Probs playing files / which codec needed?

myanidb23 · Post by **myanidb23** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:40 pm

Hi everybody,

i've got some problems in playing some files in my player. I'm using the Media Player Classic or the Win Media Player 10. I think there's a codec missing, but I don't know which one. Files I can't play are Hagane no Renkinjutsushi episodes 1-3 (don't got more of them) and Koukaku Kidoutai STAND ALONE COMPLEX .mkv files with jp and us vob. I think it has to do with the 5.1 sound.

OLi

Post by **fahrenheit** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 3:34 pm

have you read this thread?

Tip: use gspot to open the file, if you are missing something it will tell you.

Elberet · Post by **Elberet** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:25 pm

GSpot doesn't understand MKV. It can only attempt to render the file and tell whether DirectShow was able to construct a playback graph or not.

@myanidb23: (Creative nickname, btw...

) Since you said that your guess is the audio, I'll assume that you have used .mkv files before and therefore have the Matroska Splitter installed. So, regarding the audio, do you have AAC and AC3 playback filters installed? If not, get AC3Filter here and CoreAAC here.

myanidb23 · Post by **myanidb23** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 3:29 pm

@ Fahrenheit: I've already read the thread and I used Gspot. It told me "Codec not installed" Name: 0x00ff: <unknown>, i googeled but couldn't find anything.

@ Elberet: My Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi) Files are .avi I tried the aac filter 'cause I already installed ac3 filter. but i don't know if I used the right one. (I downloadet the .bat) how can I test if it works?

Elberet · Post by **Elberet** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 4:34 pm

The CoreAAC Filter itself is actually the .ax file in the archive you downloaded. When you run the .bat file, it registers the filter with Windows. If you get a message saying "DllRegisterServer in CoreAAC.ax was executed successfully." (or something like that). Once you got that message, the filter should be useable by all players that use DirectShow, such as ZoomPlayer and even Windows Media Player.

Ailurophobe · Post by **Ailurophobe** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 1:00 pm

Odds are you can see which codec you are missing from the AniDB, since it has info on what codecs a particular file uses.

myanidb23 · Post by **myanidb23** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:06 pm

I installed the COREAAC Codec and it works. But I've got another problem: I can't switch scenes within the movie. Each time I try to jump to any scene it restarts from the beginning...

DonGato · Post by **DonGato** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 6:53 pm

You should disable the internal Matroska splitter and use the most recent one.