide, is Staxrip, a free and open source UI for several tools, like avisinth, x264, virtualdubmod, besweet, and a lot more.
You can download Staxrip ready for tegra encoding from this link: Download Staxrip
Now, if you don't want to complicate this bussiness just uncompress Staxrip.7zip on C: because all paths are set for C:
OK, open Staxrip and you will be a window like this:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
there is a lot of options, simply and fastly:
Source: input video
Target: output video
Filters: avisynth filters
Resize: well, exactly that, resize
Encoder: default set to x264, baseline, no tunning, HQ and already configured.
Container: default set to mp4
Audio: default set to AAC VBR ~192kbps
All this settings are ready to play on our Iconia tab.
1. Drag and drop a good quality video on staxrip window. The program may ask for some programs like avysinth or others, all apps required are stored inside application folder and staxrip just ask for install, but you don't need to search or download any of this applications.
2. Once that the video you selected are loaded you will see something like this:
You now can see info about input video, like resolution, display aspect ratio, pixel aspect ratio and stuff.
If you see on last image, I clicked on Resize and I selected 1280x720 and Resize filter has checked on Filters settings.
3. Now just click on Next button at bottom right and the project will be added to Jobs list. If we want to attach several videos to encode just close Jobs list and repeat all process to load another video. If not, just click on Start! button.
Now you can see the output video on your A500 and see what smoothly the video will play.
Click here if you want to download and test a nice 1280 output video to play on your iconia
Please feel free to ask for anything you want
BTW, This profile settings works with 1080p too
How much time it takes to encode 2 hrs movie?
What's the advantage of encoding the movie, versus downloading an app like MoboPlayer that plays just about anything?
MoboPlayer seems to work well.
Maddmatt said:
What's the advantage of encoding the movie, versus downloading an app like MoboPlayer that plays just about anything?
MoboPlayer seems to work well.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Anything but 720p+ MKV files, unfortunately..
@ Alejand
Thanks for sharing. Nice job. I'll try this. The video you posted is nice. And don't worry about your proficiency in English here. You are not writing a master thesis
Anyway, I did not know that the iconia is capable of playing the video on the fly without downloading. Awesome, I love this tablet.
techpal said:
How much time it takes to encode 2 hrs movie?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
All depends of how much frames per second can encode your hardware, for example if you pc is powerful and you can process 100 frame per second and your input movie is 2 hours at 23fps then
2 hours= 7200 seconds.
7200 seconds x 23 fps = 165600 frames
And if your hardware can encode 100 frames per second then encoding process will take about 27.6 minutes
But remember, we al depends of your hardware
can it deal with discs? almost all of my movies are stored on bluray or DVD disc. i once downloaded a free version of a bluray tool. it works well, but there is a big logo "foxreal" in the centre of the converted file. it's really affect viewing. i have looked for such free tool for a long time. any suggestion?