cannot play both avi and mp4 videos

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  1. zebeye

    zebeye Member

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    good day!just a noob here but i always visiting this forums and learned a lot just by reading threads..and now decided to joined to ask my own questions...hope you can help me..here it goes

    i downloaded some anime videos in avi and mp4 formats..before,i can play it using my vlc player, then i decided to transfer it in other drives because my c: is almost full,after being "cut and paste" all of them cannot play back anymore!i already downloaded and use avicodec, gspot and even tried klite codec packs and player!all says error:can't open the file,unknwn type,cannot render the file or file are not supported!

    pls help me coz i want to collect those anime videos!i have downloaded almost 20 episodes and it turn to nothing!OMG...pls advise me or could someone tell me what the heck happens!

    waiting for all your good responds thnx alot
    GOD BLESS US ALL
     
  2. elliott

    elliott Regular member

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    Let me just clarify so you transfered them to one hd then copy cut & pasted them to another? I can't imagine why the won't play u appear to have all the codecs have you tried playing them in a different player and have you tried just rebooting the pc and tried again. it's rather odd you may want to also check your settings on the second drive or partition another option since you want to keep them is to burn them in file format to a data disc be it dvd or cdrom. You will then be able to play them in a compatible dvd player with divx or on a pc or laptop without taking up anymore space on your hard drive actually can free some up.
     
  3. zebeye

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    thanks for the reply sir!
    actually sir i just transfered it to another partition,and when i tried to play it again...sad to say i can't! i tried everything,and my last source is delete all of them & download it all again...i also consider your suggestion to burn it in a data disc!

    again thank you for your time to answer my call..GOD BLESS u sir!
     
  4. elliott

    elliott Regular member

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    I just had a convo with a friend who thought he had downloaded some files and couldn't play them in fact when I checked his program none of the files were finished downloading thusly they would not play I don't thing this is your issue but thought I would pass it along the files arent complete until programs says they are and and you should then shut down the program or remove the from the queue before trying to play them
     
  5. varnull

    varnull Guest

    That sounds pretty good.. Now you may have corrupted them by trying to move too many at once, or faulty sectors on hdd.. or just busted up the index... vlc will play anything, complete or not...

    Get avidmux and try loading one into that and see what happens... probably totally broken index or something.
     
  6. zebeye

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    actually sir its my first suspect how it's been corrupted,i had select all of them and move them all at once...I'd try to ask for help in this thread that maybe somebody know how to deal with this kind of situation..

    thank you again for your replies!
     
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    i jst downloaded the avidmux and try to play some and it also says "could not open the file"
     
  8. GrandpaBW

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    Well, it would appear that the problem is obvious. The file is a corrupt file. Give it a proper burial.
     
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