The result of a video file is data that has been compressed by certain codecs. When you attempt opening a video file with a media player, one of the first things done by the player is to check if it 'understands' the video data created by the particular codec; If it doesn't, it throws an error.
Media players have many codecs built into them. Each time you open a file, it simply finds the appropriate codec file to decompress your video file before playing it. If no appropriate codecs are installed/found, your media player throws an error.
When, for example, your video plays with no audio or vice versa, you can be sure you're facing codec issues. Good thing, you don't have to manually do anything on Windows Media Player to fix this as it can be automated. You can fix this error using Windows Media Player. Just follow the steps outlined below:
VLC is a versatile media player. It comes with many built-in tools for handling media files. VLC makes actions like converting media files from one format to another very easily. While VLC, at most times, fixes minor media file errors automatically before playing it, you can also fix errors such as unavailable or unsupported audio codec files manually using the software. Please follow the steps below.
If this doesn't fix your file, you should consider updating your VLC Media Player to the latest version and if the error persists after the update, visit this link to download codec files manually. The codec files on the page are compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8, 8.1 & 10. It is easy to install; all you need to do is follow the instructions displayed on the setup program. After successfully installing the codec files, restart your computer and try opening the video file again.
Many dedicated tools exist for fixing corrupt video files. However, the Wondershare Repairit is one of the best amongst the top video repair tools. You can repair video files with an unsupported audio codec easily with the Wondershare Repairit Video Repair software.
Some media players are inefficient; they may not have the required codec files for handling all media formats. While the option to update or add codec files may be included in some media players, the majority don't offer such options: In such case, the only option you're left with is to change your media player entirely. If you're so attached to the media player, you can try updating it first.
Gruntings and salivations!
I have a small suggestion, folk. Unlike in the far, dim past, today storage space is cheap and plentiful, virtually eliminating the need for radical conservation of file size for which MP3 was created.
If you're going to play things on a player of limited capacity or capability, or your sound system's cheezy, perhaps MP3's still your best choice. MP3 is, by design, a lossy compromise. It ain't pretty, folks.
However, for those of you that play your music directly from a compooter to your audio system, I heartily recommend ripping to FLAC instead. It's no more difficult than ripping to MP3. FLAC is an acronym for 'Free LOSSLESS Audio Codec', and it's MUCH better sound, a perfect copy of your original file. The resulting file size is necessarily a bit larger, though this is somewhat adjustable. If your prime consideration is sweet sound, by all means try FLAC, or maybe one of the other, lesser-known lossless codecs available. Compare the same tune done in MP3 and FLAC, especially in your headphones. The difference is humongous!
Winamp and Foobar easily play FLAC files. You'll have to do a little fiddlin' if you decide to rip FLACs to an audio CD, but for many, like me, I rip them to MP3 for that, and save those elsewhere. Meanwhile, I have a fine-sounding library of tunes, all on a portable drive, in a lossless, perfect copy of the source.
MP3 is fine, within it's limits and for those specific applications where it's most useful, but when your primary aim is the best sound, when you want your audio files to make the best use of a good audio system, take time to check out ripping to lossless FLAC. I think you'll be pleased. Eargasms, anyone? ;)
-Peace.
I've never had the problems with audiograbber which you've described.
As I mentioned in the instructables I also use Magix Audio Cleaning Lab which has a bunch of other functions. I decided to feature audiograbber over Audio Cleaning Lab because it's a free program but both are excellent tools that I'm glad to use.
Winamp is a program I used to use, but don't like anymore because it's too intrusive with its ads.
Additionally, fre:ac 1.1.7 comes with various minor improvements, updated third party codecs and fixes for several issues found in fre:ac v1.1.6 and earlier versions:
Besides this, the 1.1.6 update adds support for editing lyrics in the tag editor and creating cue sheets and playlists with freaccmd, fre:ac's command line interface. It also comes with minor workflow and performance optimizations, tagging improvements, updated codecs and the usual bug fixes:
Besides this major new feature, the 1.1.5 update comes with performance optimizations, further tagging improvements, updated codecs and a number of bug fixes:
Last updated on July 4, 2013, chortkeh-fix-mp3-codec.cmd is a batch script that enables Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 ACM Codec in Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista and their Windows Server equivalents. This record lists all changes of the chortkeh-fix-mp3-codec.cmd releases:
I encode MPEG-2 files to AVI (DivX + MP3) using VirtualDub. I use Fraunhofer ACM instead of LAME ACM because although LAME is generally considered hassle-free, as an addition to VirtualDub, LAME ACM produces asynchronous audio over video (even in CBR mode) in my tests. Fraunhofer ACM was OK in XP out of the box. Then in Vista I had to fix the problem using the patch at your old site. Today I needed to enable the l3codecp.acm (Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec Professional) in Windows 7 x64 on my laptop to encode something in VirtualDub 64-bit. Your patch worked like a charm in Windows 7 64-bit. Thanks.
Hi,
Could anyone suggest an mp3 converter that i can use with Windows 95? I wanted to benchmark different CPUs with mp3 codecs, but i just cannot make LAME work in win'95 on 386. Maybe someone has LAME compiled under Win 95? Or maybe there is another tool to do that?
I also want to try to encode a MPEG4 or DivX video under Windows 95 for benchmarking purposes as well. I have been using DivX 4 and VirtualDub for that with no success so far either. VirtualDub opens a demo AVI file from Windows 98 disk, but it does not let me save it using DivX codec. It just crashes after i chose all the compression settings and click "Save" button.
It does not use Xing Technology's proprietary MP3 encoding library. Instead, it uses the LAME encoder, Ogg Vorbis encoder, WMA codec, as well as any format supported by an external command-line encoder library. The author is no longer developing this software.[2]
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