can't play ogm file

[yandao87]

hi,

i've read tonnes of guide & researched numerous websites for .ogm files, and i come to this conclusion, if wrong , please correct me.

.ogm is a media container.

to play it,

i'll need a splitter/directshow filter(qn:are they the same thing???) to recognise the container first,
EITHER illuminable ogg codecs for windows at http://www.illiminable.com/ogg/
OR OGM DS Package at http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/codecs_and_filters/ogg_directshow.cfm

next, i'll need the correct codec to play the file
e.g. xvid, divx, etc

now, i meet up with a problem. i've installed illimnable's ogg codecs, but i can't play .ogm video files, but i can play .ogg audio files. my ogm file has mp3 audio and divx video. i have both codecs.

is it because i don't vobsub installed? :o

and, for matroska video, is gabest's splitter or haali's splitter better? i heard that haali supports ogm container also?? and after installing the splitter, do i still need to install vobsub/vsfilter to read subtitiles??

[bond]

now, i meet up with a problem. i've installed illimnable's ogg codecs, but i can't play .ogm video files, but i can play .ogg audio files. my ogm file has mp3 audio and divx video. i have both codecs.open the file in graphedit and tell us what happens

[KoD]

well, you don't need illimnable's ogg codecs and you're better of without it.

What you need are:

- a splitter: Haali's splitter handles ogm files besides mkv files (as well as ogg ones), so you don't need another splitter
- a video decoder; usually in ogm files there's either divx or xvid video; simply installing ffdshow and enabling handling of divx or xvid is all that's needed
-an audio decoder; once again, anything that can be placed inside an ogm file can be played by ffdshow's audio decoders; just enable vorbis (as that's the usual suspect); for mp3 there's the windows bundled mp3 decoder that will be used;
-a subtitle renderer; vsfilter is the best subtitle renderer on Windows (and better than anything else that exists on other platforms); just use the latest version (you can find it in a post in the General Discussion area; it's a patched version by jfs)

That's it.