1st Xfire Try a Failure

**E-Male** · 08-27-2010, 09:10 AM

Hmm,

I must be doing something wrong. Xfire created a series of .avi files (which I could view on my computer), but Corel Video Studio 10 did not like them, and when I uploaded a single, unedited .avi file directly from xfire to YouTube, YouTube also "failed to convert file".

I tried converting the .avi files to .mov but this did not solve the problem.

I do not see how to change xfire so that it would create a .mov (or other format).

Any suggestions?

EDIT:

Oh, and xfire would not function at all in BC2.

**E-Male** · 08-27-2010, 09:30 AM

As to the BC2 problem, this may help me:

"Select Bfbc2 and make sure the "In-game renderer" is set to D3D 10.(Thats if you use Vista or Win7)"

**E-Male** · 08-27-2010, 11:49 AM

I think the problem I am having with .avi may be related to codecs. Trying different fixes now...

Bought Fraps, same issue with .avi, so must/may be codec related.

**E-Male** · 08-27-2010, 12:37 PM

Update:

I am at a bit of a loss. Neither the Xfire nor the Fraps (purchsed version) videos would play (slightly different problems, but for the most part -- black screens).

I have a fresh install of Vista 64.

I tried the K-Lite Codec pack to no avail.

I ran the G-Spot Codec detector, which tells me I am missing the XFR1 codec, but that is the codec installed with both Fraps and Xfire, and does not appear to be a separate 'package'.

I ran a Fraps video file through the VirtualDub program, which DID render a .avi file I could see and hear, but the file increased in size by 500% (or more) to 5 Gb. Not good.

The problem video files run black on ALL my media players, including VLC, which returns the error:

"No suitable decoder module: VLC does not support the audio or video format "XFR1". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this."

Another morning shot to hell with software . . .

Any suggestions?

As yet, the Net forums have not proven helpful. I see about any updates to my Saphire GPU this afternoon.

Sigh.

**Exploding_Silver** · 08-27-2010, 01:46 PM

hhhmm not sure

in the past I have had small problems with k-lite

when I did a fresh reinstall I just put on windows media player 11 and VLC (both free) and fraps and xfire
I can play DVDs and CDs
I can record fraps files
I can watch uncompressed fraps files I can import fraps into sony vegas and edit and render

so I suggest uninstalling k-lite and anything else then putting on windows media player 11 and VLC

hope that helps

ps
I am running xp

**E-Male** · 08-27-2010, 01:57 PM

Thanks Silver,

I am already running WMPlayer ver 12 (Vista).

The issues occured BEFORE installing K-Lite, so I do not think that is related.

(HeY, just saw your sig quote :-)

I'll keep digging in to the problem.

**Exploding_Silver** · 08-27-2010, 02:09 PM

ok one step at time
if you record with fraps and then quit game, goto uncompressed fraps file and play in windows media player 12, you see what ? and if you play in VLC, you see what ?

ie split it down to one step at time
if it plays in uncompressed mode, then it could be the next step, ie the video editor

good luck and stay hairless

**E-Male** · 08-27-2010, 03:42 PM

The issue is resolved. All is ok AFTER I installed K-lite codecs, some DirectX package from Microsoft, and rebooted. Unfortunately, I cannot say which lead to the fix -- the new codecs or the directX (probably the later).

Anyway,

Much thanks!