Posted by William E. Shawcross on 11/14/06 19:41

Thanks for the suggestion. I downloaded the current version of
VirtualDub and tried running it on the 2nd part of the file. VD refused
to recognize this file as a video file.

Do you think I might have better luck feeding it the combined files 1
and 2 (i.e., the whole assembly with segment 22 in the middle missing)?


uray wrote:

> "William E. Shawcross" <wshawcross@post.harvard.edu> wrote in message
> news:Ra-dnbjp9dJNlM_YnZ2dnUVZ_qGdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>
>>I have a reconstituted .avi file that is missing a chunk out of the
>>middle -- segment 22 out of about 48. I have compiled the file with
>>segment 22 missing, and it will play until it hits the missing segment.
>>Also, I have compiled the first and second segments separately. The first
>>segment plays, the second isn't recognized as a video file.
>>
>>Unfortunately I don't have any .PAR2 files for this, and all of the tools
>>I've tried won't recognize the second part. Are there any tools or
>>techniques for dealing with this problem? If it were an .mpg I'd probably
>>be OK, but since it isn't recognized as a video file, I can't convert it.
>
>
> Try VirtualDub. A google search should find it.
>
>

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