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Need help with Elan

Posted by akalias at 2010-09-27 02:10  

I'm taking a class that requires us to use ELAN and I'm having trouble getting Elan to open my files. I've a wav file, an MP4 file and a template I need to open, but Elan has just hangs and says "initializing" Can anyone help? Thanks.

Re: Need help with Elan

Posted by hasloe at 2010-09-29 10:28  

The problem might be the MP4 file? You could try by creating a new file based on the .wav file and the template only. If that works, the player has a problem with the mp4 file.
On which operating system is this, can the default media player play the mp4 file?

-Han

Re: Re: Need help with Elan

Posted by NemaVeze at 2011-01-30 02:31  
Hi, I'm having the same problem with ELAN 4. I'm running Windows 7, using an mp4 file from my Flip video camera. I can play the video in Windows Media Player and in QuickTime. If I set ELAN to use Windows Media Player in the Platform/OS preferences, it crashes; if I set it to use any other media framework, I get the neverending Initializing.
hasloe-2010-09-29 10:28:58
The problem might be the MP4 file? You could try by creating a new file based on the .wav file and the template only. If that works, the player has a problem with the mp4 file. On which operating system is this, can the default media player play the mp4 file? -Han
 

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