problem with matroska + vbr-mp3 audio + win xp

[Heini011]

hi,

i encode videos with xvid 1.0 and the audio part with ogg-vorbis for films respectively lame vbr-mp3 for music-concerts. i join the avi-video-file and audio-file with virtualdobmod 1.5.4 and save this as matroska-file.

i can play all matroska-content on my win me system. but one of my friends has a win xp system. i had installed the latest matroska-pack, the xvid codec, ogg-vorbis and the (fraunhofer crack) mp3 codec v1.263. he can now play the ogg-vorbis films, but the mp3 audio concerts not! the error message of windows media player is the usual "unknown format" message. media player classic says something like "unknown audio format". i have installed the latest matroska splitter. now video plays fine, but without the mp3 audio.

any ideas ??

greetings, Heini011.

[buzzqw]

Could be missing mp3pro audio decoder ? (radium decoder i think)
Winxp has a basic mp3 decoder not pro

BHH

[stephanV]

or:
can he play other MP3's? for example if you demux the audiotrack, can he play that?

[Heini011]

@BHH:

i encode the mp3 part with lame for maximum quality. no mp3-"pro" content.

@stephanV:

if i open the matroska file (xvid+mp3) within virtualdubmod, then playback is stuttering, but i have video+audio! i had not tried to open mp3 files with media player, but mp3 playback in winamp is ok.

maybe the radium mp3 codec doesn't work with win xp ??

greetings.

[Gaia]

Cracked Radium codec is just encoder. It shouldn't cause any playback problems.

[niamh]

Ah, well, then he doesn't have any DEcoder then does he? seeing the codecs installed...

[stephanV]

Originally posted by Heini011
[B]@BHH:

if i open the matroska file (xvid+mp3) within virtualdubmod, then playback is stuttering, but i have video+audio!

that can happen in VDM...

i had not tried to open mp3 files with media player, but mp3 playback in winamp is ok.

try with WMP, i dont know if Winamp uses its own filters, instead of directshow ones...

@all: Radium MP3 is an encoder as well as an decoder, but its an ACM i believe... not a directshow-filter.

[Heini011]

hi,

my friend can play normal mp3 audio (vbr not tested) with microsoft windows media player.

[stephanV]

well, then it shouldnt be a decoding problem :)

try to remux your file with avimux GUI (http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~noe/Video-Zeug/AVIMux%20GUI/index-eng.html) (it can output matroska as well), maybe it went wrong there... then again, why would it work on your pc :confused: (doesnt hurt to try though)

[Atamido]

Search his system for "mplayer2.exe" and try to play the file with that. You could also try using Media Player Classic (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303&package_id=84358&release_id=227046). Windows Media Player 7-10 are incredibly buggy and have all sorts of random playback issues.

You might also try TCMP or Zoom for players with more features.

[DAvenger]

Or the new RadLight with Matroska support ;)