kcamhi
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Thu Dec 22, 2005 1:30 am Post subject:
Odd WMP behavior when locating a codec? |
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Can anyone explain this and give a possible work around:
I have a video file that I have encoded as a wmv and the same file using
Indeo.
I place the 2 files in a directory, call it c:\x\y\z\
I have a sharename for directory c:\x\y, call it "sharedir", such that
c:\x\y\ = \\mycomputer\sharedir\
I can open my wmv file from either:
c:\x\y\z\
or
\\mycomputer\sharedir\z\
But my Indeo file only opens from
c:\x\y\z\
In both cases these are the same exact files, just using a different
pathname to get to the same place.
When I try to open the Indeo version the 2nd way I get:
"Windows Media Player cannot play th efile. One or more codecs required ot
play the file could not be found"
Any thoughts?
Many thanks
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Alessandro Angeli [MVP::D
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Thu Dec 22, 2005 1:30 am Post subject:
Re: Odd WMP behavior when locating a codec? |
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kcamhi wrote:
| Quote: | Can anyone explain this and give a possible work around:
I have a video file that I have encoded as a wmv and the
same file using Indeo.
I place the 2 files in a directory, call it c:\x\y\z\
I have a sharename for directory c:\x\y, call it
"sharedir", such that c:\x\y\ = \\mycomputer\sharedir\
I can open my wmv file from either:
c:\x\y\z\
or
\\mycomputer\sharedir\z\
But my Indeo file only opens from
c:\x\y\z\
In both cases these are the same exact files, just using
a different pathname to get to the same place.
When I try to open the Indeo version the 2nd way I get:
"Windows Media Player cannot play th efile. One or more
codecs required ot play the file could not be found"
Any thoughts?
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Yes. To read the WMV file, WMP uses its very own private WMV
reader. To play everything else (more or less) it uses
whatever source filter is installed for that format or, when
nothing specific is installed, the system's file or URL
reader (which is almost always). I think Indeo installs its
own Indeo reader, but I'm not sure I remember it correctly,
since I haven't used Indeo in a very long time.
Get GraphEdit from a 2004 or older DirectX SDK or from a
2005 or newer Platform/Windows SDK, or just find it on some
web site. Play the *local* file in GraphEdit and it will
tell you what source filter is used.
Maybe the Indeo source filter, if such a thing exists,
doesn't support UNC paths.
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// Alessandro Angeli
// MVP :: Digital Media
// a dot angeli at psynet dot net |
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