Solved MKV

[MoeX]

Hi i downloaded a 3 parts of a movie and it says the file type is: windows shell commer
nothing will play it or convert it ??

 

[MoeX]

HELP

 

[whs]

Try to convert with FF: Format Factory - Free media file format converter

 

[boohbah]

it may well be a codec issue, have you a third party codec installed, if not try using sharks 007 codecs,
mkv plays fine for me.

Shark007.net - Windows 7 Codecs - WMP12 Codecs

 

[MilesAhead]

Open the first piece with MediaInfo

It should be able to tell if there's really video in the file and what codecs are used for both video and audio. It's a free app I've been using for years.

 

[MoeX]

Guys the only file that got converted is part 1 only, 2 and 3 fails to convert ?

 

[whs]

Looks like 2 and 3 are corrupted. If 1 works, than the others should be OK if they are whole.

 

[MilesAhead]

Guys the only file that got converted is part 1 only, 2 and 3 fails to convert ?

You say you downloaded 3 pieces or files. Were they packaged as .rar files? Sequentially numbered files or what? Perhaps the 3 pieces have to be joined first. I'm not that up on .mkv file format, but I think it has an index like .avi. I don't think you can just play any segment like you can with .mpg.

 

[MoeX]

Yeah 3 parts no not RAR they are like this :
jgntktgelapbd72.ddmf.biz.mkv.001
jgntktgelapbd72.ddmf.biz.mkv.002
jgntktgelapbd72.ddmf.biz.mkv.003
a white file i went to the properties and it says that the file type is : windows shell commer
what i did is i renamed all 3 of them like this jgntktgelapbd72.ddmf.biz.mkv the first part only can be played or converted for 2 and 3 it didnt work.

 

[MoeX]

Yeah im sure that they have to be joined but all the converting programs that i have and what u guys recommend me didnt work, only for part 1.

 

[Wishmaster]

Files seperated like that normally need to together, then unpacked into a single file.
Could be Rar, 7zip or some other oddball type of compression utility.


Although theres really no advantage to compressing a video for the most part. Unless just to make thie file smaller so it can be downloaded in pieces, but still a bit pointless. You cant really compress a movie much, and in some cases it actually makes a bigger file.


All the different extentions would make me wonder TBH.
I mean Movie..ddmf.biz.mkv.001 looks like trying to hide something, or trick the user.

Movie.MKV should be all thats needed ... or in the case of splitting in archive pieces (which seems pointless TBH)
it should be somthing like Movie-pt1.rar

A bit hard to tell exactly what you have there.

 

[MilesAhead]

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A bit hard to tell exactly what you have there.

I'm still trying to figure out what "windows shell commer" file type is? I see some weird posts on forums using that phrase. Makes me paranoid. That's why I say look with MediaInfo and make sure they are video and not some executable.

 

[MoeX]

I did it i used a program called FileJoiner !!! anyway thnx for the help