Fox T2 - only plays SOME avi's

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Fox T2 - only plays SOME avi's

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grant_whittaker

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Hi Guys,

I hope someone can help me please?

I have a number of avi files that I'd like to play on the Humax Fox T2 - some play fine without any issues... however many don't!! I have looked at the properties, but I can't often see any difference.

Can anyone help me with the correct avi format(s) that the T2 will play??

I can then run the failing files through a converter to get them to play.

Thanks all.

| Sun 23 Nov 2014 16:41:22 #1 |
grahamlthompson

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Have you looked using Median-Info (select the treeview option).

https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo

The .AVI container is capable of containing a bewildering variety of video types.

Basically video compressed using mpeg2, H264/AVC or mpeg4 using 576i or 1080i should be OK.

| Sun 23 Nov 2014 16:48:14 #2 |
grant_whittaker

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So any that won't play, if I convert to MPEG4 they should be ok?

| Sun 23 Nov 2014 17:00:20 #3 |
grahamlthompson

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grant_whittaker - 5 minutes ago »
So any that won't play, if I convert to MPEG4 they should be ok?

Without knowing framerates and resolutions, not a clue. .AVI files can be almost any resolution.

Try a couple out. You can export the mediainfo analysis to a textfile. Posting the info for one that doesn't work would help.

| Sun 23 Nov 2014 17:09:45 #4 |
grant_whittaker

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Ok, not sure how to do that, I'll have a look.

| Sun 23 Nov 2014 19:41:45 #5 |
grahamlthompson

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grant_whittaker - 13 minutes ago »
Ok, not sure how to do that, I'll have a look.

File - Open locate your file - OK

File - View - Tree

File - Export Choose the Text tab

Click on the ... icon and locate where you want to save the textfile (.txt)

Give it a name and click OK.

Open Notepad and open the file.

Edit Select all

Edit copy

In your post paste the contents (Crtl + V)

| Sun 23 Nov 2014 20:02:56 #6 |
athomson

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You could always use FormatFactory to re-encode problem AVIs to MPEG4 576. Rember that 576 or 1080 is the vertical height of the frame. You can also check the frame rate of a file that does play and set that value for problem files.

Andy

| Sun 23 Nov 2014 23:39:28 #7 |
grant_whittaker

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Any that won't play I just convert to MPEG4 - they seem to work then...

| Fri 5 Dec 2014 19:59:52 #8 |