WDTV not playing video just sound from an AVI recorded on a Chilli Technology Action 3 HD 720P Cam

WD Legacy Products WD TV Live & Live Plus
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Hi,

Not sure if I’ve got the right sub-forum, but here goes.

Any footage recorded on my Chilli Technology Action 3 HD 720P Head Cam will not play back correctly on the WDTV device. I can hear sound but no video.

I’m happy to provide example AVI’s if that would help with any investigation.

I hope it can be fixed.

Thanks

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Please post the full TEXT output of MEDIAINFO for such a file.

http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net

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I hope this is what you require?

General Complete name                            : H:\110408-064740.AVI Format                                   : AVI Format/Info                              : Audio Video Interleave File size                                : 515 MiB Duration                                 : 5mn 8s Overall bit rate                         : 14.0 Mbps

Video ID                                       : 0 Format                                   : JPEG Codec ID                                 : MJPG Duration                                 : 5mn 8s Bit rate                                 : 13.9 Mbps Width                                    : 1 280 pixels Height                                   : 720 pixels Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9 Frame rate                               : 30.000 fps Color space                              : YUV Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:2 Bit depth                                : 8 bits Compression mode                         : Lossy Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.502 Stream size                              : 510 MiB (99%)

Audio ID                                       : 1 Format                                   : MPEG Audio Format version                           : Version 1 Format profile                           : Layer 3 Codec ID                                 : 55 Codec ID/Hint                            : MP3 Duration                                 : 5mn 8s Bit rate mode                            : Constant Bit rate                                 : 128 Kbps Channel(s)                               : 1 channel Sampling rate                            : 44.1 KHz Compression mode                         : Lossy Stream size                              : 4.71 MiB (1%) Alignment                                : Aligned on interleaves Interleave, duration                     : 26 ms (0.78 video frame) Interleave, preload duration             : 52 ms

4

As far as I know, Motion JPEG isn’t a supported video codec.

Video ID                                       : 0

Format                                   : JPEG

Codec ID                                 : MJPG

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i have the same problem…I have an “avi” file from which i can hear sound but no video.

Thank you

Info of file

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Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 810 MiB
Duration : 1h 26mn
Overall bit rate : 1 315 Kbps
Writing application : Lavf52.57.1

Video

ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Codec ID : FMP4
Duration : 1h 26mn
Bit rate : 1 175 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 360 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.213
Stream size : 723 MiB (89%)

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 : 1h 26mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 78.8 MiB (10%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.58 video frame)
Writing library : LAME3.98.2

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Same answer… Unsupported video codec.

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Thanks for the answer as to why the video will not play.

The million dollar question(s) are “Will WD ever support this codec, and how do I request them to consider supporting it”?

Do WD monitor these forums to consider enhancements to address issues reported by the general public?

Thanks

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The likelihood of adding support for this is next to nil for two reasons:

    1- Most video codec support is implemented in hardware, not firmware.

    2- This product, by all accounts is almost dead.   WD is no longer developing features for it.

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i guess that’s one advantage other platforms have over ‘media players’ video/audio codecs can be added via

firmware updates or software)

(Raspberry Pi added experimental VP6, VP8, MJPEG, and Ogg Theora)

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=153907

(HTPC via Software)

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Yes, the XBMC software does do decoding on many codecs, but that also severely limits performance, hence why only SD is supported on a lot of the codecs.

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SD support only ? … give it time, processors are always getter faster :wink:

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Well of course the are. And so are the hardware decoders. So in the same parallel vein, by the time the Pi-equivalent does software HD decoding, the hardware-based decoders will be doing Hi10p and 2K4K HD. :slight_smile:

In other words, software decoders by rule will always lag well behind hardware decoders.

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JoeySmyth wrote:

i guess that’s one advantage other platforms have over ‘media players’ video/audio codecs can be added via

firmware updates or software)

But as Tony said this won’t be of much use if they don’t have the power to play back those codecs properly. From all I’ve read DTS is a no go and that’s why I won’t try the Raspi even if I’m craving XBMC.

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Just tried a 720pHD VP6 FLV Short Clip and the RPi plays it fine. :smiley:

General
Complete name                   : D:\
Format                                   : Flash Video
File size                                : 15.7 MiB
Duration                               : 46s 210ms
Overall bit rate                     : 2 857 Kbps
Encoded date                      : 2012-12- 3 18:36:32

Video
Format                                   : VP6
Codec ID                               : 4
Duration                                : 46s 179ms
Bit rate                                  : 2 750 Kbps
Width                                     : 1280 pixels
Height                                   : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio           : 16:9
Frame rate mode                : Constant
Frame rate                           : 29.970 fps
Bit depth                               : 8 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)              : 0.100
Stream size                          : 15.1 MiB (96%)

Audio
Format                                   : MPEG Audio
Format version                    : Version 1
Format profile                      : Layer 3
Codec ID                              : 2
Codec ID/Hint                      : MP3
Duration                               : 46s 210ms
Bit rate mode                      : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                         : 2 channels
Sampling rate                     : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode          : Lossy
Stream size                         : 722 KiB (4%)
Writing library                      : LAME3.98

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Well, my toaster can play back mp3 audio…