[Hippo]

I just got a new HD camcorder, and I'm happy and sad....

The camera is great, but the files don't play in XBMC. (What's the point in shooting video if you can't watch it right?)

The files are either 1080/30p, or 720/60p, h.264 AVC, aac audio .mp4 clips.

(EDIT: The standard def clips from this camera don't play either, so it's some kind of format problem.)

There are no thumbnails for those clips, and they play, but I only get audio and the default visualization. No Video.

Here's the log associated with it: http://pastebin.ca/1940970

I can post a small video clip somewhere as well if it will help sort it out.

These files do play back in regular old "Movie Player" that came with Ubuntu, and Winff works to re-compress them. Go figure.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!
Dan

[Hippo]

I transcoded one of the clips to mkv with mkvtoolnix, and it does the exact same thing, so I'm guessing there's something in the encoding.

I can re-compress the video, and the new file works, but I'm losing quality along the way, and I want the originals... Hopefully there's a simple fix, maybe a compile option in the codec etc...

I put one of the clips up temporarily:

http://www.discconnect.com/HDV_0018.MP4

Thanks in advance,
Dan

[Hippo]

Just for kicks, I installed XBMC on my windows setup, and found it doing the exact same thing. The windows computer didn't seem to have VDPAU at all though. I wonder if anyone can please try the clip and confirm that there is a problem?

Thanks,
Dan

[Hippo]

The clips also play back fine with VLC, and of course Youtube can read them.

Can somebody please try the clip above and let me know what happens?