Problems playing videos

[gutty96]

Hi.

I am having issues playing videos of TV shows I download. They are usually XVID, AVI files. The audio plays fine, but the video is just a blue screen.

I have the restricted exrtras codecs installed, but I am still not getting video. Kaffeine, VLC, or XINE player, all do the same thing.

What can I do?

Thanks.

[Snowhog]

Re: Problems playing videos

Are you able to play commercial DVDs at all?

[gutty96]

Re: Problems playing videos

I will try one and let you know.

[gutty96]

Re: Problems playing videos

Just tried a DVD, and it was the same thing. Audio plays fine, and video shows a blue screen.

[Snowhog]

Re: Problems playing videos

Then follow my HOWTO: Get commercial DVD playback in Kaffeine and report back.

[gutty96]

Re: Problems playing videos

Still only audio with blue screen video.

[gutty96]

Re: Problems playing videos

funny thing is, if I use tovid to make a DVD, they play just fine in my stand alone DVD player, and my PS3.

So it is not like my system thinks there is no video there.

[Snowhog]

Re: Problems playing videos

What are your PC specs, including video card/chip?

[gutty96]

Re: Problems playing videos

Asus M2N-E
AMD X2 3800+
ATI x850XT-PE
4gb (4 x 1gb) DDR2 ram
100GB SATA HDD
Soundblaster something or other, lol

[dibl]

Re: Problems playing videos

if I use tovid to make a DVD

Hold the phone! You've got tovid working? Tell more -- how did you do it?

[gutty96]

Re: Problems playing videos

if I use tovid to make a DVD

Hold the phone! You've got tovid working? Tell more -- how did you do it?

I don't do anything special. Launch the program, add a menu, add the videos I want in the menu, start encoding. Encoding with take some time. Usually a couple hours. Then, burn to disc. tovid handles the whole thing start to finish.

[dibl]

Re: Problems playing videos

And tovid is in the standard repositories?

[Snowhog]

Re: Problems playing videos

See tovid | Linux App Finder Scroll down a bit and you'll see the section Available deb Repositories (how-to add a respository)

Ubuntu Hardy and Intrepid, 32- and 64-bit .deb packages.

[dibl]

Re: Problems playing videos

Cool -- thanks!

[gutty96]

Re: Problems playing videos

Still no ideas why I can't get video playback? Only audio?