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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 15:41:22 #1 |
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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 15:48:14 #2 |
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    So any that won't play, if I convert to MPEG4 they should be ok?

    | Sun 23 Nov 2014 16:00:20 #3 |
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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 16:09:45 #4 |
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    Ok, not sure how to do that, I'll have a look.

    | Sun 23 Nov 2014 18:41:45 #5 |
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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 19:02:56 #6 |
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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 22:39:28 #7 |
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    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 18:59:52 #8 |

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