Video(mp4) not playing in Lister

[kaorw]

Video not playing in Lister.

I'm using TC 11.02 64 and Windows 10 22H2.

I've seen a lot of questions on the forums and checked, but when I press watch video, it looks binary.

I downloaded the latest lav filter for 64 from github and unzipped it inside the filter64 folder, and created a separate folder just in case.

Image: https://i.ibb.co/PWJV2Hh/015.png

Also confirm by Graphstudio for video file.

Image: https://i.ibb.co/C5LnyrC/014.png

And try press 4 in lister for switching viewer mode is not working.

I also tried changing the option in the View section of the TC preferences in various possible ways, but without success.

Image: https://i.ibb.co/wsnhcx3/016.png

Image: https://i.ibb.co/9WW7jpT/017.png


Any advice you can give would be very helpful, thank you.

[petermad]

2kaorw
It could caused by either a setting in your wincmd.ini in one of these sectioen:
[Associations]
[ListerModes]

Could you maybe show these sections here on the forum?

What appens when you in lister click on "Plugins" -> "Internal (no plugins)".

Does it work if you start TC with a clean .ini file (it should if the LAV filters are present in Filter64).

It is not possible to see the files sizes on https://i.ibb.co/PWJV2Hh/015.png - so i cannot compare them to mine. is there a slight chance you might have installed the 32bit LAV-filters instead of the 64 bit filers?

Here is the file list of my Filter64 directory

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Name/Ext			Size	Date
include\		       <DIR>	05-11-2023 14:14
AutoPitch.dll		     220.672	09-11-2023 11:02
avcodec-lav-60.dll	  14.756.640	25-10-2023 12:38
avfilter-lav-9.dll	     231.200	25-10-2023 12:38
avformat-lav-60.dll	   5.501.728	25-10-2023 12:38
avutil-lav-58.dll	   1.023.776	25-10-2023 12:38
CHANGELOG.txt		      62.113	25-10-2023 12:28
COPYING			      18.431	24-09-2011 22:29
install_audio.bat		  39	10-02-2011 16:55
install_splitter.bat		  42	10-02-2011 16:55
install_video.bat		  39	23-07-2011 17:39
Install_XySubFilter.bat	          43	04-03-2014 21:47
IntelQuickSyncDecoder.dll    515.792	25-10-2023 12:38
LAVAudio.ax		     334.544	25-10-2023 12:38
LAVFilters.Dependencies.manifest 493	29-09-2023 18:54
LAVSplitter.ax		     660.688	25-10-2023 12:38
LAVVideo.ax		   1.257.680	25-10-2023 12:38
libbluray.dll		     418.512	25-10-2023 12:38
README.txt		       7.415	08-10-2023 10:51
SoundTouchDLL_License.txt	 319	09-11-2023 11:02
SoundTouchDLL_x64.dll	     177.664	09-11-2023 11:02
swresample-lav-4.dll	     136.992	25-10-2023 12:38
swscale-lav-7.dll	     621.856	25-10-2023 12:38
uninstall_audio.bat	          42	27-02-2011 15:26
uninstall_splitter.bat	          45	27-02-2011 15:26
uninstall_video.bat	          42	23-07-2011 17:39
Uninstall_VSFilter.bat	          43	14-06-2021 14:21
Uninstall_XySubFilter.ba          46	04-03-2014 21:46
vmr9rotator.dll		     127.216	09-11-2023 11:02
VSFilter.dll		   1.631.040	11-01-2014 07:28

Please change TC's language to English when you make screenshots.

[beb]

2kaorw
An extension .mp4 may mean nothing.
In several infamous instances, .mp4 files can be decoded exclusively under dedicated proprietary software.
Googling by 'ftypmp42' as a part of the header seen on your screenshot doesn't give much info.
Is your video in question playable by other players?
I'd recommend you try this one:
https://github.com/Aleksoid1978/MPC-BE/releases
Also, I'd recommend you to try MediaInfo, e.g. https://mediaarea.net/MediaInfoOnline, to get and provide proper metadata regarding your video.
As I can see, considering the naming, it's rather a video of a private matter (wedding), so I won't ask you for a sample, otherwise, it could be good if you could share a sample if your video remains unplayable.

[gdpr deleted 6]

2beb
Note that OP shows a screenshot of GraphStudio. That should be sufficient evidence that the .mp4 file is an actual video file. Otherwise, how would there be such a codec graph as shown in the screenshot?

Also, "ftypmp42" is a signature often seen in MP4 containers. In the context of this topic it doesn't matter what it actually denotes, it only matters that it can be a natural part of MP4 containers. It's a so-called "file type box", or "ftyp" as shorthand, as specified by the ISO base media file format, of which the MP4 format derives from. If you didn't find anything useful using Google, try using Google's main US search engine and not your local-language country-specifc Google flavor. This can (for reasons unbeknownst to me) sometimes yield better search results than country-specific Google flavors, unless of course you search for local/domestic things. Depending on what browser you use, you might need to force this with the help of an add-on or search engine definition (like for example for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/search-google-us), as Google has a habit of (re)directing search queries to the local country-specific Google flavor.

[Hacker]

elgonzo,

you might need to force this

https://www.google.com/ncr
("No Country Redirect")

HTH
Roman

[gdpr deleted 6]

https://www.google.com/ncr
("No Country Redirect")

Unfortunately, this doesn't work reliably. This is particularly obvious when using search terms involving names or abbreviations or some such that have the same or very similar spelling in English and in the local language. For example, being located in Germany, even using www.google.com/ncr will prioritize "local" German-language search results. Not so with the search engine provider for Firefox i linked to. Anyways, my apologies for having now wandered deep into the off-topic zone...

[kaorw]

2kaorw
It could caused by either a setting in your wincmd.ini in one of these sectioen:
[Associations]
[ListerModes]

Could you maybe show these sections here on the forum?

What appens when you in lister click on "Plugins" -> "Internal (no plugins)".

Does it work if you start TC with a clean .ini file (it should if the LAV filters are present in Filter64).

It is not possible to see the files sizes on https://i.ibb.co/PWJV2Hh/015.png - so i cannot compare them to mine. is there a slight chance you might have installed the 32bit LAV-filters instead of the 64 bit filers?

Here is the file list of my Filter64 directory

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Name/Ext			Size	Date
include\		       <DIR>	05-11-2023 14:14
AutoPitch.dll		     220.672	09-11-2023 11:02
avcodec-lav-60.dll	  14.756.640	25-10-2023 12:38
avfilter-lav-9.dll	     231.200	25-10-2023 12:38
avformat-lav-60.dll	   5.501.728	25-10-2023 12:38
avutil-lav-58.dll	   1.023.776	25-10-2023 12:38
CHANGELOG.txt		      62.113	25-10-2023 12:28
COPYING			      18.431	24-09-2011 22:29
install_audio.bat		  39	10-02-2011 16:55
install_splitter.bat		  42	10-02-2011 16:55
install_video.bat		  39	23-07-2011 17:39
Install_XySubFilter.bat	          43	04-03-2014 21:47
IntelQuickSyncDecoder.dll    515.792	25-10-2023 12:38
LAVAudio.ax		     334.544	25-10-2023 12:38
LAVFilters.Dependencies.manifest 493	29-09-2023 18:54
LAVSplitter.ax		     660.688	25-10-2023 12:38
LAVVideo.ax		   1.257.680	25-10-2023 12:38
libbluray.dll		     418.512	25-10-2023 12:38
README.txt		       7.415	08-10-2023 10:51
SoundTouchDLL_License.txt	 319	09-11-2023 11:02
SoundTouchDLL_x64.dll	     177.664	09-11-2023 11:02
swresample-lav-4.dll	     136.992	25-10-2023 12:38
swscale-lav-7.dll	     621.856	25-10-2023 12:38
uninstall_audio.bat	          42	27-02-2011 15:26
uninstall_splitter.bat	          45	27-02-2011 15:26
uninstall_video.bat	          42	23-07-2011 17:39
Uninstall_VSFilter.bat	          43	14-06-2021 14:21
Uninstall_XySubFilter.ba          46	04-03-2014 21:46
vmr9rotator.dll		     127.216	09-11-2023 11:02
VSFilter.dll		   1.631.040	11-01-2014 07:28

Please change TC's language to English when you make screenshots.

Thanks for the reply petermad.

I checked out the items you mentioned.

Here's wincmd.ini

[Associations]
RedirectSection=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Ini\Associations.ini
[Lister]
RedirectSection=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Ini\ListerPlugins.ini
[ListerModes]
RedirectSection=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Ini\ListerPlugins.ini


and list of files in filter64 folder

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include\	2022-01-06	<DIR>  
LAVFilters\	2024-01-03	<DIR>  
AutoPitch.dll	2021-04-22	215.5 k
avcodec-lav-60.dll	2023-09-30	14.0 M
avfilter-lav-9.dll	2023-09-30	225.7 k
avformat-lav-60.dll	2023-09-30	5.2 M
avutil-lav-58.dll	2023-09-30	0.9 M
CHANGELOG.txt	2022-08-23	60.6 k
COPYING	2015-09-23	17.9 k
install_audio.bat	2015-11-15	39 b
install_splitter.bat	2015-11-15	42 b
install_video.bat	2015-11-15	39 b
IntelQuickSyncDecoder.dll	2016-12-12	503.7 k
LAVAudio.ax	2023-10-25	326.7 k
LAVFilters.Dependencies.manifest	2023-10-25	493 b
LAVSplitter.ax	2023-10-25	645.2 k
LAVVideo.ax	2023-10-25	1.1 M
libbluray.dll	2016-12-12	408.7 k
README.txt	2022-08-23	7.2 k
SoundTouchDLL_License.txt	2022-09-01	319 b
SoundTouchDLL_x64.dll	2021-03-11	173.5 k
swresample-lav-4.dll	2022-08-23	133.7 k
swscale-lav-7.dll	2023-09-30	607.2 k
uninstall_audio.bat	2015-11-15	42 b
uninstall_splitter.bat	2015-11-15	45 b
uninstall_video.bat	2015-11-15	42 b
vmr9rotator.dll	2022-04-27	124.2 k

assosiations.ini

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[-Associations]
Filter1=*.avi
Filter1_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\PotPlayer\PotPlayerMini.exe" "%1""
Filter1.icon=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\PotPlayer\PotIcons.dll,1
Filter2=*.zip
Filter2.icon=C:\Program Files\Bandizip\icons\default\zip.ico
Filter3=*.wmv
Filter3_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\PotPlayer\PotPlayerMini.exe" "%1""
Filter3.icon=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\PotPlayer\PotIcons.dll,7
Filter4=*.ifo
Filter4_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\PotPlayer\PotPlayerMini.exe" "%1""
Filter4.icon=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\PotPlayer\PotIcons.dll,17
Filter5=*.mkv
Filter5_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\PotPlayer\PotPlayerMini.exe" "%1""
Filter5.icon=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\PotPlayer\PotIcons.dll,20
Filter6=*.mp4
Filter6_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\PotPlayer\PotPlayerMini.exe" "%1""
Filter6.icon=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\PotPlayer\PotIcons.dll,25
Filter7=*.flv
Filter7_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\PotPlayer\PotPlayerMini.exe" "%1""
Filter7.icon=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\PotPlayer\PotIcons.dll,32
Filter8=*.avi;*.wmv;*.wmp;*.wm;*.asf;*.mpg;*.mpeg;*.mpe;*.m1v;*.m2v;*.mpv2;*.mp2v;*.ts;*.tp;*.tpr;*.trp;*.vob;*.ifo;*.ogm;*.ogv;*.mp4;*.m4v;*.m4p;*.3gp;*.3gpp;*.3g2;*.3gp2;*.mkv;*.rm;*.ram;*.rmvb;*.rpm;*.flv;*.mov;*.qt;*.amr;*.nsv;*.dpg;*.m2ts;*.m2t;*.mts;*.dvr-ms;*.k3g;*.skm;*.evo;*.nsr;*.amv;*.divx;*.webm;*.wtv;*.f4v;*.mxf;*.wvx;*.wmx;*.mpls;*.mpl;*.bik
Filter8_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\PotPlayer\PotPlayerMini.exe" "%1""
Filter9=*.fla;*.flac
Filter9_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\AIMP\AIMP.exe" "%1""
Filter9.icon=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\AIMP\Icons\aimp_icons.dll,1
Filter10=*.mp1;*.mp2;*.mp3;*.mpga
Filter10_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\AIMP\AIMP.exe" "%1""
Filter10.icon=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\AIMP\Icons\aimp_icons.dll,5
Filter11=*.oga;*.ogg
Filter11_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\AIMP\AIMP.exe" "%1""
Filter11.icon=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\AIMP\Icons\aimp_icons.dll,7
Filter12=*.wav;*.wv
Filter12_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\AIMP\AIMP.exe" "%1""
Filter12.icon=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\AIMP\Icons\aimp_icons.dll,11
Filter13=*.wma
Filter13_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\AIMP\AIMP.exe" "%1""
Filter13.icon=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\AIMP\Icons\aimp_icons.dll,12
Filter14=*.aac;*.ac3;*.ape;*.aif;*.aiff;*.aifc;*.cda;*.dff;*.dsf;*.fla;*.flac;*.it;*.kar;*.m4a;*.m4b;*.m4r;*.mac;*.mid;*.midi;*.mo3;*.mod;*.mka;*.mp+;*.mp1;*.mp2;*.mp3;*.mpga;*.mpc;*.mtm;*.ofr;*.ofs;*.oga;*.ogg;*.opus;*.rmi;*.s3m;*.spx;*.tak;*.tta;*.umx;*.wav;*.w64;*.wma;*.wv;*.xm;*.asx;*.aimppl;*.aimppl4;*.cue;*.m3u;*.m3u8;*.pls;*.wax;*.xspf;*.acs2;*.acs3;*.acs4;*.acs5;*.aimppack
Filter14_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\AIMP\AIMP.exe" "%1""
Filter15=*.jpg;*.jpe;*.jpeg
Filter15_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\FSViewer\FSViewer.exe" "%1""
Filter15.icon=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\FSViewer\FSIcons.db,4
Filter16=*.bmp
Filter16_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\FSViewer\FSViewer.exe" "%1""
Filter16.icon=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\FSViewer\FSIcons.db
Filter17=*.gif
Filter17_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\FSViewer\FSViewer.exe" "%1""
Filter17.icon=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\FSViewer\FSIcons.db,3
Filter18=*.png
Filter18_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\FSViewer\FSViewer.exe" "%1""
Filter18.icon=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\FSViewer\FSIcons.db,7
Filter19=*.bmp;*.gif;*.heic;*.heif;*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.jpe;*.jp2;*.j2k;*.pcx;*.png;*.ppm;*.psd;*.tga;*.webp;*.wmf;*.crw;*.cr2;*.cr3;*.dng;*.mrw;*.nef;*.orf;*.pef;*.raf;*.srf;*.sr2;*.arw;*.rw2;*.x3f;*.srw;*.nrw;*.rwl
Filter19_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\FSViewer\FSViewer.exe" "%1""
Filter20=*.djvu;*.djv
Filter20_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\wlx\TCSumatraPDF\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF.exe" "%1""
Filter20.icon=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\wlx\TCSumatraPDF\SumatraPDF\Icons.dll,1
Filter21=*.fb2
Filter21_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\wlx\TCSumatraPDF\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF.exe" "%1""
Filter21.icon=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\wlx\TCSumatraPDF\SumatraPDF\Icons.dll,2
Filter22=*.azw;*.azw3;*.azw4;*.cb7;*.cbr;*.cbt;*.cbz;*.djv;*.djvu;*.epub;*.fb2;*.fb2z;*.mobi;*.oxps;*.pdf;*.prc;*.tif;*.tiff;*.xps
Filter22_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\wlx\TCSumatraPDF\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF.exe" "%1""
Filter23=*.txt;*.ini;*.cfg;*.log;*.nfo
Filter23_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\Notepad++\notepad++.exe" "%1""
Filter24=*.bafl
Filter24_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\BurnAware\BurnAware.exe" "%1""
Filter25=*.htm;*.html;*.shtml;*.url
Filter25_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\FirefoxPortable\FirefoxPortable.exe" "%1""
Filter26=*.dmf
Filter26_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\Download Master Portable\dmaster.exe" "%1""
Filter27=*.btapp;*.btinstall;*.btsearch;*.btskin;*.torrent
Filter27_open=""%COMMANDER_PATH%\Soft\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe" "%1""

Listerplugins.ini

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[ListerPlugins]
0=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\wdx\DirSizeCalc\DirSizeCalcCharts.wlx
1=%COMMANDER_PATH%\plugins\wlx\Imagine\Imagine.wlx
1_detect="MULTIMEDIA"
2=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\wlx\anyelf\anyelf.wlx
2_detect="[0]=127 & [1]="E" & [2]="L" & [3]="F""
3=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\wlx\SQLiteViewer\SQLiteViewer.wlx
3_detect="([0]="S" & [1]="Q" & [2]="L" & [3]="i" & [4]="t" & [5]="e" & [6]=" " & [7]="f" & [8]="o" & [9]="r" & [10]="m" & [11]="a" & [12]="t" & [13]=" " & [14]="3")"
4=%COMMANDER_PATH%\plugins\wlx\SWFView\SWFView.wlx
4_detect="([0]="F" & [1]="W" & [2]="S") | ([0]="C" & [1]="W" & [2]="S") | ([0]="Z" & [1]="W" & [2]="S")"
5=%COMMANDER_PATH%\plugins\wlx\AKFont\AKFont.wlx
5_detect="FORCE | EXT="TTF" | EXT="PFM" | EXT="OTF" | EXT="TTC" | EXT="FON" | EXT="PFB""
6=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\wlx\PEViewer\PEViewer.wlx
7=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\wlx\ICLView\ICLView.wlx
7_detect="MULTIMEDIA & (ext="DLL" | ext="EXE" | ext="ICL" | ext="ICL32" | ext="ICO" | size=0 | force)"
8=%COMMANDER_PATH%\plugins\wlx\ulister\ulister.wlx
8_detect="EXT="RTF" | EXT="DOC" | EXT="DOCX" | EXT="DOCM" | EXT="DOT" | EXT="DOTX" | EXT="DOTM" | EXT="XLS" | EXT="XLSX" | EXT="XLSM" | EXT="XLT" | EXT="XLTX" | EXT="XLTM" | EXT="PPT" | EXT="PPTX" | EXT="PPTM" | EXT="POT" | EXT="POTX" | EXT="POTM" | EXT="PPS" | EXT="PPSX" | EXT="PPSM" | EXT="VSD" | EXT="VSS" | EXT="VST" | EXT="ODT" | EXT="OTT" | EXT="SXW" | EXT="STW" | EXT="ODS" | EXT="OTS" | EXT="SXC" | EXT="STC" | EXT="ODP" | EXT="OTP" | EXT="ODG" | EXT="OTG" | EXT="SXI" | EXT="STI" | EXT="SXD""
9=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\wlx\TCSumatraPDF\SumatraPDF.wlx
9_detect="MULTIMEDIA & (EXT="AZW" | EXT="AZW3" | EXT="AZW4" | EXT="CB7" | EXT="CBR" | EXT="CBT" | EXT="CBZ" | EXT="CHM" | EXT="DJV" | EXT="DJVU" | EXT="EPUB" | EXT="FB2" | EXT="FB2Z" | EXT="MOBI" | EXT="OXPS" | EXT="PDF" | EXT="PRC" | EXT="TIF" | EXT="TIFF" | EXT="XPS")"
10=%COMMANDER_PATH%\plugins\wlx\decMaffWLX\decMaffWLX.wlx
10_detect="EXT="MAFF""
11=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\wlx\TCTorrent\TCTorrent.wlx
11_detect="EXT="TORRENT""
12=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\wlx\LinkInfo\LinkInfo.wlx
12_detect="force | (ext="LNK")"
13=%COMMANDER_PATH%\plugins\wdx\APK-wdx\APK.wdx
13_detect="EXT="APK""
14=%COMMANDER_PATH%\plugins\wlx\TC1by1\1by1.wlx
14_detect="MULTIMEDIA & (EXT="MO3"|EXT="IT"|EXT="XM"|EXT="S3M"|EXT="MTM"|EXT="MOD"|EXT="UMX"|EXT="MIDI"|EXT="MID"|EXT="RMI"|EXT="KAR")"
15=%COMMANDER_PATH%\plugins\wdx\TCMediaInfo\TCMediaInfo.wdx
15_detect="MULTIMEDIA | FORCE"
16=%COMMANDER_PATH%\plugins\wlx\MarkdownView\MarkdownView.wlx
17=%COMMANDER_PATH%\Plugins\wlx\CudaLister\cudalister.wlx
18=%COMMANDER_PATH%\plugins\wcx\Total7zip\Total7zip.wcx

[Lister]
CenterBitmap=1
ShrinkBitmap=1
MediaAdditionalTypes=*.mp4 *.3gp *.aac *.ac3 *.aif *.aiff *.amr *.asf *.avi *.dts *.flac *.flv *.m4a *.m4v *.mka *.mkv *.mov *.mp3 *.mp4 *.mpe *.mpeg *.mpg *.ogg *.ogv *.opus *.vob *.wav *.webm *.wma *.wmv *.wv
textwidth=81
binwidth=75
SearchGoBack=3
BmpStartup=1
Multimedia=1
RTF=1
IView=0
IViewPath=i_view32.exe
IViewAdditionalTypes=
HTMLasText=1
LinkBraces=1
ModeByfileType=1
PreviewHandlers=1
ThumbnailProviders=1
PreloadInputFilters64={B98D13E7-55DB-4385-A33D-09FD1BA26338}
PreloadFilters64={171252A0-8820-4AFE-9DF8-5C92B2D66B04},{E8E73B6B-4CB3-44A4-BE99-4F7BCB96E491},{EE30215D-164F-4A92-A4EB-9D4C13390F9F}

[ListerModes]
0exts=*.3gp *.aac *.ac3 *.aif *.aiff *.amr *.asf *.avi *.dts *.flac *.flv *.m4a *.m4v *.mka *.mkv *.mov *.mp3 *.mp4 *.mpe *.mpeg *.mpg *.ogg *.ogv *.opus *.vob *.wav *.webm *.wma *.wmv *.wv
0fields=4i
[ListerPlugins64]
$checksum$=2303983169
0=1
1=1
2=1
3=1
4=1
5=1
6=1
7=1
8=1
9=1
10=1
11=1
12=1
13=1
14=1
15=1
16=1
17=1
18=1

If I select "Internal (no plugins)" while open mp4 in lister, The screen refreshes, but you still only see the unknown binary text.

I tested by deleting all ini files in the ini folder, as well as wincmd.ini, but the lister is still not playing.

[kaorw]

2kaorw
An extension .mp4 may mean nothing.
In several infamous instances, .mp4 files can be decoded exclusively under dedicated proprietary software.
Googling by 'ftypmp42' as a part of the header seen on your screenshot doesn't give much info.
Is your video in question playable by other players?
I'd recommend you try this one:
https://github.com/Aleksoid1978/MPC-BE/releases
Also, I'd recommend you to try MediaInfo, e.g. https://mediaarea.net/MediaInfoOnline, to get and provide proper metadata regarding your video.
As I can see, considering the naming, it's rather a video of a private matter (wedding), so I won't ask you for a sample, otherwise, it could be good if you could share a sample if your video remains unplayable.

Thank you for your response.

I have checked the mp4 file with VLC, Windows Media Player, Potplayer, etc. and found that it plays fine.

[ghisler(Author)]

Are you using the 64-bit version of both Total Commander and Graph Studio (or both 32-bit versions)? If no, then the correct codecs may not be installed, they are separate for 32-bit and 64-bit.

If yes, you may see the problem in the log file, which you can create via Configuration -Options - Log file.

[petermad]

2kaorw
I cannot see any problems in your ini files except for your [-Associations] section, which should be [Associations], but that should not cause the problem.

Can you play other video formats (avi, mpeg etc) in Listers internal player?

[Hacker]

elgonzo,

even using www.google.com/ncr will prioritize "local" German-language search results

Well, /ncr is not meant to prevent that, it prevents google.com from redirecting to google.de, for instance.

Roman

[beb]

I have checked the mp4 file with VLC, Windows Media Player, Potplayer, etc., and found that it plays fine.

2kaorw
This is great, but still doesn't fully answer the question of whether you deal with 'ideal' or 'problematic' mp4, or something is wrong with the TotalCommander setup.

Thinking of that, I would offer you the following approach.

I have made for you three tiny test videos (each of the same 11 frames, 10 fps, 1 second).

The frames were made with the ImageMagick command under PowerShell:
0..10|Foreach-Object {magick -size 320x180 -background black -fill blue label:$PSitem "png32:$PSitem.png"}

The videos:

[1] vidx_20240104_ffmpeg_make_default.mp4
by the FFmpeg command: ffmpeg -r 10 -i "$i\%02d.png" "$out"
[1] is a 'bad' one because it is unplayable on some devices.

[2] vidx_20240104_ffmpeg_make_x264.mp4
by the FFmpeg command: ffmpeg -r 10 -i "$i\%02d.png" -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p "$out"
[3] vidx_20240104_ffmpeg_make_x265.mp4
by the FFmpeg command: ffmpeg -r 10 -i "$i\%02d.png" -c:v libx265 -pix_fmt yuv420p "$out"
[2,3] are the 'good' ones because they should be playable mostly everywhere on Earth.

If you don't want to reproduce the above commands yourself, I uploaded those test videos, so you can download them from the given links (please, find them below).

Possible testing results and conclusions:

a. All of those videos would be rendered as binary by the TotalCommander's internal Lister if it is somehow misconfigured.
Therefore, if you see them as binary in internal Lister -- something is wrong with your TotalCommander setup.
So further efforts could be aimed at that (TotalCommander configuration).

b. All of those videos would be rendered as intended by the properly configured TotalCommander internal Lister with the LAVfilters.
Therefore, if you see the test files as videos -- your actual videos in question are somehow the 'special' ones, which may require special treatment for them to be playable in Lister.
So further efforts could be aimed at that (identifying and installing required codecs, etc).

Test files:
# vidx_20240104_ffmpeg_make_default.mp4
# 8313 b (8.1 kB)
# md5: 388800e8523a705f98b3886a2a81a1bf
https://file.coffee/u/l4TBQj7BTadvCXt3NuPk_.mp4
# vidx_20240104_ffmpeg_make_x264.mp4
# 9503 b (9.2 kB)
# md5: 57838546b8c8fd62dd719ab544c8b768
https://file.coffee/u/mu-2QBoZbi30qdaBVIiJv.mp4
# vidx_20240104_ffmpeg_make_x265.mp4
# 7520 b (7.3 kB)
# md5: f55cb816c0774a0e1c39e74480caac0e
https://file.coffee/u/GAZrAwZ_lqhspkB_Gb0fJ.mp4

[kaorw]

2kaorw
I cannot see any problems in your ini files except for your [-Associations] section, which should be [Associations], but that should not cause the problem.

Can you play other video formats (avi, mpeg etc) in Listers internal player?

We have tested with various video files such as AVI, WMV, ASF, MPG, M2TS, MOV, FLV that we have verified playback in other players and found that the same issue occurs.

[kaorw]

Are you using the 64-bit version of both Total Commander and Graph Studio (or both 32-bit versions)? If no, then the correct codecs may not be installed, they are separate for 32-bit and 64-bit.

If yes, you may see the problem in the log file, which you can create via Configuration -Options - Log file.

I'm using the 64 version. I also checked through the task manager and both Lister and TC are running 64-bit. (I noticed that the list in the task manager doesn't say 32-bit at the back).

I didn't see any error messages in the log file.

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2024-01-05 09:09:44: Lister: RenderStreams: F:\IMG_3605.MOV

[kaorw]

I have checked the mp4 file with VLC, Windows Media Player, Potplayer, etc., and found that it plays fine.

2kaorw
This is great, but still doesn't fully answer the question of whether you deal with 'ideal' or 'problematic' mp4, or something is wrong with the TotalCommander setup.

Thinking of that, I would offer you the following approach.

I have made for you three tiny test videos (each of the same 11 frames, 10 fps, 1 second).

The frames were made with the ImageMagick command under PowerShell:
0..10|Foreach-Object {magick -size 320x180 -background black -fill blue label:$PSitem "png32:$PSitem.png"}

The videos:

[1] vidx_20240104_ffmpeg_make_default.mp4
by the FFmpeg command: ffmpeg -r 10 -i "$i\%02d.png" "$out"
[1] is a 'bad' one because it is unplayable on some devices.

[2] vidx_20240104_ffmpeg_make_x264.mp4
by the FFmpeg command: ffmpeg -r 10 -i "$i\%02d.png" -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p "$out"
[3] vidx_20240104_ffmpeg_make_x265.mp4
by the FFmpeg command: ffmpeg -r 10 -i "$i\%02d.png" -c:v libx265 -pix_fmt yuv420p "$out"
[2,3] are the 'good' ones because they should be playable mostly everywhere on Earth.

If you don't want to reproduce the above commands yourself, I uploaded those test videos, so you can download them from the given links (please, find them below).

Possible testing results and conclusions:

a. All of those videos would be rendered as binary by the TotalCommander's internal Lister if it is somehow misconfigured.
Therefore, if you see them as binary in internal Lister -- something is wrong with your TotalCommander setup.
So further efforts could be aimed at that (TotalCommander configuration).

b. All of those videos would be rendered as intended by the properly configured TotalCommander internal Lister with the LAVfilters.
Therefore, if you see the test files as videos -- your actual videos in question are somehow the 'special' ones, which may require special treatment for them to be playable in Lister.
So further efforts could be aimed at that (identifying and installing required codecs, etc).

Test files:
# vidx_20240104_ffmpeg_make_default.mp4
# 8313 b (8.1 kB)
# md5: 388800e8523a705f98b3886a2a81a1bf
https://file.coffee/u/l4TBQj7BTadvCXt3NuPk_.mp4
# vidx_20240104_ffmpeg_make_x264.mp4
# 9503 b (9.2 kB)
# md5: 57838546b8c8fd62dd719ab544c8b768
https://file.coffee/u/mu-2QBoZbi30qdaBVIiJv.mp4
# vidx_20240104_ffmpeg_make_x265.mp4
# 7520 b (7.3 kB)
# md5: f55cb816c0774a0e1c39e74480caac0e
https://file.coffee/u/GAZrAwZ_lqhspkB_Gb0fJ.mp4

I tried to test the operation with three uploaded video files.

Unfortunately, none of them play in Lister.

To check if it's a configuration issue, I downloaded the 64-bit version of the installer (tcmd1102x64.exe) from the official website.

After installing it in a different location than the original installation path, I put lavfilter inside the Filter64 folder and ran it, but the same result: all three video files are only visible as binaries.