anyone? According to the website ssl video supports these files. www.serato.com

the first thing i would do is post in the help section.
www.scratchlive.net
what are your pc's specs?


you say "None of the other files that are supported by Serato that I have will play"...
do they just NOT play videowise? in other words, will the audio play?
are they even loading into serato?

All of my mpeg4 videos play fine. My mpg,mpeg,avi,and flv files do not play at all. They will not even load into Serato. No audio and no video. My computer is a Lenovo Thinkpad T60, Intel T2500 2.0GHz , 2gigs of ram.

Dj Elite,

Can you check to see what codec is in the video file, even though we support those various file types, they may not load because of a unsupported video codec.

The mp4's play fine.
avi,mpg,mpeg,and flv do not play at all. Here are some examples. All formats play in other video players with no problem. Is there any way to use these with serato?



E:\master music video collection\mpeg4\311 - DOWN.mp4
Length(s) 172.17 (Samples: 15495480, Timescale: 90000)
Size 19.51 MB
Movie Tracks:
VideoType: avc1 (h264 encoded by FFMP), 320x240
Component 1) lppa, H.264 Decoder v.40004, Decompresses images stored in the H.264 format.
Audio Tracks:
AudioType: mp4a (48000kHz, 16bit)
Component 1) lppa, MPEG-4 Audio v.10009, MPEG-4 Audio Decompressor component
Frame rate: 29.97 per second
Keyframes: 36 (min: 101, max: 250,avg: 140.3)
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E:\master music video collection\video clip\Airplane Panic Attack.avi
Length(s) 241.28 (Samples: 144768, Timescale: 600)
Size 25.61 MB
Movie Tracks:
VideoType: XVID ( encoded by appl), 320x240
Frame rate: 25.00 per second
Keyframes: 28 (min: 2, max: 250,avg: 208.5)
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E:\master music video collection\video clip\Alex.Gaudino.feat.Crystal.Waters-Destination.Calabria.avi
Length(s) 184.68 (Samples: 110808, Timescale: 600)
Size 54.89 MB
Movie Tracks:
VideoType: XVID ( encoded by appl), 624x384
Frame rate: 25.00 per second
Keyframes: 149 (min: 1, max: 95,avg: 30.9)
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E:\master music video collection\video clip\BALL Boy attacks.avi
Length(s) 43.64 (Samples: 26184, Timescale: 600)
Size 4.75 MB
Movie Tracks:
VideoType: XVID ( encoded by appl), 448x336
Frame rate: 25.00 per second
Keyframes: 9 (min: 7, max: 250,avg: 106.3)
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E:\master music video collection\movie clip\2pac-Brenda's got a baby.mpg
not a valid movie
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E:\master music video collection\movie clip\4NONBLONDES_WhatsUp_529.mpg
not a valid movie
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E:\master music video collection\flv file\MASHUP-SUBLIME-SUMMERTIME.flv
not a valid movie
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AVI, MPG, MP4, FLV these are ALL container formats, not video encoding types.

For example, an AVI container could contain video encoded with Divx encoding, H.264 encoding, uncompressed video or just about any other type of encoding. An FLV file can contain at least Flash encoding or H.264 encoding or any format supported by the container type.

Simply looking at a file's extension will not tell you what type of encoding was used to create it.

My recommendation is to either get files that use H.264 encoding or create them yourself. If you are creating them yourself, you'll do best starting with high quality DVD originals.

What is the best solution for converting the codecs, if at all possible? Is there a batch file converter taht can do it? Recommend any software. Thanks

well since you are on a PC, i don't have good recommendations for you. the PC users will chime in though.

Thanks for the quick responses.

"mpeg streamclip" is a decent pc and mac solution.

mediacoder is good for PC aswell. little tricky if you don't know about encoding.

Thanks again for the help. I am getting closer to solving this problem. By using mpeg streamclip I was able to convert some of the mpeg/mpg files to mp4 and they worked in Serato flawlessly. FLV files would not convert at all. I am having an issue with converting the avi files. It allowes me to convert them, but when I go to view them in any video player it plays this short earpiercing high pitch noise for a quick second and nothing else. The info below is the origional avi file before the conversion and then the avi file after the conversion. Has anyone had this problem before? Thanks.
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E:\master music video collection\video clip\A Tribe called quest - check the rhime.avi
Length(s) 224.56 (Samples: 134736, Timescale: 600)
Size 40.99 MB
Movie Tracks:
VideoType: XVID ( encoded by appl), 320x240
Frame rate: 25.00 per second
Keyframes: 466 (min: 12, max: 13,avg: 12.0)
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E:\master music video collection\CONVERTED FILES\video clip\A Tribe called quest - check the rhime.mp4
Length(s) 224.56 (Samples: 5614, Timescale: 25)
Size 7.67 MB
Movie Tracks:
VideoType: avc1, 426x240
Component 1) lppa, H.264 Decoder v.40004, Decompresses images stored in the H.264 format.
Audio Tracks:
AudioType: mp4a (44100kHz, 16bit)
Component 1) lppa, MPEG-4 Audio v.10009, MPEG-4 Audio Decompressor component
Frame rate: 25.00 per second
Keyframes: 43 (min: 125, max: 126,avg: 127.9)
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Your keyframe avg is too high. You want aleast 1 keyfame every 30 frames. I personally like 1 every 15. That will def help with serato playback. And your time scale at the top is alittle funky.

i use visualhub to convert FLV files. i hope you're not planning on playing these in public. the quality will look horrible.

^^^
probably look better than that 7.67 MB Tribe video......

www.amazon.com

Thanks again for the help everyone. I will see if I can adjust the keyframe avg in streamclip.



Word, if the quality is horrible I will not play them. I have enough good quality videos that play in serato to get me through a 5 hour set easily.



Jackpot. Good lookin out. Where else can I find some classic real hip hop videos? This is the kinda stuff Im tryin to focus on. Everyone misses that old MTV Raps era. I just coped that Tribe Dvd by the way. Thanks

Mediacoder does a goog job converting the avi files, but the problem I am having is when they are exported as batch files is converts all the videos into one long ass vides. Is there a way to export them as individual files?

lots of good compilations like that from Amazon, but get's expensive fast! Screenplay and Promo Only have some good classic stuff...

Glad to hear ur not gonna use a 8 MB file!

This can be a solution for PC users if you wanna convert flv to mp4
download.cnet.com

GTFOH...with that garbage

keep polishing that pile of shit...lol

Most of that "conversion soft" that explains itself with way too much verbiage (usually written in "English as third language"/"Google translate" syntax) is crap-ware/scam-ware.

Bow down before the one you serve, you're going to get what you deserve.

Not that I really feel a whole lot of sympathy.

Handbrake (free) is usually the first choice for easy video processing.
It can convert most of video files to mp4 file with mpeg-4 codec
If that doesn't get you what you want then you can try AppGeeker Video Converter.
Assuming you want to convert your flv files, check the possible solution
www.ilikemall.com
These are all easy to use, and has built-in presets or make your own.

still wondering why you would wanna convert an flv to mp4.....you like muddy audio?

Just Download www.perian.org Perian Swiss army knife.. Its for mac and it has a lot of Codecs.. I can Play FLV videos but, its take like 15-20 seconds to load up.. Most of my videos are mp4 720p or 1080p H.264 quality

perian for mac. no have problem!

But he's on PC I think???

Except for the little detail that the videos will still be crap.

Since the original post was six years ago, I suppose that doesn't matter much.

Probably the best advice for anyone actually using flv files as source material for DJ-ing is to give your computer a heavy helping of sledgehammer.

Wow, I didn't catch that - I peeked in for the flames for using AVI and FLV files.

Why not convert the files to MP4 with handbrake?

Flv, why in god's green earth would ever even consider such a video abomination.

What's next, streaming real audio files to wav?