Computer help forum: K-Lite codec cut video playback in half?

Hi, all. OP here. Thank you everyone for your help. I've actually tried playing the files on VLC. While the time stamps do show that each clip is 44-45 min. long, when it gets to that halfway mark, the video cuts out and gets all messed up. The audio is intact though. I've fiddled with various decoders and media players and the results have been more or less the same. At this time, I'm thinking the clips themselves are corrupted

I'll take R. Proffitt's advice and try to convert the .mkv to something else and see if I'll have better luck then. I don't think I've worked with .mkv files before...are they usually this tricky?

Anyway, thanks again, everyone!

VLC has been nearly the gold standard for playback of corrupt files. That is, I've seen WMP crash and burn (crash you know, burn = the OS and PC reboots) while VLC just looks dazed until it finds more video or audio it can decode.

If the clips don't play on all your computers, it's a safe bet they are corrupt.
Bob

No thought MKV files aren't the original source of files where they initially came from. It too was converted from the source to make MKV. It may have gotten corrupted in the process or further down the road when yet again it gets converted. You can see where the process has the chance to get hosed. If it happens at the same time spot, then you can consider that the MKV file was hosed at that point from where it was converted or its process, even if you had nothing to do with it. These things do happen and sometimes you to have to repeat the source process in all likelihood.

FYI- When I stumbled upon VLC I considered it a God send and has proven itself over and over again. Have you by chance tried DVDfab player and/or preview it there? I hope it works for ya, later. -----Willy

Transcode the file into something that works. Since you are playing with codecs, klite and more, I think you are an expert in such work.