All this while I was able to play AVI videos normally with Winamp. Everything was still working fine until I downloaded .SRT subtitle file and played it together with AVI video. The video was playing upside down and the subtitles are being displayed from back to front.
I did some tests to try pinpoint the problem.
1. Use Winamp to play AVI video with subtitle – Video Upside Down
2. Use Winamp to play AVI video without subtitle – OK
3. Use Windows Media Player to play AVI video with subtitle – OK
At first I thought it had to be something wrong with the .SRT subtitle file but step 3 proves it’s not. I can only think of 2 possibility that might be causing the AVI video being played upside down which is Winamp player, or the codec settings that is associated with Winamp. I downloaded the latest official Winamp, installed it but still didn’t fix the problem. After a little searching and testing, I found a solution to fix the AVI video playing upside down problem.
I will try to explain in general on how to fix this video upside down problem because there are so many versions of codecs and also types of codec packs. The solution for playing these files correctly is to enable Xvid decoding in ffdshow. First of all, you need to know what codec is needed to play the AVI video. Here is an article on how to determine video codec required to play AVI video. Just a tip, MOST of the AVI files can be played with XVID codec.
Next you need to look for “ffdshow video decoder” shortcut to configure ffdshow video decoder. I have K-Lite Codec Pack installed on my computer, the ffdshow video decode shortcut is at Start -> Programs -> K-Lite Codec Pack -> Configuration -> ffdshow video decoder.
If you don’t have FFDShow installed, download the latest FFDShow from Free-Codecs website and install it. After installation, go to Start -> Programs -> ffdshow and run Video decoder configuration.
If the AVI video file requires Xvid codec to play, then at the left hand side Codecs page, set Xvid to “libavcodec“. If it’s H.264/AVC, then set “libavcodec” on H.264/AVC.
YAY! No more upside down video when playing AVI file with subtitles!
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Great idea but it still does not sort out the problem …think Winamp should stop employing shite software developers instead of getting users to fix their bugs.
Dear People,
I loaded nothing other than the Word compatable program from MS to show 2003 with 2007 version. NOTHING else was ever done to my computer. I started to view videos to catalog, and there it was, picture on ico was correct but when I played it, it was unside down (fine in Media Player), and words were backwards.
After I had some work, and did not care to much, I opened Internet (IE8-Google), and Google was covering almost the entire page. And there was no wrench or Homepage under the Toold section in top right corner.
I restored to yesterday and everything is fine. Computers get these quarks in them. Remember, they are just pieces of electronic material made by man. So are the programs. Too bad they are not perfect so we don’t waste as much time writing these blogs and can shre other info more valuable.
Solution worked for WMP perfectly. Great to see videos right side up. Thanks a lot.
bahasa atau kalimat di artikel kok aneh kayak translitan, terjemahan google..
I\’m using k-lite codec pack to play videos…but i tried the above option.. it has already set in my configuration.. but when i play the movie there are 2 images showing upside down when playing the movie with srt file…pls help me
thanks you that FFDshow liba… thingy did work wonders!!! and the video is now normal
Media Player Classic is superior
cccp-project.net/
I use Winamp to play audio and video files on my computer. And I use the classic interface which won’t slow down my laptop.
just asking, why u use winamp to play avi?
or you can just use VLC media player….
thnx Rymond
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