Can't play VC1 files

[Octo-puss]

How do I make this damn stuff play in MPC? I got FFDShow and downloaded some Windows Media Format Runtime 11, and still nothing. What gives?

[Ranguvar]

What container are they in?

Run MediaInfo on it and post back the results.

[Octo-puss]

General
Complete name : D:\Experimenty\Ripped BDs\Lethal.Weapon.Blu-Ray.1080p.VC-1.DDPlus.5.1\00001.track_4113.vc1
Format : VC-1
File size : 20.6 MiB

Video
Format : VC-1
Format profile : Advanced@3
Width : 1920 pixels
Height : 1080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive

[HymnToLife]

Try muxing it into a .ts, did the trick for me. .vc1 is an elementary stream, I don't think it's playable on it's own, so you have to mux it into some kind of container.

[Kurtnoise]

no need to remux the stream to a new container. Just install the VC-1 Encoder SDK (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=5031c859-e8da-41bc-98e3-c13add5378b0&displayLang=en#). You can find a source parser for such streams (located in \\WMSDK\VC1ProSDK\Bin\). So, copy this dll in your WINDOWS\System32 folder and enjoy...

Works fine with the ffdshow decoder but not with the mpc ones. Dunno why.

[Octo-puss]

Jesus. This format is PITA indeed. If only we could stay away from everything from MS :P
edit: Kurt, thanks :) I'll give it a shot.

[Kurtnoise]

read my post above...

[Ranguvar]

Lethal.Weapon.Blu-Ray.1080p.VC-1.DDPlus.5.1

Sorry... can't help with downloaded files... Rule 6.

[HymnToLife]

Sorry... can't help with downloaded files... Rule 6.

Huh? This looks very much like a legit BR rip to me.

[setarip_old]

@HymnToLife

Hi!

"Ranguvar" is likely referring to the filename of "Lethal.Weapon.Blu-Ray.1080p.VC-1.DDPlus.5.1\00001.track_4113.vc1"...

[Wilbert]

Sounds like rule 6. Closed thread.

After a private discussion with Octo-puss, i think his source is legit. So i reopened this thread.