re: nimo codecs messing with xp - do they
Thursday, April 24, 2003 at 5:47 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by praziquantum
(196 messages posted)
Compliments of Kazaa Lite:
WARNING: Follow these instructions exactly, or you will get the errors that you fear!
How do I preview a media file?
I don't recommend you use Kazaa to preview a media file. If it works for you, that's
great, but there are a lot of people who have problems with it.
To preview a file, wait until you have downloaded at least 500 KB of the file (for
big files, such as movies of couple of Megabyte is better). Then pause the download.
Option 1:
Copy the file to another directory. (Like My Documents) Then change the extension
to the correct one (.mp3 .avi .mpg etc.). Then play it in Windows Media Player (or
another player). For some movie files this will not work. If so, try option 2.
Option 2:
Open your partial downloaded movie with VideoLAN or AVI Preview. You don't even need
to copy or rename it. Just open the .dat file.
VideoLAN
AVI Preview
Why can’t I preview a certain media file?
There are two main reasons for this:
- Some media files cannot be previewed because of their nature. MP3 and MPEG should
play, AVI does not always work. See the topic above for some players that can play
incomplete AVI files.
- The file is in use. Watching or playing the file while it downloads isn't possible.
If you tried playing it in the KaZaA theatre before you tried another videoplayer,
it might also be in use. Close KaZaA and try again.
I hear no sound when I play a video file.
You don't have the Codec you need to play that type of video. There is a codec for
each different system of encoding sound or video files.
Read the topic "Which codecs do I need to install ?" below on this page.
I have problems playing a video file.
You don't have the Codec you need to play that type of video. There is a codec for
each different system of encoding sound or video files.
Read the topic "Which codecs do I need to install ?" below on this page.
When I preview an audio/video file, it contains some parts of other audio/video files
that I have downloaded, but the file is correct when completed downloading
When you delete a file, only the pointer (in the file allocation table or FAT) to
that file is removed to make the space the file used become free. The actual data
stays on your disk until it is overwritten by another file.
When KaZaA creates a .dat file (partial download), it claims a bit of free space
on your harddrive for this file. The data will be downloaded into that claimed space,
overwriting the old data. When you preview your partial download, it thus can contain
some old data from another file (which was not yet overwritten, because your download
is not complete yet).
Which codecs do I need to install ?
1) Nimo Codec Pack (Audio, DivX, MPEG-2, VOB, 3ivx) (Instructions below)
2) XviD
How to install the Nimo Codec Pack (Normal version)
Download Nimo Codec Pack for playback and encoding support for the most commonly
used video formats. It is recommended to install the XviD codec separately.
These instructions are based on version 5.0 build 8 of Nimo Codec Pack.
WARNING: FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS EXACTLY OR YOU WILL HAVE THE PROBLEMS YOU ARE
WORRIED ABOUT!
Only install the following things (de-select everything else!):
- Video Codecs > DivX 5.02
- Video Codecs > Microsoft MPEG-4
- Video Codecs > 3ivx 3.5 codec
- Audio Codecs > Select them all
- Directshow filters > VOB directshow filters
- Directshow filters > LAME MP3 directshow
- Directshow filters > Subtitle picture decoder
- Directshow filters > Ogg Vorbis directshow
- Directshow filters > Fraunhofer MPEG-2 Vob filters A/V
- Directshow filters > DivX antifreeze 0.4
- Directshow filters > AC3 audio decoder
- Directshow filters > MPEG layer-2 audio decoder
How to find out what codecs are used by a movie?
You can find that out with the AVIcodec or Gspot program.
More codec links
DivX - XviD - Nimo Codec Pack - Quicktime
How to make a VCD / SVCD
You can convert a AVI movie to (S)VCD with a program such as TMPGenc.
Very detailed guides to do this can be found here:
Doom 9
VCD Help
SVCD Help
How can I play a downloaded movie on my standalone DVD player ?
Most standalone DVD players support VCD and/or SVCD playback. You can see if yours
does on your player or in the manual.
If you movie in in mpeg format you are lucky. That can easily be converted to (S)VCD.
DivX movies are more difficult. Converting those take a lot of time and at a loss
of quality.
Very detailed guides to do this can be found here:
Doom 9
VCD Help
How to rip a DVD?
Very detailed guides to do this can be found here:
Doom 9
How to create a DivX movie?
Very detailed guides to do this can be found here:
Doom 9
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