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| Thread ID: 102969 | 2009-09-08 02:24:00 | How do I find a corrupt video file | kiwibits (5574) | Press F1 |
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| 807869 | 2009-09-08 08:49:00 | 9 Run>cmd>chkdsk X: /r Replace X with the drive letter of the media player. Blam If its a corrupted video file that will do nothing. Each video file has a little tag built into it saying what it is,how long it is, and some other info, when an app looks at the video file it reads this tag, if the tag is damaged or doesn't match the file then the system can hang. Some of them can cause Windows to lock solid or crash, sometimes its the media player that crashes,and sometimes all is fine until you try and feed that media file into an editor. And sometimes an app will notice the corruption and fix it....... Anyhow, In the event the file is read by a hardware player the exact same scenario can happen, It reads all the files to build an index to display,hits the corrupt file and crap happens. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 807870 | 2009-09-08 08:58:00 | Why do you think its a corrupt video file thats causing this? The OP says that the media player cannot access the filesystem....and therefore thinking along the links of a corrupted filesystem I recommend running a chkdsk on it. |
Blam (54) | ||
| 807871 | 2009-09-08 09:05:00 | Why do you think its a corrupt video file thats causing this? The OP says that the media player cannot access the file system....and therefore thinking along the links of a corrupted file system I recommend running a chkdsk on it. Because that is what the thread starter suspects, and he is asking for help in identifying a corrupt video file. The behaviour is along the right lines, as I said the lock up can happen when the app is trying to build an index of the files on the disc/disk. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 807872 | 2009-09-08 11:32:00 | Blam, windows can do it if it tries to open a folder with vids in view icons mode. It first opens every file to display an icon. I've had this problem myself with a crook vid file - locked up every time. Like Metla says, it can still be perfectly good from a file system point of view. Might be interesting to try viewing the folder in details versus icons mode. |
linw (53) | ||
| 807873 | 2009-09-08 22:44:00 | Hi all, ta for the help. I tried doing the standard scandisk thing to no avail, i'll try Blam6's idea with the chkdsk. The reason I think it maybe a corupt file is thats all that's changed between times I've used it, however I maybe wrong. The media box is a avox (i think- its at work and I'm not) Anyway its not a cheapy, just anoying. It does create thumbnails which is another reason I think it maybe a corrupt file. If the chkdsk doesn't work I guess I'll just have to start deleting files untill something good happens. | kiwibits (5574) | ||
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