[Matroska-users] Problems with Haali Media Splitter

[Ivan Kowalenko]

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Al D <azjazz1 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  Ivan - I have only seen the crash occur with H.264 *.mpg files,
>

Well there's your problem! Last I checked, H.264 doesn't go into MPG files.
You'll typically find it in MP4, M4V or (extremely rarely) TS files.


> but not on *.mkv files yet. It may occur on .mkv files too, but I haven't
> seen it. However, if HMS is not installed and I try to play any HD .mpg file
> in Window Media Player or VLC, I get an error that the player "doesn't
> understand the format". Installing HMS fixes this problem, but then I get
> the win32 exceptions.
>

Sounds like someone just screwed up the file extension. I'm pretty sure
that's supposed to be an MKV file.


> Loic - I tried installing HMS without the shell extensions, but that didn't
> seem to make a difference.
>
> Al
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 10:37:50 -0500
> From: ivan.kowalenko at gmail.com
> To: matroska-users at lists.matroska.org
> Subject: Re: [Matroska-users] Problems with Haali Media Splitter
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Al D <azjazz1 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  I have a problem when I have Haali Media Splitter installed.
>
> Although the Media Splitter itself seems to be working OK, if I have HMS
> installed, I see the following error whenever I select a high-definition
> .mpg file:
>
>
> An actual MPG or an MKV?
>
>
>    An unhandled win32 exception occurred in explorer.exe [nnnn]
>
> If I uninstall Haali Media Splitter<http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/codecs_and_filters/haalimediasplitter.cfm>,
> the win32 exception disappears, but then I can't play any high definition
> content in any of my media players. Also, if I try running graphedit while
> HMS is not installed, it says that the file can't be played.
>
>
> What kind of content can't you play, and how so do you mean "can't play any
> high definition content"? Do you mean MKVs, or will HD MOV files from
> Apple's trailer site not work, or any of Microsoft's HD WMV samples not work
> wither? Also, there are some other HD samples out there that ought to work
> without Matroska, such as "Elephant's Dream" (which is an "open source"
> movie and is legal to distribute over the Internet)
>
> The reason I ask is because Haali's Media Spliiter oughtn't interfere with
> the rest of the computer's playback of meda. Depending on your definition of
> "can't play" that might just mean you don't have enough processing power to
> play back high definition video.
>
>
> Does anybody know what is going on?
>
>
> Sounds like a problem with Halli's Media Splitter. I'd contact the
> developers, but it could just as easily be a problem with something else in
> Windows causing a problem.
>
>
> Thanks ...
>
>
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