zachd
Thu May 08 15:00:24 PDT 2008
So what is the precise error for those broken files? What's the Web Help
URL that Web Help takes you to on the error dialog?
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"Alan" <alan111@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> This only happens about one in twenty, most of the time they play OK.
>
> "zachd [MSFT]" <zachd@nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:48117CA3-5357-4310-B429-668CCB0F0F6C@microsoft.com...
>>
>> Partial AVI files are not supported by the Windows AVI playback
>> architecture and never really have been, sorry. =\
>>
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>> "Alan" <alan111@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23dTtZFmqIHA.3568@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ls3f149mu7fc6ssgp0elsilkv8lhcdf243@4ax.com...
>>>> On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:53:41 +0100, "Alan" <alan111@ntlworld.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>Vista Home Premium, all updates installed.
>>>>>I keep getting a problem when I open an .avi file, especially if it
>>>>>comes
>>>>>from a .zip file.
>>>>>If plays for about ten seconds then stops. After this nothing will open
>>>>>in
>>>>>WMV, and several other programs like Window Washer won't open either.
>>>>>The only remedy is to do a restart.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If it's from a ZIP program it may not have been completely unpacked
>>>> before the player tries to play the content. Unziping packed content
>>>> can take some time - often several seconds to a minute with larger
>>>> files.
>>>>
>>>> What happens if you completely unzip the file to a new location, then
>>>> play it from there ? Similarly if you're trying to play content from
>>>> within an email program, save the file attachment to your hard disk
>>>> first, then try to play it.
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>> Cheers - Neil
>>>
>>> I haven't tried that as yet, I've always just double clicked the file
>>> within the zip file. I'll give it a go and see what happens next time I
>>> get one.
>>> These files aren't actually from emails, the email gives me the link,
>>> usually from Rapidshare.
>>> The files are proofs of potential TV adverts and are quite large, up to
>>> 100 meg's, sometimes over that and split using HJ Split, can be over a
>>> gigabyte.
>>> What I can't understand is why this stops other programs from working.
>>> Thanks very much for your reply, it's much appreciated,
>>> Regards,
>>> Alan.
>>>> ------------------------------------------------
>>>> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008
>>>>
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>>>
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