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Author Topic: search [Media Type]=[Audio] lists avi files  (Read 791 times)

tombert

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search [Media Type]=[Audio] lists avi files
« on: November 24, 2007, 06:22:54 pm »
Fresh installation of MC in Vista. Feature or Bug?
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Alex B

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Re: search [Media Type]=[Audio] lists avi files
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2007, 06:03:11 am »
I'd guess those AVI files have the value "Audio" in the Media Type field.
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Re: search [Media Type]=[Audio] lists avi files
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2007, 02:21:43 pm »
oh - I thought that MC makes this decision based on file extension only ... I'll have to check - thx
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Re: search [Media Type]=[Audio] lists avi files
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2007, 03:57:46 pm »
If you don't have decoders installed for the video portion of the AVI, MC will not be able to see the video.  It may still be able to play the audio, hence the behavior you're seeing.
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