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1. Matt_SS_xc - Member

   Bit of a strange one - i think, im no computer wizz!

   I bought a new usb flash drive from ebay to store a load of films to take on holiday with me. its a 32gb drive.
   ive put 8 .avi films on so far, they play fine from the drive on both my laptop and portable dvd player.

   however all the others i try to copy on wont work. They play fine when saved to my laptop. But playing from the USB on the laptop or dvd player wont work. The video opens in VLC player but then never plays. The files are all around the same size.

   anyone have any ideas!?

   thanks

   Posted 11 months ago #
2. shindiggy - Member

   May be in a different container, were some of the files original Makosa file (.mkv)

   Posted 11 months ago #
3. Matt_SS_xc - Member

   im not sure i know what you mean? sorry

   they were downloaded as .avi i have never changed them

   Posted 11 months ago #
4. TheBrick - Member

   What format is usb drive formatted (NTFS / FAT32 e.t.c.) as and what size are the films you are having trouble playing?

   Posted 11 months ago #
5. Conqueror - Member

   assuming windows, download the klite codec pack.. standard ver should be fine

   http://www.codecguide.com/about_kl.htm

   http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

   if its linux, look for the gstreamer plugins and see what you haven't got installed

   Posted 11 months ago #
6. Matt_SS_xc - Member

   the drive is formatted as fat32

   the films are around 600 - 800mb.

   i tried the codec pack but no luck. When i play the films in media player classic from the usb it says Cannot render the file. Still plays fine from the laptop.

   thanks for all the help so far!

   Posted 11 months ago #
7. maccruiskeen - Member

   Rather than the file formats I'd maybe be suspicious about the USB memory, there are a lot of fakes about on eBay that have much less than the claimed memory, however they fool the computer into thinking the memory is there, so it can seem that you've saved a file there but in fact you haven't

   Posted 11 months ago #
8. Matt_SS_xc - Member

   doesnt seem to be a memory issue, i cleared the memory stick and put just one film that didnt work on, still no joy.

   any more suggestions?

   Posted 11 months ago #
9. HeathenWoods - Member

   might be how the avi files were encoded (xvid, divx, etc) - i get the same with me telly. The TV will decode avis encoded one way but not the other (and i never remember which)

   Posted 11 months ago #

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