Repair WMV AVI ?
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From: Howard on 10 Mar 2010 11:37 Trooper <removethis(a)trooperlooper.co.uk.invalid> wrote: > If you have a Windows PC, then a final straw maybe to convert it using SUPER > > http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html > > This is my goto tool if nothing else works, as it really does seem to be > able to handle just about anything, but it isn't the most user friendly > of applications :) I'll try it Trooper - thanks :) H
From: Rowland McDonnell on 10 Mar 2010 12:02 Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: [snip] > > <http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/index.shtml> won't. > > > > Rowland. > > Tks Rowland appreciate it. Unfortunately nothing there for repairing > wmv. Ah well :-( I've never heard of applications for *repairing* such files, FWIW. <shrug> Short of re-encoding... ? Could a re-encoding application help, perhaps? You'd get quality loss, but some of them are quite good at coping with badly mangled files. Handbrake, maybe? DVDRemaster, maybe? Another other offers? Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Phil Taylor on 10 Mar 2010 12:42 In article <1jf59kl.1pmtc6n110at6hN%real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid>, Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > [snip] > > > <http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/index.shtml> won't. > > > > > > Rowland. > > > > Tks Rowland appreciate it. Unfortunately nothing there for repairing > > wmv. > > Ah well :-( > > I've never heard of applications for *repairing* such files, FWIW. > > <shrug> Short of re-encoding... ? > > Could a re-encoding application help, perhaps? You'd get quality loss, > but some of them are quite good at coping with badly mangled files. > > Handbrake, maybe? DVDRemaster, maybe? > > Another other offers? FLV Crunch? It handles most wmv formats and converts them quite rapidly to any of a variety of more tractable formats. It's actually quicker in most cases to convert a downloaded wmv file to mp4 than to wait for Quicktime/Flip4Mac to open it. Phil Taylor
From: Howard on 10 Mar 2010 13:00 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > [snip] > > > <http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/index.shtml> won't. > > > > > > Rowland. > > > > Tks Rowland appreciate it. Unfortunately nothing there for repairing > > wmv. > > Ah well :-( > > I've never heard of applications for *repairing* such files, FWIW. > > <shrug> Short of re-encoding... ? > > Could a re-encoding application help, perhaps? You'd get quality loss, > but some of them are quite good at coping with badly mangled files. > > Handbrake, maybe? DVDRemaster, maybe? > > Another other offers? > Tks Rowland. On another forum someone told me that when Quicktime was revamped a year or so ago they dumped a bunch of codecs. IF this is true this may explain why they played perfectly about 18-24 months ago. I tried Handbrake etc. The mystery to me is that these files have been in among many others that remain perfect. How they became corrupt and not the others is very odd. H
From: Rowland McDonnell on 10 Mar 2010 13:19
Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: > Phil Taylor <nothere(a)all.invalid> wrote: > > > FLV Crunch? It handles most wmv formats and converts them quite > > rapidly to any of a variety of more tractable formats. It's actually > > quicker in most cases to convert a downloaded wmv file to mp4 than to > > wait for Quicktime/Flip4Mac to open it. > > Just got it and it won't open any of them... > > Tks ! Umm. Time to try straw-clutching. Windoze Media Player, perhaps? If you can get it installed, that is. (MS dropped the Mac version ages ago and I'm fairly sure it won't install on 10.6, but it /will/ install on 10.4 and - well, I've got a copy...) Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |