AVI Movie Files Not Playing Right

I have AVI and MOV Video Files taken with a camcorder on my Windows XP PC and they do not playing correct. Using either VLC media player or Windows Media Player they are showing in still frames, then a bit of scrambled video, then jerking to the next still frame. The sound is there.
They were recorded on a SDHC card and play correctly in the camcorder. There are thirty-six little video clips that I want to join and put on a DVD if I can get them to play correctly.
Any suggestions?

 

Chances are, the movies are recorded in a different format than what VLC and WMP can play. First, I'd recommend a good complete codec pack, I like this one. It also includes Media Player Classic, so try to play the movies using Media Player Classic after installing the codec pack. If they still don't play, we'll need to know which codec the movies were recorded with. Download and install MediaInfo, right click a movie file, go to "Send To >" and select "MediaInfo" from the list and you should get all the info about the movie file including the codec used. Save this info as a .TXT text file and attach it to a future post and we'll go from there....
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(it would also be helpful if we knew the make/model of the camcorder )

 

The camcorder was a Insignia Model: NS-DV1080P. I borrowed it to see if I liked it enough to buy. I did not!
I installed K-Lite Codec Pack with Media Player Classic and trie to play the video and got the same results as with Windows Media player and VLC Media Player.

I installed MediaInfo this is the results I got on one video clip:

 

I did some research: the KLite Mega Codec pack you installed should be able to play the files, however: the movies are encoded at a VERY high bit rate (over 8000kbps) and they are encoded for HD (hi-definition). Since I have no idea what type of hardware you have, there's a real good chance that you don't have the power to play back ultra hi-def media files. Post your hardware specs (processor, RAM, video card are most important) and we'll see if this is why the playback isn't that great. Alternatively, you can run the movie files through a video converter (a good free one can be downloaded from this link) and convert 'em to a lower def format like XViD or DivX .AVI files (they are currently h264 AVC .AVI files; h264 AVC is a very high quality and hi-def format)..... anyway- post your hardware info and we'll go from there.

 

1.80 gigahertz AMD Turion 64
1.70 GHz, 960 MB,
ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Series

 

32.5 mb for 32.7 seconds of video... That 1.8mhz is at the very lower limit as dlb was thinking. The stuttering you are getting is your PC trying to play the file. One other thought that might help is you said they are on a SDHC card, COPY them off of there and physically put them on the computer. A slight bottle neck could be from the transfer depending on how you are reading the card. I was sent some videos taken with a sony HD cam that the person was having the same issues. These were recorded in HD that it would cause my Quad 9400 to chock in VLC. So your best bet would be to convert them into something more user friendly.

*Also it would be good to change the settings on the camera so in the future it will produce more user friendly videos.

 

I concur with the previous posts your hardware won't play videos of that quality but as buck nekid said you can reduce the quality the videos are recorded at manually in the camera settings and change the file type if you can uncompressed AVI's are huge and require a large amount of processing power to play,look for a setting related to super long play or a manual KBP's setting or look for a recording resolution setting.

Whichever camera you get you'll be confronted with the same problem your main concern is finding a camera that will record at a quality your computer can play,I wouldn't contemplate converting every file you record as this will take hours every time you want to watch one of your videos its only a viable solution for the odd video IMO.

 

I do have them on my computer and yes some are HD. Using the WinX Video Converter to convert them. So what should I convert then to given my computers ability MOV, FLV, WMV or what?
Thanks for your help everyone!

 

I'd convert 'em to AVI using the XViD profile, lower the bit rate to about 1200kbps or so. Since you have already installed the KLite pack, you'll have no problems converting or playing the resulting AVI files with either Media Player Classic or Windows Media Player.... good luck!

The Radeon XPress200 is built-in (or 'on board') video, and really does not have the power to do graphically intensive tasks including most gaming and HD video. It should be OK with AVI XViD files...

 

Oh ok thanks!

 

Ok I Folled the instructions added the files to WinX Video Converter. I set to AVI and XviD. I set the Output Folder. I click Start.
I get a popup box asking if I want to Upgrade to the Platinum Edition. I click Next Time.
It says in the Help section "After finishing the above settings, check the files needed to convert in the file list, and click "Start" button on the main interface, to start converting the movie. You can view the conversion progress from the progress bar at the bottom of the dialog box." But nothing is happening.

 

Sorry for taking sooooo loooooong to get back to this. Wow. 3 weeks. I apologize. I'm busy. Here we go:
1. Launch WinX Video Converter.
2. Click the "Add" button in the top left corner.
3. Browse to the file(s) you want to convert. You have to click "Add" for each new file unless they are all in the same folder; if they are all in the same folder, you can select the first one, then hold CTRL, select the 2nd one, hold CTRL, select the 3rd, etc. If it's a bunch of files in a row in the same folder, select the first one in the group, then hold SHIFT when you select the last one in the list. Every file between the first selection and the 2nd (or last) selection will be highlighted. When you click "Open" or "OK", all the highlighted files will be added to the convert list.
4. Once you have all the files you want converted in the list, configure your settings in the lower section of the WinX window. I think by default it goes to AVI-DivX. Change the DivX to XViD. You can lower the bit rate from the default 1500k if you want (about 950-1200 is usually good enough for most purposes). I usually use "Original Size Keep Aspect Ratio". The other defaults are usually OK (like the audio settings).
5. Set the "Output Folder" to a location you can easily find. I use "My Documents\WinX Vids" (I created the folder before launching WinX Video Converter).
6. Click the big round "Start" button.
7. Wait.
That should do it. If you have problems, or if it doesn't seem to do anything, post (or visit the WinX web site for info) and we'll try something else.
Screen shot below illustrates the steps (I had to zip it 'cuz it was too large to attach as a thumbnail JPEG)

Another good free media converter is Super. I haven't used it in some time so I can't really help with "tech support", but the developer has a great web site with guides (or use Google ). Yet another good free converter is Format Factory. They have no support on their site, but it's a very easy to use program. It works best with a good codec pack installed, and I believe you have already installed the KLite pack.
GOOD LUCK! Keep us posted!
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It still does the same thing as before. When I click Start I get the pop up box asking me if I want to Upgrade. It still says the videos I am trying to convert are not supported in the Free Edition. I am going to try using Super.
I visited the WinX site and I don't see anything there that addresses this. They do have email support so guess I will try that if I don't get results with Super.

 

I downloaded Super and went to the web site to try to understand how to use it but there is no clear easily understood instructions. At least not for the novice. There are too many setting and I have no clue what I should be choosing so I am giving up on that.

Thanks for trying to help.