Trouble Playing Matrox HD AVI files at DVinfo.net

Jim Snow · March 29th, 2009, 11:03 AM

I have some video files that were captured by an associate with a Matrox RT.X2 card. I have a Matrox M.key that enables me to play/edit them on my system. The problem that I am having is that the video clips play until approximately the 10 minute point and then stop. The behavior is the same in any player or editor. I also tried transcoding them with the Cineform Neo Scene codec hoping it might fix the quirkiness in playing but the behavior remains the same.

My associate can play or edit the files with no problem on his system with the RT.X2 card and Premiere CS3 in it. I hope this isn't another stunt by Adobe / Matrox to make life difficult outside their "evil empire". Matrox already has my $200 for the M.key. What else do they want for Matrox HD AVI files to play past 10 minutes!?

I discovered that Matrox's so-called slick HD file format is just all I-frame mpeg 2 files with an AVI wrapper slapped on it so they can lock it down and grub money from anyone who wants to play /edit it.

Battle Vaughan · March 29th, 2009, 01:02 PM

Just a thought, are you using a drive that is FAT32 formatted instead of NTFS? There is an upper limit on file sizes on Fat32 drives, 4 gb, iirc....could cause such a problem, I think.../Battle Vaughan/miamiherald.com video team

Jim Snow · March 29th, 2009, 01:49 PM

Thanks but it's not that. My drive is NTFS. I just heard that this behavior in the Matrox / Adobe "Dark Kingdom" is a well know bug. Apparently I need to use Matrox EZ HDV to get around this premeditated "bug". Anyone else would fix it but these thugs prefer to call it the "2GB AVI bug." Did anyone ever hear of the "2GB AVI bug " in Cineform? Of course not, but neither is Cineform a huckster!

Jiri Fiala · March 30th, 2009, 02:11 PM

No, this is one of the random Matrox bugs... I had a very similar one that stopped playing at 1:38. Try installing their updates, if you haven`t already, they often fix things, but break another.

March 29th, 2009, 11:03 AM	#1
Jim Snow Trustee Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 1,104	Trouble Playing Matrox HD AVI files I have some video files that were captured by an associate with a Matrox RT.X2 card. I have a Matrox M.key that enables me to play/edit them on my system. The problem that I am having is that the video clips play until approximately the 10 minute point and then stop. The behavior is the same in any player or editor. I also tried transcoding them with the Cineform Neo Scene codec hoping it might fix the quirkiness in playing but the behavior remains the same. My associate can play or edit the files with no problem on his system with the RT.X2 card and Premiere CS3 in it. I hope this isn't another stunt by Adobe / Matrox to make life difficult outside their "evil empire". Matrox already has my $200 for the M.key. What else do they want for Matrox HD AVI files to play past 10 minutes!? I discovered that Matrox's so-called slick HD file format is just all I-frame mpeg 2 files with an AVI wrapper slapped on it so they can lock it down and grub money from anyone who wants to play /edit it.

March 29th, 2009, 01:02 PM	#2
Battle Vaughan Trustee Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Miami, FL USA Posts: 1,505	Just a thought, are you using a drive that is FAT32 formatted instead of NTFS? There is an upper limit on file sizes on Fat32 drives, 4 gb, iirc....could cause such a problem, I think.../Battle Vaughan/miamiherald.com video team

March 29th, 2009, 01:49 PM	#3
Jim Snow Trustee Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 1,104	Thanks but it's not that. My drive is NTFS. I just heard that this behavior in the Matrox / Adobe "Dark Kingdom" is a well know bug. Apparently I need to use Matrox EZ HDV to get around this premeditated "bug". Anyone else would fix it but these thugs prefer to call it the "2GB AVI bug." Did anyone ever hear of the "2GB AVI bug " in Cineform? Of course not, but neither is Cineform a huckster!

March 30th, 2009, 02:11 PM	#4
Jiri Fiala Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brno Czech Republic Posts: 453	No, this is one of the random Matrox bugs... I had a very similar one that stopped playing at 1:38. Try installing their updates, if you haven`t already, they often fix things, but break another.