H264 Files

Well here I am again I have encoded a file I made using h264 and now I seem to be having a bit of trouble I have no trouble playing it runs fine on all my players however I cant seem to left click the file via windows. If I dont manually nav to the file via my players my windows crashs.

Anyone know how I can go about making it so windows wont crash on me if I cant find an answer or a fix I will just need to switch it to something else.

 

Isnt the H.264 format used for video on iPods. The only time I convert any video format to H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) is when I put a movie or Music Video on my iPod. I didnt know that Windows Media Player will play that type of file.

When I wanna play that type of file on my computer I use Quick Time Player (I will double check that when I get home). Can't you just right click on the file and select "open with" and go from there.

Are you converting to H.264 to save space?

 

As I said I have no trouble opening the format thats not my issue. Its the little preview box over to the left that attempts to load a preview of the image that crashs my windows.. :\

 

Two suggestions, one you may not like - the other may not work

- Disable that fancy folder view option (Folder Options -> Use Windows Classic folders)

- Not sure about this, maybe if you remove the file-association with your video player (Also via folder options) windows could stop thinking its a video file and therefore not attempt to preview it.

good luck