Solved: MS 12 error occured while opening codec

KoenD wrote on 10/23/2014, 4:24 AM

Having trouble opeining a MS 12 project that worked fine untill I had issues with a codec from a codec pack.
Have installed different codec packs in the mean time, but to no avail. K-Lite by now.
Is there a way to know what file the codec error comes from (dialog box isn't telling anything)? Maybe in a log file?

Most of the videos in tat project have following codec:
General
Complete name : C:\Vid001.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 159 MiB
Duration : 10mn 0s
Overall bit rate : 2 222 Kbps
Writing application : Lavf52.78.2

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Simple@L1
Format settings, BVOP : No
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 10mn 0s
Bit rate : 2 049 Kbps
Width : 768 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.185
Stream size : 147 MiB (92%)
Writing library : Lavc52.85.1

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 10mn 0s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 160 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 11.4 MiB (7%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.60 video frame)
Writing library : LAME3.97

Comments

Steve Grisetti wrote on 10/23/2014, 7:23 AM

By installing those codec packs, you may well have messed things up.

You really shouldn't need any codecs other than those that are a part of your operating system, your program and are included with the latest version of Quicktime.

vkmast wrote on 10/23/2014, 7:53 AM

A "Search" on this forum for Words "codecs", Date "Any Date" and User Name "musicvid" will also give you useful posts by musicvid like the ones in the threads below
AVI Files were working, Now they are Not
Cannot open .avi file codec error
Can't load AVI files with the link to a tutorial.

musicvid10 wrote on 10/24/2014, 3:57 AM

In addition, xvid requires its own codec, which should be downloaded from it's source, not as part of a "pack."

BUT YOUR FILES STILL WONT OPEN FOR EDITNG, because mp3 audio in AVI is a hack, and an amateurish one. The two were never designed to coexist. You will need to demux the audio first in AVIDemux.

Best of luck, and oh . . ., don't download content from torrent.

KoenD wrote on 10/26/2014, 6:25 AM

Thanks for the direction I needed to look at.
Removed K-Lite and installed xvid from xvid.org which solved the issue.

BTW. these where videos recorded from tape and I can't remember what tool I used to capture them, so I actually didn't realize what codec was used.