Vob & Mpg not playing on ext. desktop

[KenKelley]

Originally Posted by KenKelley

Brian,

I have figured out how to get the U-Best files to play properly in Hoster with Windows7 however it requires a conversion process.

I utilized GSpot to determine what Codec(s) that the U-Best video files required to be played. According to GSpot both Video and Audio require the MPEG 1 Codec.

Hoster appears to be flexible with the Video Codec but utilizes the AC3 Codec for Audio. The AC3 Codec is what the Mux Button reacts to.

With that being said, the U-Best disks would require a conversion to a desired (what I used = .avi) video codec and AC3 Audio Codec.

I must say the videos play wonderfully (the video looks almost as good as being played straight off the disk) and Hoster does what is expected (the Mux Button works without flaw) after the files are converted to .avi (video codec) with AC3 (audio codec).

I am not sure why these files play in Win XP without the conversion??? I ran into the same problem with my DVD Video files when I upgraded to a Win 7 laptop.

I will send my results to Admin to see what can be done, if anything, without going through a conversion.

I can say that Microsoft has done a lot with Win 7 in a step toward "Seamlessly" eliminating Direct X (checkout the forums) and it appears that some of their product (which interacts with Hoster) is not acting the same in Win 7 as it did in Win XP (or even Win Vista for that matter).

One more thing, the conversion took less that 5 minutes (with a second party software) for the disk you sent me after it was copied to my hard drive.

MTU continues to produce a great product and Hoster 5.0 is excellent!

If you would like for me to send the procedures to convert the U-Best video files let me know. I have Microsoft "Word" and can send in that format or in a "Word Pad" file or post it here. Let me know which is preferrable.

I don't give up! It just takes me a little while to dig, learn, and then discover an answer.

Thanks!

Ken

Brian,

I errored above with .avi, it should have been MPEG2. (was a bit exausted while putting the note togeather)

I have created and attached instructions as to how I converted the files. Had to use 2 files as one file was too large to upload.

I recommend you review them a couple of times before attempting to convert.

Hopefully this works for you.

If you have any more questions, let me know.

Thanks!

Ken

Ken

[BEECEE]

Originally Posted by KenKelley

Brian,

I errored above with .avi, it should have been MPEG2. (was a bit exausted while putting the note togeather)

I have created and attached instructions as to how I converted the files. Had to use 2 files as one file was too large to upload.

I recommend you review them a couple of times before attempting to convert.

Hopefully this works for you.

If you have any more questions, let me know.

Thanks!

Ken

Ken

Ken,

Awesome job with the troubleshooting. You've definitely gone above and beyond the call of duty and I appreciate all that you have done to research and deliver a proven workaround, along with easy to follow instructions.

As expected, the trial version of IMTOO Video converter provides limited functionality. I can't justify outlaying US$45 (at this time) to upgrade to the fully functioning version of IMTOO just to convert a small bunch of around 140 Ubest .DAT files to MPEG2. However, I am happy that the cause of the Ubest VCD issue is not some unknown random problem with my laptop. You've provided a solution for my future consideration. In the meantime I've still got reliable XP Pro on my desktop PC to play these VCDs through Hoster.

Regards,

Brian

[bendrew]

Converting VCD to .dat files, i used ISObuster and select extract to raw........

ALways worked for me.