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mpeg video problem ------ solved !!!

shooter4shooter4 Member Posts: 4,457
edited February 2004 in General Discussion
I am working on a web site for my buddy.

I bought a video capture card and captured a short video of his car launching from the line. It is saved as an mpeg 2 with sound.

This plays on my main machine with no problems either locally or via the net, but on my other machines it won't play over the net.

I'm thinking the problem is the file itself like its the wrong format or something for the common machines to play, but this is over my head right now.

Do I have to convert it to another format?

The url is below. Can anyone out there help?
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The problem is finally solved.

I want to thank everyone who responded, gave suggestions, ideas and such.

Pabooger suggested that I save the mpg file as an mpeg 1, instead of an mpeg 2.

I said that I tried that and it didnt' work.

Well, when you are in the middle of this stuff you forget some of the details.

Well, yeah, I tried saving the file as an mpeg 1, but the software that came with my card would produce an error message when I tried to record in mpeg 1 format. So I tried the mpeg 2 format and that worked with the software but nobody could view it unless they had the codecs for mpeg 2.

Anyway, I found out that the card I bought was a type "NTSC".

The defaults for the software that was sent with the card was a type "PAL".

When I discovered this, I changed the defaults of the software to NTSC and saved the file as an mpeg 1.

Walla! Other people can view the video.

Thanks Pa.

The mpeg 1 can be viewed by most computers.

Take a look, let me know if you have any problems. Its 1.4Mb.

www.hotrodmechanic.net/pics/bumpa.mpg


Keep in mind that that car weights over 3500 lbs with my bud's big butt in the seat.

Thanks
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  • paboogerpabooger Member Posts: 13,953
    edited November -1
    Im relatively new at this myself, but i do know that mpeg2 requires a special player software, if you do not have an mpeg2 player installed on those machines you will not be able to play mpeg2 files! Try converting it to mpeg1 and see if that works!

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  • paboogerpabooger Member Posts: 13,953
    edited November -1
    Ive been spending the last few weeks converting my old analog home movies to digital and burning them to cd and dvd. Ive learned alot in the last few weeks but there is a whole lot more that I need to learn! Ill tell ya one thing, it sure is fun playing with this Pinnacle Studio 8 software! I like it!!!

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  • shooter4shooter4 Member Posts: 4,457
    edited November -1
    I tried it as an mpeg 1 and had the same problem.

    Did you try to play that video? Did it work?
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  • paboogerpabooger Member Posts: 13,953
    edited November -1
    It came up and asked me the speed of my modem and thats as far as it got! Ill try again.

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  • paboogerpabooger Member Posts: 13,953
    edited November -1
    Nope your right it's not working, I don't use real time player much I usually use windows media player. I don't know what to tell ya, other than to try some different formats.

    Let me know if ya figure it out.

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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's a 950k download, and I only got a few frames and a second of sound before a black screen. It could be the file itself.

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  • paboogerpabooger Member Posts: 13,953
    edited November -1
    I couldn't even get that!!

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  • shooter4shooter4 Member Posts: 4,457
    edited November -1
    Its not a realplayer file its an mpg.

    It'll play all day long on the machine I'm typing this on.

    Even when I clear out all of the cache, etc, and try it right from the website.

    I'm thinking that the software that came with my capture card doesn't do to good a job of saving the correct format.
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  • paboogerpabooger Member Posts: 13,953
    edited November -1
    Shooter: when it tries to load up here it tries to run Quick time

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  • shooter4shooter4 Member Posts: 4,457
    edited November -1
    Pa, maybe you are on to something.

    I had the same problem with this machine, then I uninstalled quicktime and it started working on media player.
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  • paboogerpabooger Member Posts: 13,953
    edited November -1
    I uninstalled it but the file is still trying to load up on quicktime!

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  • AlpineAlpine Member Posts: 15,093 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Try converting to .avi

    I don't use quick time or real player, as windows media player has worked for everything I have played.

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  • shooter4shooter4 Member Posts: 4,457
    edited November -1
    Now I'm really confused.

    My other machines never had quicktime on them so they try to play it in media player, but no go.

    Anybody out there have a capture card that I can send a copy of the vhs to?
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  • paboogerpabooger Member Posts: 13,953
    edited November -1
    I capture all my vhs thru my Pinnacle Movie box dv, I can give it a whirl, it's always worked well for me.

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  • shooter4shooter4 Member Posts: 4,457
    edited November -1
    Pa, did you ever capture a small mpeg file that can play on the internet?
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  • paboogerpabooger Member Posts: 13,953
    edited November -1
    I have captured mpeg files off of my vhs tape, converted them to digital and succesfully copied them to cd, and have wrote them out so that they can be viewed on windows media player on other computers and on the net.

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  • paboogerpabooger Member Posts: 13,953
    edited November -1
    Shooter: my software allows me to write out the file to either real player format or media player format, using the stream tab. I just emailed you a short clip let me know if it works!

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  • shooter4shooter4 Member Posts: 4,457
    edited November -1
    Pa, thanks.

    Its a .dat file not a .mpg file.

    What does that mean?
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  • paboogerpabooger Member Posts: 13,953
    edited November -1
    dat file sends quicker the mpeg is on the way! I have several options in my software. I can write out to tape format, Avi, mpeg, stream whis is the one that converted to the dat file, share, which allows me to share the videos on the Pinnacle site for viewing by others, and lastly to disk!

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  • paboogerpabooger Member Posts: 13,953
    edited November -1
    The mpeg file is small but it will take a while to send as I only have dial up!

    If your gonna do much video editing and putting alot of them on web sites, it might pay ya to get the pinnacle studio 8 software, it's not that expensive!

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  • shooter4shooter4 Member Posts: 4,457
    edited November -1
    Nah, I'm not currently interested in video editing and such.

    Just need to capture a part of this vhs, a small part and then a bigger part, to put on the web site.

    I think my card and its software are not so good, or maybe its me.
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  • shooter4shooter4 Member Posts: 4,457
    edited November -1
    Solved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    See the original post.

    Thanks.
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