[vlc-devel] fixing broken avi files to get correct length of video

[Kaarlo Räihä]

AFAIK libvlc doesn't have API function to find out about broken/missing AVI
index. Log might complain something that you could try to catch.

2010/6/10 Mehmet Kaplan <mehmetkpln at gmail.com>

> vlc input.avi --sout=#std{access=file,mux=avi,dst=output.avi} fixes the
> file.
> Last problem is how I decide avi file is broken or not?
> How can I find indexing is problematic?
>
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Kaarlo Räihä <kaarlo.raiha at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > AFAIK only way to permanently fix files with (lib)VLC is to remux them,
> but
> > since VLC's AVI muxer is somewhat broken I would suggest other tools.
> > Anyway it would be something like
> > vlc input.avi --sout=#std{access=file,mux=avi,dst=output.avi}
> > or
> > vlc input.avi --sout=#std{access=file,mux=ffmpeg{mux=avi},dst=output.avi}
> > (I am not sure if the ffmpeg version works)
> >
> > 2010/6/10 Mehmet Kaplan <mehmetkpln at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> Thanks, but in that link, there is only the information that I can fix
> >> those files with VLC Player.
> >> Also I wonder how i can detect broken avi files and fix those files in
> >> my application using libvlc?
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Kaarlo Räihä <kaarlo.raiha at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > The AVI file has prolly a broken index info.
> >> >
> >> >
> http://wiki.videolan.org/WindowsFAQ-1.0.x#Can_I_fix_those_broken_AVI_files_permanently.3F
> >> >
> >> > 2010/6/9 Mehmet Kaplan <mehmetkpln at gmail.com>
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi all,
> >> >> I'm developing a video player application using libvlc 1.1.0.
> >> >> I have an avi video file with format MJPG.
> >> >> libvlc_media_player_get_length function returns 1 second for the
> total
> >> >> length of video. But original length is 19 seconds.
> >> >> When I try to open video file with installed VLC Player (1.0.2) on my
> >> >> computer, program pops up following dialog:
> >> >>
> >> >> *******************************************************************
> >> >> ---------------------------
> >> >> AVI Index
> >> >> ---------------------------
> >> >> This AVI file is broken. Seeking will not work correctly.
> >> >> Do you want to try to fix it?
> >> >>
> >> >> This might take a long time.
> >> >> *******************************************************************
> >> >>
> >> >> When I choose to fix the video file, seeking is correct and video
> >> >> length is shown 19 seconds on VLC Player.
> >> >> But when i choose not to fix, length is 1 second such as in my
> program.
> >> >> What is the problem in this avi video file, how VLC Player fixes this
> >> >> file and how can I do the same thing VLC Player does?
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks in advance.
> >> >> _______________________________________________
> >> >> vlc-devel mailing list
> >> >> To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options:
> >> >> http://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/vlc-devel
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > _______________________________________________
> >> > vlc-devel mailing list
> >> > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options:
> >> > http://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/vlc-devel
> >> >
> >> >
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> vlc-devel mailing list
> >> To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options:
> >> http://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/vlc-devel
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > vlc-devel mailing list
> > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options:
> > http://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/vlc-devel
> >
> >
> _______________________________________________
> vlc-devel mailing list
> To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options:
> http://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/vlc-devel
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc-devel/attachments/20100610/1eb5fa91/attachment.html>