can't hear the audio on an avi file

juma_er · 11-04-2009, 07:23 AM

i got this avi file sent to my mail but when i open it i can't hear the audio, tried opening it with a bunch of programs but had no luck. can someone help me please??

nickeedoo · 11-04-2009, 07:30 AM

Have you tried opening with VLC? It could be that you don't have the right codec, but VLC doesn't need codecs so it could be what you're looking for.

Quote:

http://www.videolan.org/mirror-geo.p....0.3-win32.exe

That's the direct link to the installer file for vlc. Run and install it, and try to open the avi again. Once you try that, respond and I'll help you some more.

**blah789** · 11-05-2009, 05:31 AM

You could try feeding it into gspot (http://www.headbands.com/gspot) or avicodec (http://avicodec.duby.info) to find out what audio codec it uses.

juma_er · 11-06-2009, 10:17 PM

firstly thanks for the help guys, tried opening it with vlc but it said vlc didn't support "IV50" format and just wouldnt play the file. tried feeding it to gspot too but it said i had the codec

**blah789** · 11-07-2009, 12:19 PM

gspot isn't that good at detecting whether a codec's actually installed.
what exactly does it say for audio?
and that is correct, videolan doesn't support Indeo 5.

11-04-2009, 07:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
juma_er Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp	can't hear the audio on an avi file i got this avi file sent to my mail but when i open it i can't hear the audio, tried opening it with a bunch of programs but had no luck. can someone help me please??

11-05-2009, 05:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
blah789 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,304 OS: Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP3	Re: can't hear the audio on an avi file You could try feeding it into gspot (http://www.headbands.com/gspot) or avicodec (http://avicodec.duby.info) to find out what audio codec it uses.

11-06-2009, 10:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
juma_er Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: can't hear the audio on an avi file firstly thanks for the help guys, tried opening it with vlc but it said vlc didn't support "IV50" format and just wouldnt play the file. tried feeding it to gspot too but it said i had the codec

11-07-2009, 12:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
blah789 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,304 OS: Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP3	Re: can't hear the audio on an avi file gspot isn't that good at detecting whether a codec's actually installed. what exactly does it say for audio? and that is correct, videolan doesn't support Indeo 5.