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C.A.T.

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.avi troubles
« on: May 11, 2003, 10:49:39 pm »

I have searched the forum and only found the same reports, but can't find the answer...(sorry if I missed it).
Only some of my .avi files will play with video, the others are only sound.  I get "media type not supported..." yet .avi is supposed to be.  What's the deal? :-/
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rocketsauce

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Re: .avi troubles
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2003, 11:21:34 pm »

Sometimes files with an .avi extension are actually DivX Video, which is kind of a different format than Windows Video, which also uses the .avi extension. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong). In Windows Explorer, you might try right-clicking on the files and choosing Properties to see if you get any info as to what codec was used to encode them. It's possible you might need to install the DivX codecs available from http://www.divx.com/

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Chris Shaw

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Re: .avi troubles
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2003, 01:32:17 am »

Try downloading AVIcodec. It should tell you what codec your files uses and whether you have it.
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Re: .avi troubles
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2003, 09:04:31 pm »

Thanks guys!  Yes, DivX Video is the reason.
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