Answers.Body: <p>To me sounds like a lack of original codecs. Why don't you start by posting a ffprobe of the file? The container is AVI but we doesn't know anything about the codec.</p>
  
  <pre><code>ffprobe file.avi
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>FFprobe</strong> is a tool found in the FFmpeg package: <a href="https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html</a></p>
  
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Answers.Text: I have downloaded above package, but don't know how to use. Will you help?
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  Assuming you are using a windows os you should download a package like this: http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/win32/static/ffmpeg-20151022-git-a7c5005-win32-static.7z Then you should unzip it, inside there should be a file called ff-prompt.bat, run it. There you could type something right? Type "ffprobe your_file_location" (without quotes), it should give you a long result, take a screenshot. Edit your original question and add a screenshot in it.
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Answers.Text: i have updated codec information. Kindly suggest a solution.
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Answers.Text: Does it play correctly with ffplay i.e. `ffplay filename.avi`?
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Answers.Text: I used media player classic to get codec information. Not ffprobe. Should i download ffmpeg package?
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Body: <p>I have this video (length 1-2 min) recorded on Dell webcam 3-4 years ago. It played smoothly at that time. Now when I play it, for first 40 seconds it plays well but after that video goes blank and audio stops. Video continues to move forward but without video and audio, just blank .</p>
  
  <p>Is there by any chance I can recover this video? If yes, how?
  It's an AVI file, 550 MB.</p>
  
  <p>Codec -</p>
  
  <pre><code>Video
  ID                             : 0
  Format                         : RGB
  Codec ID                       : 0x00000000
  Codec ID/Info                  : Basic Windows bitmap format. 1, 4 and 8 bpp versions are palettised. 16, 24 and 32bpp contain raw RGB samples
  Duration                       : 1mn 34s
  Bit rate                       : 47.1 Mbps
  Width                          : 640 pixels
  Height                         : 480 pixels
  Display aspect ratio           : 4:3
  Frame rate                     : 30.000 fps
  Bit depth                      : 8 bits
  Bits/(Pixel*Frame)             : 5.114
  Stream size                    : 533 MiB (97%)
  </code></pre>
  
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Comments.Text: Try converting it with a tool from that time: http://www.squared5.com/
Comments.UserDisplayName: brasofilo
Tags: <video><playback>
Title: Old webcam recorded video not playing
UserDisplayName: HungryDB
ThreadText: # Old webcam recorded video not playing
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-22)
  
  I have this video (length 1-2 min) recorded on Dell webcam 3-4 years ago. It played smoothly at that time. Now when I play it, for first 40 seconds it plays well but after that video goes blank and audio stops. Video continues to move forward but without video and audio, just blank .
  
  Is there by any chance I can recover this video? If yes, how?
  It's an AVI file, 550 MB.
  
  Codec -
  
  ```
  Video
  ID                             : 0
  Format                         : RGB
  Codec ID                       : 0x00000000
  Codec ID/Info                  : Basic Windows bitmap format. 1, 4 and 8 bpp versions are palettised. 16, 24 and 32bpp contain raw RGB samples
  Duration                       : 1mn 34s
  Bit rate                       : 47.1 Mbps
  Width                          : 640 pixels
  Height                         : 480 pixels
  Display aspect ratio           : 4:3
  Frame rate                     : 30.000 fps
  Bit depth                      : 8 bits
  Bits/(Pixel*Frame)             : 5.114
  Stream size                    : 533 MiB (97%)
  
  ```
  
  **Tags:** video, playback
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Try converting it with a tool from that time: http://www.squared5.com/  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2015-10-22. Score: 0
  
  To me sounds like a lack of original codecs. Why don't you start by posting a ffprobe of the file? The container is AVI but we doesn't know anything about the codec.
  
  ```
  ffprobe file.avi
  
  ```
  
  **FFprobe** is a tool found in the FFmpeg package: <https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html>
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: I have downloaded above package, but don't know how to use. Will you help?  
  > **username_2**: @username_0    Assuming you are using a windows os you should download a package like this: http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/win32/static/ffmpeg-20151022-git-a7c5005-win32-static.7z Then you should unzip it, inside there should be a file called ff-prompt.bat, run it. There you could type something right? Type "ffprobe your_file_location" (without quotes), it should give you a long result, take a screenshot. Edit your original question and add a screenshot in it.  
  > **username_0**: i have updated codec information. Kindly suggest a solution.  
  > **username_3**: Does it play correctly with ffplay i.e. `ffplay filename.avi`?  
  > **username_0**: I used media player classic to get codec information. Not ffprobe. Should i download ffmpeg package?  
  
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