Guest LMO Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 Aloha all. This is an odd one. I converted a videotape into an .avi file. Now, when I simply place the cursor over the file icon (don't even click at all) Windows Explorer crashes, and closes down momentarily (clears the desktop), then comes right back. I can use the .avi file fine from within programs WMP, etc., but cannot double-click the icon, or, again, even touch it with the cursor. What's going on? Any way to correct it? Thanks!
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 Re: Icon Crashes WE "LMO" <gcorlin@hawaii.rr.como> wrote: > Aloha all. This is an odd one. I converted a videotape into an .avi file. > Now, when I simply place the cursor over the file icon (don't even click > at all) Windows Explorer crashes, and closes down momentarily (clears the > desktop), then comes right back. I can use the .avi file fine from within > programs WMP, etc., but cannot double-click the icon, or, again, even > touch it with the cursor. > What's going on? Any way to correct it? SP2 installed? Disable the thumbnail view and see if this article applies: "Windows Stops Responding When You Click a Large AVI File in Windows Explorer" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822430/en-us -- d-d
Guest LMO Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 Re: Icon Crashes WE I'm running SP2... "Detlev Dreyer" <detdreyer@flashmail.com> wrote in message news:a16214c07132d344dfd374fab5bee1a1@d-d.mvps.org... > "LMO" <gcorlin@hawaii.rr.como> wrote: > >> Aloha all. This is an odd one. I converted a videotape into an .avi file. >> Now, when I simply place the cursor over the file icon (don't even click >> at all) Windows Explorer crashes, and closes down momentarily (clears the >> desktop), then comes right back. I can use the .avi file fine from within >> programs WMP, etc., but cannot double-click the icon, or, again, even >> touch it with the cursor. >> What's going on? Any way to correct it? > > SP2 installed? Disable the thumbnail view and see if this article applies: > "Windows Stops Responding When You Click a Large AVI File in Windows > Explorer" > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822430/en-us > > -- > d-d
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 Re: Icon Crashes WE "LMO" <gcorlin@hawaii.rr.como> wrote: > I'm running SP2... Again, disable the thumbnail view via Explorer > View. If this is not possible (eg. Explorer crash), use Kelly's registry tweak: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm (Line 277, lefthand side) Good luck. -- d-d
Guest RalfG Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 Re: Icon Crashes WE Could be that something about the video file is not to spec, possibly as simple as incorrectly written or incomplete file header information. Open the AVI in VirtualDub and re-save without re-encoding by using the Direct Stream Copy setting. Should only take a couple of minutes and will rewrite the file header information with the correct CODECs etc.. You'll know it worked if Explorer doesn't crash on the new file. Otherwise you might have to re-encode the video. Install GSpot to analyse the file. It will list all of your installed CODECs, including problems it finds with them, and can show you which CODECs would be used by Windows to render the video and audio in that file. Sometimes a CODEC being used by Windows to render the file is not perfectly compatible with the CODEC used to encode the file. DivX and Xvid CODECs for example both have settings that allow them to render videos encoded with the other type plus "generic" Mpeg4 encoded videos as well. An older verson of one may not be perfectly compatible with the newest verson of the other. It's sometimes better to use the exact CODEC rather than a compatible one. That said, I've been using FFDSHOW exclusively to render all videos except DVDs and those using Windows/MS native CODECs. "LMO" <gcorlin@hawaii.rr.como> wrote in message news:468f0475$0$4926$4c368faf@roadrunner.com... > Aloha all. This is an odd one. I converted a videotape into an .avi file. > Now, when I simply place the cursor over the file icon (don't even click > at all) Windows Explorer crashes, and closes down momentarily (clears the > desktop), then comes right back. I can use the .avi file fine from within > programs WMP, etc., but cannot double-click the icon, or, again, even > touch it with the cursor. > What's going on? Any way to correct it? > Thanks! >
Guest Kelly Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 Re: Icon Crashes WE In addition: 100% CPU usage when using Media Player/AVI files AVI Search Remove (Line 74) http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "LMO" <gcorlin@hawaii.rr.como> wrote in message news:468f0475$0$4926$4c368faf@roadrunner.com... > Aloha all. This is an odd one. I converted a videotape into an .avi file. > Now, when I simply place the cursor over the file icon (don't even click > at all) Windows Explorer crashes, and closes down momentarily (clears the > desktop), then comes right back. I can use the .avi file fine from within > programs WMP, etc., but cannot double-click the icon, or, again, even > touch it with the cursor. > What's going on? Any way to correct it? > Thanks! >
Guest LMO Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 Re: Icon Crashes WE Thumbnails was already off. I disabled DEP, and it's okay now. Would that be a problem? Thank you. "Detlev Dreyer" <detdreyer@flashmail.com> wrote in message news:d95bae5452c8b27c6ff9d872bcc854ba@d-d.mvps.org... > "LMO" <gcorlin@hawaii.rr.como> wrote: > >> I'm running SP2... > > Again, disable the thumbnail view via Explorer > View. If this is not > possible (eg. Explorer crash), use Kelly's registry tweak: > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm (Line 277, lefthand side) > Good luck. > > -- > d-d
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted July 8, 2007 Posted July 8, 2007 Re: Icon Crashes WE "LMO" <gcorlin@hawaii.rr.como> wrote: > Thumbnails was already off. I disabled DEP, and it's okay now. Would > that be a problem? Well, there is something else wrong in this case. Move the .avi file to a different (temp) folder, copy some other .avi files into your movie folder and reenable DEP. If there is no further problem, there is something wrong with the converted .avi file according to RalfG's posting. If the problem persists, follow Lady Kelly's advice. -- d-d
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