Faulty video file hangs folder and Mvix

[daveza]

I got great feedback on the DVD Decrypter thread so maybe I'll be lucky again...

I have a folder on Win XP containing avi and mpg files.

When I open the folder in details mode, without clicking any file it will hang Win Explorer.

There must be one or more files that are ' faulty' in some way but how do I test which are the guilty party?

If I copy this folder to Mvix and access it, the Mvix will hang and I will need to shut it down and restart.

Any ideas?

 

[killadoob]

how big are these files? and what pc do you have?

 

[daveza]

About 40 avi and mpg files in the folder, between 500 MB AND I Gig each.

My other ' movies dir has over 150 divx files at around 1.5 gig each and gives me no problem.

Pc - 2 Gig Ram, core 2 duo...usual stuff.

 

[HavocXphere]

Two things you could try:

Cruise over to the folder in dos and delete the Desktop.ini.

Explorer==>Tools==>Folder options==>View==>Do not cache tumbnails

ETA: Just saw you said details, not tumbnails.

 

[killadoob]

have u waited a few minutes see if it loads up?

 

[LazyLion]

you can also use a tweakUI program to turn off AVI previewing in Windows XP... I know there is a reg. fix for it bundled with autopatcher... but I am sure you can Google it.

Then, when you find the faulty file.. pass it through ZC Video Converter to fix the file.

 

[daveza]

Does avi preview refer to mpeg as well or just avi ?

And yup... I can wait an hour , it will still hang.

I remember having something like avi synth which used to pop up when I opened this folder - but did a clean install and just not sure which app or plugin I had loaded which detected file errors in this folder.

All a bit vague I'm afraid.

Not sure its the avi preview causing the problem as the Mvix doesnt preview ... and just hangs when accessing the folder.