What can cause movies to play some times and not play at other times?

Bill · 2007-07-03, 05:30 PM

Yeah, I had thought about doing that, but these are hardcore gay fetish clips, so I thought I'd spare the tender eyes of GG&J from that. ;-}

But here's a test page:

http://www.gay-fetish-xxx.com/club-leather/test-1.htm

If I click "save target as", they download fine and play fine. But if I juts click on them, I get the flashing 00:00 and one frame, and they don't play.

I downloaded democracy player, an open source player/torrent/streamer, set it to be the default for mpegs. when clicked, the videos don't stream, they download, then play just fine.

But I'm pretty sure they don't play in anybodies WMP - I subbed a test site with these vids, and MML rejected it, presumably because the mpgs didn't play for him either.

The mpgs play fine from the disc, they play fine when downloaded, but won't stream.

For the moment I'd given up on them.

Bill · 2007-07-03, 05:35 PM

It just did it again - I clicked on every movie on that page - no play, flashing 00:00.

Then, I went to the options page for WMP, and in this case I returned the privacy settings to their default state. Then I clicked on an mpg - and it streams immediately and plays just fine.

Then I click on another mpg - and it's back to the flashing 00:00 and no play.

two off the mpgs now play just fine, 4 don't.

I have no idea what is happening.

Licker4U · 2007-07-03, 05:47 PM

I just checked two and with RealPlayer they were fine

Cleo · 2007-07-03, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill

http://www.gay-fetish-xxx.com/club-leather/test-1.htm

Clicking on a movie crashes Safari.

Downloading the movie and then trying to play it in QuickTime crashes QuickTime.

Also tried playing the movie in Mplayer but it plays a second or two and then crashes Mplayer.

Bill · 2007-07-03, 07:20 PM

See what I mean - it's just fucking wierd.

I just downloaded a clip, and played it in quictime, it played just fine.

Then I set quicktime preferences to play mpegs - and dang if it didn't crash quicktime.

A few days ago I set quicktime to play mpegs - it froze once, then every other time played them just fine.

I have to believe it's something specific about the way these clips were prepared - I've basically given up for the moment on these clips.

These are sponsor clips - other clips, in a different niche, from the same sponsor, play just fine every time.

My next step is to go back to the sponsor and get new clips to test, but they just converted to NATS and things are still in a transition stage, no access to alternative clips yet.

2007-07-03, 05:47 PM	#3
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2007-07-03, 05:30 PM	#1
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	Yeah, I had thought about doing that, but these are hardcore gay fetish clips, so I thought I'd spare the tender eyes of GG&J from that. ;-} But here's a test page: http://www.gay-fetish-xxx.com/club-leather/test-1.htm If I click "save target as", they download fine and play fine. But if I juts click on them, I get the flashing 00:00 and one frame, and they don't play. I downloaded democracy player, an open source player/torrent/streamer, set it to be the default for mpegs. when clicked, the videos don't stream, they download, then play just fine. But I'm pretty sure they don't play in anybodies WMP - I subbed a test site with these vids, and MML rejected it, presumably because the mpgs didn't play for him either. The mpgs play fine from the disc, they play fine when downloaded, but won't stream. For the moment I'd given up on them.

2007-07-03, 05:35 PM	#2
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	It just did it again - I clicked on every movie on that page - no play, flashing 00:00. Then, I went to the options page for WMP, and in this case I returned the privacy settings to their default state. Then I clicked on an mpg - and it streams immediately and plays just fine. Then I click on another mpg - and it's back to the flashing 00:00 and no play. two off the mpgs now play just fine, 4 don't. I have no idea what is happening.

2007-07-03, 07:20 PM	#5
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	See what I mean - it's just fucking wierd. I just downloaded a clip, and played it in quictime, it played just fine. Then I set quicktime preferences to play mpegs - and dang if it didn't crash quicktime. A few days ago I set quicktime to play mpegs - it froze once, then every other time played them just fine. I have to believe it's something specific about the way these clips were prepared - I've basically given up for the moment on these clips. These are sponsor clips - other clips, in a different niche, from the same sponsor, play just fine every time. My next step is to go back to the sponsor and get new clips to test, but they just converted to NATS and things are still in a transition stage, no access to alternative clips yet.