Matlab bugs / codec issue??

hi, i was trying to run this code from "http://wanglimin.github.io/motionlet/" which require R2012a. i do not face any problem doing it at home but i received this error from i am using the school PC. please assist! thank you

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Error using VideoReader/init (line 447)
Failed to initialize internal resources.

Error in VideoReader (line 132)
            obj.init(fileName);

Error in demo (line 10)
vidObj=VideoReader('Golf-Swing-Back-003.avi');

[Sean de Wolski]

Can you open the video in that machine's native video player? E.g. Windows Media Player, Quicktime, VLC?

[Kelly Howard]

yes, i am using UCF sport dataset.

Answer 1

[Dinesh Iyer]

The error indicates that the required codecs are not installed on your school's system. As VideoReader makes use of Windows APIs, test whether you are able to view the file on Media Player. If this fails, you need to install codecs to read this file. Popular codecs you can try are ffdshow or K-lite codec pack.

If the file does play on Media Player, then this could be a bug with VideoReader. Can you post a link to the video?

Dinesh

[Kelly Howard]

hi, i using this UCF sport data set. "http://crcv.ucf.edu/data/UCF_Sports_Action.php"

Thank you

[Kelly Howard]

hi, the k codec works. thank you!

[Dinesh Iyer]

Glad that this worked. Can you mark the answer accepted so that others running into this issue know what the solution is?

Dinesh