Could not decompress frame 0

[rafaila]

No help found on http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61093, so I had to make a new thread.
The last two days I have a problem: executing the following script gave me an error message,
while the AVIs seemed to be OK

AVISource("E:\NET 3_FvFw as divx.avi") #Message: "Could not decompress frame 0"
#AVISource("E:\NET 3_FvFw as DX50.avi") #Message: "Could not decompress frame 0"
#AVISource("E:\NET 3_FvFw as fvfw.avi") #Losses audio sunc
#AVISource("E:\NET 3_FvFw as xvid.avi") #Losses audio sunc
#AVISource("E:\NET 3_HuffYuv.avi") #Message: "Could not decompress frame 0"
#AVISource("E:\NET 3_Mjpg.avi") #Message: "Could not decompress frame 0"
#AVISource("E:\NET 3_P.DV.avi") #Losses audio sunc
#AVISource("E:\NET 3_radius.avi") #Plays upside down, but I don't care about this codec

Note1: All files use Intel's DVI ADPCM for audio compression (this means PCM)and were captured with my Cinergy 400 Capture card.
Note2: Problem effects all files witch use video codecs mentioned in the files above

####### THINGS I DID: #######
No matter if Divx installed or not
Installed ffdshow-20040227.exe and use it as default decoder/decompressor
No matter dimensions of sourse video (tried 320x240 and 720,576)
Uninstalled/Installed Avisynth AviSynth_030304.exe (2.5.5) and AviSynth_2.5.5_300104.exe
It has nothing to do with the folder "plugins" or its contents. I took care of it
Uninstalled/Installed DVX and the other stuff that comes with it
Reinstalling DivX (5.1.1) didn't work
Reinstalling DirectX 9.0b and the "DirectX9-KB831937-x86-ENU.exe" didn't work
Reinstalling "Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1" didn't work
Reinstalling HuffYuv_220 didn't work
Reinstalling Studio 8 (Pinnacle) did nothing

It has nothing to do with Avisynth because:
Studio 8 (Pinnacle) said something about not being able to initialize audio subsystem and does not open these type of files either !
VirtualDub 1.5.10 says: "VideoSourceAVI error:The source image format is not acceptable. (error code -2)"
TMPGEnc says that could not open the file, or unsupported

Latest changes in the PC I recall:
Installed new drivers (Catalyst 4.10) for Hercules (Radeon) 3D prothet 8500 LE card
Installed new WDM drivers (Catalyst 4.10) for Hercules (Radeon) 3D prothet 8500 LE card
Installed new Control Panel (Catalyst 4.10) for Hercules (Radeon) 3D prothet 8500 LE card
Installed DVX 3.56b with SysPack3.56b without installing the previous version of Avisynth

But these files are playing perfectly with WMP or Zoom Player!

SYSTEM:
win XP
Athlon XP 2600+ (not OverClocked)
Shuttle AK37GTR motherboard
256 DDR
120Gb Western Digital HD
Hercules (Radeon) 3D prothet 8500 LE card
Hercules fortissimo III 7.1 Sound card
Cinergy 400 Capture card



### SOLUTION for: "Could not decompress frame 0" ###
I tried to open the avi files (divx,huffyuv,Mjpg) with Ulead DVD-WorkShop, which I use to make (S)VCDs.
Noticed that the info box for the avi was refering the file as encoded with Panasonic DV codec.
Panasonic DV codec (dvsd) had to be uninstalled :
Opened key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32
Searched for value vidc.dvsd
Renamed vidc.dvsd to xvidc.dvsd
Now when you open AVI files PDVCODEC.DLL is not used.

Note3: Panasonic DV codec was installed in my system for about 3 months!

Leaving now all this in the past, does any one know why in most of the files, I have audio delay?

[Wilbert]

Leaving now all this in the past, does any one know why in most of the files, I have audio delay?
You should compare the length of the video and audio streams. Maybe they are not equal?

[rafaila]

Hmmm...
No. No, the length of video and audio is not dramaticaly different (0.48 sec bigger audio in the worst case, but I get about 1sec delayed audio).
By uninstalling the PDVCODEC.DLL, I wasn't able to open DV avis in VirtualDub (dvsd decompressor error) and
in Avisynth either.Also, I still get an error: "Pinnacle Studio Trial cdan not initialize audio playback. The audio subsystem may be in use by another application."


Anyone a solution? :confused:

[rafaila]

Well,about the "Could not decompress frame 0" problem, finally, I tried this (http://www.btinternet.com/~digital56k/BigFix1.6b.exe) fix and everything looks OK for now...
So, If you have the same problem, this is your solution.

[Wilbert]

So, If you have the same problem, this is your solution.
Could you be more specific, what does it do?

[rafaila]

Friend Wilbert, sorry for the late response, I' m kind of busy these days.
I don't really know what this fix does, but after running it, i could again process films with studio 8 and (pre)view .avs files with WMP or Zoom Player. Everything works OK again!
I suppose that it kind of "cleans up" the registry of abuse due to many codecs installation/uninstallation.
Cheers!