Problem with Single?

[jcmoorehead]

Hey What software do i need to view the music video on the single as Quicktime, RealOne and Win Media Player all refuse to play it! Anyone know or had the same prob?

[White of High]

You have got old versions of players...

[jcmoorehead]

Nope i got the latest Windows Media Player, The Latest RealOne Player and the Latest Quicktime Player

[White of High]

Then... I don't know!
Eeeeehhhh! Format c: ? :lol:

[jcmoorehead]

Thats your expert Opinion? Format my C Drive? Hmm how about no :lol:

[Puritan]

My Windows Media Player has no problems playing the videos on the German album

However it will not play the video on the UK single. It just freezes the program. If it is because I don't have the latest version of Windows Media Player then why can it play the videos on the German album with no problem?

In any case I am not taking the risk of installing new software just to play a video - fortunately the video on the UK single plays fine in "Real Player Basic"

[White of High]

Or use hammer!
It prove is good!

[jcmoorehead]

Well i've tried in

Windows Media Player
Quicktime
Real Jukebox
Real Player Basic
Real One

any other suggestions?

[mellis107]

The video on the single plays on my media player, but it runs slow and the sound is out of synch to the picture!!!!!!

I haven't seen the video yet, so I was really looking forward to this.

Well, never mind.....

mikey

[dottie]

I'm sure there's a link here some where I remember someone putting a post up about the cd not playing on the computer because it had been(whatever they do to them) to prevent copying or something - hope this helps

[jcmoorehead]

This is the error i get

Windows Media Player cannot find the specified file. Be sure the path is typed correctly. If it is, the file does not exist at the specified location, or the computer where the file is stored is offline.


And thats by browsing to find the file. Anybody got any idea. My Friends also having problems with his single. I've tried both CD Trays and got the same results. Nothing will accept this video file as it apparantly doesnt exist but it does!

[original sin]

:oops: I didn't like to mention it before 'cos I thought I was just me being a techno thickie 8O
Mines runs but also slow and out of sync.......
Hey at least its not me being thick for once

[jcmoorehead]

mine just Doesnt run! :cry:

[Jen]

I've had no luck playing it either.

RealOne player says that there are the three music tracks and that track 4 is a data track but it won't play it.

Media player won't even acknowledge its there.

Help... anyone?

[jcmoorehead]

Im getting exactly the same thing. Does Anybody know whats going on?

[krolok]

I´ve got the same problem, and I have all new players.
At my neighbour the video doesnt work too.It seems to be a problem to a lot of people here in Germany.
Maybe some CD´s are not right and must be change in the shops.

[jcmoorehead]

Apparantly its supposed to be the copy protection but i dont think thats it. If you browse the CD You can see MEATLOAF.MPG but nothing will recoginise or open that MPG file.

[Juan Llanos]

I don't have the single :( , but are you try with bsplayer?

[ChoccyBat]

Mine also plays slowly and with poor sound - thought it was my crappy computer!

[Tim]

Don't have any problem with the German disk, but about the English, don't know.

Looks like a problem with the player or video thingie!! Mostly when Windows Media Player has a problem, it will try to go on the internet and download a driver or stuff.

I suggest to download the newest version, that mostly fix the problem.

(maybe DVD players, for on you PC can do the trick??)

[jcmoorehead]

i tried in my DVD Part on my PC still nothing

[JenniferSal]

Hi guys! Still in the midst of making my little E-card but i keep popping in here sometimes. I'm sure this will sound like a stupid response, but there MAY be a chance the actual file has no data to it; although it's "There", its not actually THERE possibly, follow what i mean? The way to tell this for sure is, go into the Explorer to view what's on the CD (like in the folder, of the CD where the data is, sorry im not explaining this well), highlight the file that's supposed to be the Video (i mean click on it once but dont double click it or it'll attempt to launch and you'll get the errors again possibly), then look to see what the actual file size is, if its actually registering 0kb, that could very well be the problem and it was something in the manufacturing/duplicating end of things. OR i could very well be rambling like a twit, having been at this computer off and on all day, so i might not know what i'm talking about, but i figured it didnt hurt to mention! I mean well!! Besides, im awaiting my copies of the CD single and hope the problem is figured out before they arrive (i like that video!!)! :) ! Take care!!
Jen

[Jen]

Tried my dvd player too, comes up with a message along the lines of 'unsupported file type' or something like that.

[jcmoorehead]

Yes my things registering 0kb

[Vickip]

My Windows Media Player has no problems playing the videos on the German album

However it will not play the video on the UK single. It just freezes the program. If it is because I don't have the latest version of Windows Media Player then why can it play the videos on the German album with no problem?

In any case I am not taking the risk of installing new software just to play a video - fortunately the video on the UK single plays fine in "Real Player Basic"


The video on the German single plays perfectly using the older version of the Windows Media Player (7.1) and Windows ME, but it doesn't work using the newest version of the Windows Media Player (9.0) with Windows XP. So if someone is having a problem using the old version of the media player, unfortunately, I don't think upgrading to the newest version will help. It must something to do with the copyright ...

Vicki

[Tim]

Hi guys! Still in the midst of making my little E-card but i keep popping in here sometimes. I'm sure this will sound like a stupid response, but there MAY be a chance the actual file has no data to it; although it's "There", its not actually THERE possibly, follow what i mean?

Don't think that it is. On a VCD you can't find the data, but it is still there, so that can't be it.
Think it is there, but only can find by a player program.

Maybe an email to the record compagny about it is a solution, they must know about it.

[jcmoorehead]

I'll check around. I'll find a solution i'm usually quite good on computers and can normally find a way round most problems. I'll see if i can download an old player or something

[mellis107]

Keep us posted JC.

thanks :D

mikey

[JenniferSal]

Don't think that it is. On a VCD you can't find the data, but it is still there, so that can't be it.
Think it is there, but only can find by a player program.

Isn't the extra CD with the videos and photos on it that comes with the CHSIB album (I got a copy from Germany) a VCD? Because if it is, i had no problem at all going in and "Exploring" -- I wanted to make sure what i was talking about might apply here before posting. There was one guy that posted that he tried the suggestion and his video had no kb data, so it could possibly be done (not sure since i dont have this particular single in my hands just yet, so its an innocent question!)? Just in case, here's what i did to view the contents of the extra CD with the album, i went to my "My computer" folder, clicked on the drive with the CD in it and was able to access it that way to check on the data. I guess if the extra CD with CHSIB, the album, isnt a VCD, then this is a bad suggestion, but again i hate the idea that you all might have dud CD's! Want you all to be able to see that cool video no problem! :) Hope you guys figure this thing out and I mean well!! Take care!!
Jen

[Gina]

I saw a post on another board where someone got some software off of www.smart-projects.net. Said to download the isobuster. I'm waiting unitl I get my cd before I download anything..but just thought I'd pass along the information. Thanks all.. take care

Love and Laughs..
~Gina :)

[jcmoorehead]

I've still had no luck but i'm gonna check that site you gave me

[jcmoorehead]

THANK YOU ISOBUSTER!!! IT SAVED MY LIFE! WHOOHOO! Well as you can see ISO Buster got it to work :D Just extract the real MPG from inside the Cover up MPG and then run the extracted MPG With Windows Media Player!

[original sin]

JC- can you run that by me again.....in english :mrgreen:

[jcmoorehead]

Lol sorry about my bad english im english :lol:

Right

1. Download ISO Buster
2. Put CHSIB Single in Drive
3. Run ISO Bust
4. Go to Session 4 on the CHSIB CD
5. Click on the ISO symbol and you'll see MEATLOAF.MPG and it'll have the icon of your default media player
6. Right click it and select EXTRACT
7. Select somewhere on your HDD and click ok
8. Wait about 5-10 mins
9. Go to that place on your HDD And open the Real MPG with Windows Media Player

It seems the actualy MPG is encoded within a fake MPG Which makes no sense but there you go.

[original sin]

thanks JC :lol: i meant plain english not techno speak!!! I think I've got it now thank you....wont try now thou' too tired will try in the morning...but may be back for help :oops:

[jcmoorehead]

lol no problem. Anyway i'm gonna go to bed soon its about 20 to 12 here.

[Gina]

Great!! Glad it worked!! Now I'll know what to do when mine arrives LOL Thanks for letting us know JC. :)

Love and Laughs..
~Gina

[Jen]

Gina you're a goddess, thanks for pointing us in the right direction.

Jen
(Who is very happy now that I can watch the video as much as I want, instead of just catching the last few lines on the Box)

[Vickip]

Great!! Glad it worked!! Now I'll know what to do when mine arrives LOL Thanks for letting us know JC. :)

Love and Laughs..
~Gina

Works beautifully !! Thanks again Gina :))
Vicki

[Gina]

Glad I could help :) Jen..Thanks so much for that compliment!! :) Wow! I just can't wait to get my CD so I can finally watch it too! Take care guys! :)

Rock On with Fire Ball!!

Love and Laughs..
~Gina

[Leon]

Gina, JC you guys are great. Thanks very much for all the help. I'd all but given up on the video.
Thank You!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

[bokibe]

JC thanx a lot for your tip about Isibuster. Finally after 1,5 week f**king around with the cd single, I can finally view the clip.

Thanx again for the good work. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[mariella]

This is great, you mean you guys actually could play the video????
I am going to try this too!!!

Thank you!

Mariella

Wasn't sure the video was even 'there'! :lol:

[bokibe]

Mariella,

Als je vragen hebt of als het niet lukt laat maar ff horen via een pmmetje op het nl forum of hier.

[mariella]

IT WORKED!!! Thank you so much! Ofcourse I had seen it online, but this is so much 'clearer'.

Now going to bed, the way I like to, happy!

Mariella

[Gina]

:lol: I gotta laugh at this!! I kinda helped spread the word about the isobuster thing. I'm glad it's working for you guys.. Wanna know the funny thing??? :lol: It still doesn't work for me! I still get the sound with the picture lagging behind. So..must be better to have a newer computer..which I don't. But..I'll keep playing around with it. Again..glad it's worked for others! Take care.. :)

Love and Laughs..
~Gina

[sherrie87]

Does the full CD bonus disk also need this? I've been trying to run the DIST video and it won't come up at all. I downloaded Isobuster with no luck so far. I'll work on it more tomorrow, unless someone here has some advice.

Sherrie

[sherrie87]

Erm, sorry....I guess I just needed to be a bit patient- the DIST video just popped up on my screen a few minutes after fussing with all the Isobuster mess. That's the first time I've seen the whole video- very cool. It certainly looked to be a bit expensive to make, with all the visual effects and all. Very nice.
:D
Sherrie