MPEG-2 video not recognized on import

I took a sample capture of video from a tv tuner card and attempted to insert the MPEG-2 file into the repository. It didn't detect anything with the file.

I have installed the following components on the server (installers from the program files\mediabin server folder)
- DirectX
- Windows Media Player (said I have a more recent version and skipped it)
- Quick Time

Is mpeg-2 not supported? I tried switching the video preview profile as well to the mpeg-4 one, but that didn't change anything either.

Is this format not the right one to use for this?

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Bill Klish

Am I missing the boat here? Can someone tell me what is wrong with this source video, or is source video just not supported?

msrinivas

Bill,

You should look at the following:

https://support.interwoven.com/kb/kb_show_article2.asp?ArticleID=58617

HTH

lyman

In short, MediaBin supports multimedia via Microsoft's DirectShow framework. This works by installable modules (codecs) registered with the machine. It is a general rule of thumb that if Windows Media Player can stream the video, MediaBin should be able to preview it. However "rule of thumb" means just that; there are exceptions. Microsoft supports various levels of compliance and some codecs may give enough functionality to stream a video and still not give all the functionality we need to produce previews (e.g., the ability to tell the codec to seek to an arbitrary location, as we preview a scattered subset of frames).

The solution is to obtain a "DirectShow filter" from a third party that once registered essentially makes DirectShow "smmarter" (note this is done completely outside MediaBin). Support will be able to help you choose a codec for this purpose.

Cheers,

Lyman Hurd