On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:16:52 GMT, "Billy" <Billy269@hotmail.com>
wrote:
:>Check out www.video-fixer.com . Their cheap (free trial) fixer has saved all
:>my .avi files, missing or corrupted pieces don't crash any more, they are
:>simply skipped over to the next block.
:>This software supports the following formats: Divx Avi Asf Wmv Wma Rm Rmvb.
:>I've confirmed it works on .avi only.
:>
:>Another product claims to fix .mpg and .mpeg formats, but fails to do so.
:>It's called All Media Fixer from www.realconvert.com and supposedly supports
:>more formats, just about all of them.
:>
:>Generally .mpg and .mpeg formats don't fail completely due to missing or
:>corrupted blocks, the media keeps playing displaying the last viewable frame
:>until you drag it to the next block that is valid. On several .mpg videos
:>I've got that have excessive missing blocks and requires dragging repeadly
:>(which can be a pain), I've tried a video convert program to convert them to
:>.avi, the result is of course a corrupt .avi file, so I ran the file through
:>Video Fixer (mentioned at the top of this page) with no improvement, a
:>disappointment.
:>
:>But I can live with .mpg's dragging bit, and now I can download .avi's with
:>no fear of loosing the entire movie if one block near the start is missing.
:>
:>Of course I prefer PAR2 files, but this is one work around for .avi video's.
:>
:>Prior to getting the above software I had some success by replacing a
:>corrupt or missing block of an .avi file with a renamed previous block (now
:>duplicated), worked on some but with a lot of corrupt blocks it gets old
:>very quickly making these patches.
:>
:>Before all this stuff, I (PM you'll love this) use newsfeeds.com and was
:>asking another group for too many reposts (no PAR2 there either), now I can
:>live with everything but a missing .001 block. And if there is PAR2 files,
:>even a missing .001 block does not cause a problem (PAR2 will replace
:>missing blocks, lots of them, even .001 blocks).
:>
:>Just thought I'd pass along some results and experiments.
:>
:>Billy
:>
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Billy, your experiments at working around corrupted vids with missing
parts are noteworthy. However, you seem to be so intent on "fixing"
them that you're ignoring the basic *cause*.
I sometimes do wonder, with all of the ongoing discussion of news
servers, why it is that some people seem to have a fetish about
sticking with a service that flatly *doesn't work*. This is an
excellent example.
If you're even vaguely serious about downloading vids, which you
appear to be, then you're paying Newsfeeds no less than $9.95 / month
for their 10 gb/month service. That figure is *exactly* what you'd pay
Easynews for *20 gb/month*. It's a mere $3 less than you'd pay
Newscene.
The difference is that you'd never miss a part. You wouldn't be
pouring all of this time and effort into trying to make broken vids
work, and then enduring the work it takes just to watch the fragments
*after* you've done your "repairs."
Wouldn't it be a whole lot easier, less time consuming, and vastly
more satisfying, to just get all of the parts to begin with, and
simply join and enjoy a good movie??
Would there not be some additional satisfaction gleaned from paying 10
bucks a month for a reliable service, as versus throwing that 10 bucks
down the toilet for a "service" with a long-standing reputation as one
of the worst there is?
I truly wonder, and marvel, at just *why* people like you continue to
endure, and fight it, and work at it, and throw your money away.
Changing news services does *not* involve rocket science. It's
actually a remarkably simple thing to do. Why is it that you don't??
KH NP-b54
"Artificial Intelligence will never be
a match for natural stupidity."
(Stolen)
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