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rainey · 2012-06-24, 05:01 PM

I can not get the playbook to play avi files. It will play the sound but no video. Is there a way I can get avi files to work on the playbook or am I out of luck.

Thanks

BGY11 · 2012-06-24, 06:13 PM

AVI is just a container, meaning there are multiple ways the video can be encoded. The PlayBook supports MPEG-4, H.264, & xVid codecs.

You could use a tool like MediaInfo to determine what video codec your .avi file is using.

Tanta · 2012-06-26, 09:48 AM

You can use Handbrake to do any transcoding; this is time consuming, unless you have a fast computer, but it gets the job done. Often, it's just something in the file header that is causing the sync problem.

2012-06-24, 05:01 PM	#1
rainey Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Montreal Posts: 297	Playbook video file playback I can not get the playbook to play avi files. It will play the sound but no video. Is there a way I can get avi files to work on the playbook or am I out of luck. Thanks

2012-06-26, 09:48 AM	#3
Tanta Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Quebec Posts: 661	You can use Handbrake to do any transcoding; this is time consuming, unless you have a fast computer, but it gets the job done. Often, it's just something in the file header that is causing the sync problem. Last edited by TorontoColin; 2012-06-26 at 10:48 AM. Reason: removed reference to competing forum

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2012-06-24, 06:13 PM	#2
BGY11 Veteran Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Calgary AB Posts: 3,181	AVI is just a container, meaning there are multiple ways the video can be encoded. The PlayBook supports MPEG-4, H.264, & xVid codecs. You could use a tool like MediaInfo to determine what video codec your .avi file is using.