[mythtv-users] OT: damaged header on xvid/mpeg4 file...how to fix?

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Wednesday 23 March 2005 4:54, anders smith wrote:
> I have a couple of startrek enterprise in hdtv format compressed with
> XVID (mpeg4) in an .AVI container that won't play on my mythbox, but
> plays nicely on my winxp laptop using mplayer....it was edited with
> VirtualDub acording to mplayer.
> 
> The playback on my myth box stops and it start rebuilding the index 
> ...which takes forever. After rebuilding it stil won't play. I'm using
> xine on a softmodded xbox via an nfs mounted volumen from the backend.
> 
> On the laptop it play but I can see in the command window that it
> complains about damaged headers a few times..
> 
> Any idea what might be wrong or how I can fix it?

Don't know if this is your problem, but the latest version(s) of mplayer 
have a bug in the "odml" index code that causes it to choke on files > 
2GB.  To fix it you'd need to either downgrade mplayer (not sure how 
far) or upgrade to mplayer CVS (fix hasn't been released yet).  I've 
switched to Xine for now.

-JAC