Merlin 2008 S02E09 WS PDTV XviD-RiVER

hey the file keeps dying on me 14.57 in. is anyone else having this problem?

haven't watched it yet, but a quick check shows that between 14:00 and 16:00, nothing out of the
ordinary is visible, not even a tiny flickering or anything that would indicate an encoding error.

i am having the same problem. i tried to use different viewers but the only one i manager to make it
work was windows media player classic. i am using windows 7 64 bits... any clue of how to fix it
without having to use this alternate player will be appreciated :-)

great episode!!

it crashed on me too at the same time with wmp11, but vlc plays the file fine.

no. its ok
no problem in the file.

yes, happens to me as well.

played fine for me in kmplayer, checked it in vlc and the period in question was okay too.

judging from the above posts, i would guess that an outdated xvid codec might be the problem.

i use the combination mpc-hc and ffdshow, as installed by cccp --- no problems here, even though i
rarely check for updates so it might not even be the latest cccp.

other mpc users seem to have no problems either.
vlc seems to have no problems.

wmp users seem to have a problem.

since i use ffdshow i can't be sure, but i think mpc has a builtin xvid-decoder. vlc definitely has
xvid built in, since afaik they don't even support directshow. wmp, on the other had, most certainly
does not have builtin xvid support which means it's probably the only player of the lot that uses an
installed xvid codec for playback, causing me to guess that whatever standalone xvid codec has been
installed might be outdated.

ok just to clarify.

i tried it on my xbox 360 and it died 14.57 in.

i then played it on the computer. i am running windows 7 and tried to play it in media player.
i am using divx, the latest version. the whole thing plays beautifully untill 14.57 in when it dies me.

but i just found it runs in winamp on the computer

dont know why. anyone have any suggestions?

i have the same issue with xbox 360.

i've had this issue with some files in the past. there is no fix as far as i'm aware. we can only wait for
another encode..... ☹️

i had the same problem with streaming it through the 360. when i tried it on the computer (win 7 &
wmp) it played just fine.

this file has similar problem to previous releases from xii. a quick fix is to use virtualdub
(windows) or avidemux (osx), just open the file and let it rebuild index and unpack vob if asked and
save the file again (direct copy of video and audio - no need for re-encoding). will work fine on
xbox afterwords. enjoy!

could you explain how to do it for a dumb-arse like me please....never had this issue before so never
had to it.

cheers