Is there any way to create a fake video with a fake codec?

mightybh · Feb 6, 2011

How do I create a fake video which will crash with an error telling you that it could not find the codec? Alternatively, maybe there is a way to encode the video with some very rare codec nobody will ever use. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

webmast · Feb 6, 2011

I just found this list with video encoders and how popular they are - http://www.am-soft.ru/fourcc.html

As an alternative you can register a grey video stream.
Protected .wmv files look similar when you try to play them in VLC.
And write something like: "If you have problems with playing the video, download the codecs from here (your link goes here)"

mightybh · Feb 6, 2011

webmast said:
I just found this list with video encoders and how popular they are - http://www.am-soft.ru/fourcc.html

As an alternative you can register a grey video stream.
Protected .wmv files look similar when you try to play them in VLC.
And write something like: "If you have problems with playing the video, download the codecs from here (your link goes here)"

Great stuff! Thank you! I can't figure out what you mean by a grey video stream however. How do I go about making a video like that?

webmast · Feb 6, 2011

Sometimes when I download a random video from eMule / Internet it's a fake, protected or whatever.
When played in WMP or VLC all you see is a grey screen and maybe colorful squares due to DRM protection.
You can search for a video like that and record it with Camtasia or something like that.

Google for: play video grey screen and you will see what I mean. Sorry for my English

HoNeYBiRD · Feb 6, 2011

if it doesn't matter that the file can't be played no matter what, you can make a big dummy file with a tool like this:

Code:

http://www.mynikko.com/dummy/

or simply change the extension of any bigger non-video type file (i.e. iso) to avi, wmv etc.

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