Unplayable AVI file Solved

Question

Hello,

I watch AVI video files on my television using my USB stick. However, some files of the same format are unreadable (playback unavailable). I noticed that in the file information on my television, neither the resolution nor the duration was indicated for these files, while those that work show something.

I wanted to put portable VLC on my USB stick but it doesn't work, maybe I'm not using it correctly!

Can someone tell me how I can make these files playable on my television, so that all the data appears? (I should specify that they are completely playable on my computer).

Thank you in advance!!!!!!

Anne-Laure

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123 · Answer

Hello

These are the codecs you need to look at, AVI is just a container.

Source Wiki

It is not exactly a file format in the sense that it does not define how the raw, binary data is organized, but rather how, at a higher level, the audio and video streams are encapsulated, which must arrive continuously in order to allow for the simultaneous playback of image and sound

With VLC on your PC, play a movie that works and another that doesn’t and compare the codecs: Tools, codec information.

Anonymous user · Answer

Hello AVI is not a format but a container, you can put whatever you want inside!!!  So the AVIs that don't work are AVIs with codecs that the TV can't understand.

Anne-Laure · Answer

THANK YOU everyone, it's all good I did it!  Have a good Sunday!

Unplayable AVI file

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