ogm and virtualdub

[awe007]

hi,

i´ve a question about virtual dub and ogm. does virtualdub support ogm files. i got an ogm movie (tv captured historical documentation). now i´m looking for a way to convert it to avi. virtual dub says it doesn´t know the ogm file format.


i now this is a newbie question....sorry but i´m not very used to ogm file format..

i would appreciate any help..

thx

frank

[echo-kk]

Get VirtualDubMod (http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualdubmod), open your ogm and 'save as' avi with video mode set to 'Direct stream copy'.

[awe007]

thx,

but nothing happened. now i´ve a 650 mb file with no pictures. the complete screen is black when playing...strange....in addition virtual dob mod play the sound but doesn´t play the pictures...


frank

[echo-kk]

Does the original ogm file display properly when viewed in a media player?

[awe007]

i dont know because i dont know which media player support ogm movies..

[Dreassica]

If u have the proper ogg playback filters installed , any player will open it. U sometimes have to force it to open a file with the .ogm extension. Like wmp.

[awe007]

i think i havent installed it but i also i dont know where to find such a filter / codec..

[Belgabor]

Would you kindly read the forum rules, especially rule 1? The simple term 'OGM filter' gives a link to a thread called 'OGM FAQ' on the very first result page.

[awe007]

sorry,

i haven´t read the ogm faq but i´ve read several other faqs about virtual dub. anyhow i can´t view the media stream although i installed the full virtual dub package. i only search for a way how to detemrine if the media stream is corrupted or not... therefore i posted this message in order to get help for my problem. sorry if i ask for things which are still discussed in faqs. next time i´ll try to give the search for faqs more time before posting something...


sorry

frank


frank

[Belgabor]

Originally posted by echo-kk
Get VirtualDubMod (http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualdubmod), open your ogm and 'save as' avi with video mode set to 'Direct stream copy'.
VirtualDub doesnt support OGM. And you can only view OGMs if you install the right filters (see OGM FAQ). You also need to install the right VfW (Video for Windows) codec, otherwise you won't see any video.

[awe007]

...i´ve installed the ogm filters but nothing happend still a black movie. moreover i don´t know where to find the right video fpr windows codec ( it is not written in the faq). i thought such files are automaticilly installed when installing the new media player...


sorry for the newbie question.....i still read most of the faqs but sometimes it is difficult to find the right answer when you don´t know what you´re looking for..


thx


frank

[Devilman1]

You can use Gspot to find out which codec you need, you can find it here www.headbands.com/gspot and then use google to look for the codec that it indicates you.

Bye

[awe007]

hi,

thx for the information. i know gspot but didn´t thought that it is able to read ogm files. unfortunaly gspot says the the right codec is installed but i can´t still see anything when playing the movie....very strange. i´m only able to hear the sound....


i would appreciate any help..


frank

[Devilman1]

if you open it with Virtualdubmod, what does it say?

Bye

[awe007]

virtual dub does the same....i hear the sound. when i move the movie forwards or backwards i see one frame but as soon as i play the movie i still see the same frame and hear the sound.....very strange..

thx

frank

[Devilman1]

try to use check video stream for error in VirtualDubMod and then read the log, BTW check File information too

Bye

[awe007]

virtual dub mod returned no error when checking the file....

frank

[Belgabor]

What does file information say?
What codec does gspot detect?

[awe007]

hi,

i just installed another all in one player although gspot said that it had found a codec for video and audio. now it works. very strange ...don´t know what went wrong....

thx for the help.

frank

[awe007]

...hmmm very strange i´ve still some problems with my ogm file. after couples of hour fpr searching the right codec now i´m able to play the ogm movie in virtual dub including sound. the problem is that as soon as i make a direct stream copy virtual dub doens´t copy the audio (track) of the ogm file although i hear the sound when playing the movie.

does anyone know a solution for this problem. file information gives me the following information: "audio tag: 0xFFF, not decodable, Extensible"....mhhh what does that mean....

thx

frank