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AV
July 22nd 06, 10:32 PM
I'm attempting to open up an .avi file in Movie Maker, but the program says
that the codec required isn't installed on my computer. I can watch the video
on DivX, and I've installed carious codec programs, but I can't seem to
import the video to Movie Maker. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Wojo
July 23rd 06, 02:20 AM
Divx AVI videos don't work well if at all in Movie Maker.
You could convert them to another AVI compression codec or a WMV.
See this site:
http://www.videohelp.com/convert
--
-Wojo
MVP - Windows Digital Media

Wojo's Web: www.wojos-web.co.nr

"AV" > wrote in message
...
> I'm attempting to open up an .avi file in Movie Maker, but the program
> says
> that the codec required isn't installed on my computer. I can watch the
> video
> on DivX, and I've installed carious codec programs, but I can't seem to
> import the video to Movie Maker. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

AV
July 23rd 06, 06:15 AM
I went to the site and used downloaded Windows Media Encoder, but now it's
telling me that one or more codecs required to open the file can't be found.
Now what?


"Wojo" wrote:

> Divx AVI videos don't work well if at all in Movie Maker.
> You could convert them to another AVI compression codec or a WMV.
> See this site:
> http://www.videohelp.com/convert
> --
> -Wojo
> MVP - Windows Digital Media
>
> Wojo's Web: www.wojos-web.co.nr
>
> "AV" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I'm attempting to open up an .avi file in Movie Maker, but the program
> > says
> > that the codec required isn't installed on my computer. I can watch the
> > video
> > on DivX, and I've installed carious codec programs, but I can't seem to
> > import the video to Movie Maker. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>

Wojo
July 24th 06, 12:22 AM
You need to download the Divx codec used to create the clip.
Use GSpot (http://www.headbands.com/gspot/) to see what codec was used.
Then check this site out for the proper codec:
http://www.free-codecs.com/

-Wojo

"AV" > wrote in message
...
>I went to the site and used downloaded Windows Media Encoder, but now it's
> telling me that one or more codecs required to open the file can't be
> found.
> Now what?
>
>
> "Wojo" wrote:
>
>> Divx AVI videos don't work well if at all in Movie Maker.
>> You could convert them to another AVI compression codec or a WMV.
>> See this site:
>> http://www.videohelp.com/convert
>> --
>> -Wojo
>> MVP - Windows Digital Media
>>
>> Wojo's Web: www.wojos-web.co.nr
>>
>> "AV" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > I'm attempting to open up an .avi file in Movie Maker, but the program
>> > says
>> > that the codec required isn't installed on my computer. I can watch the
>> > video
>> > on DivX, and I've installed carious codec programs, but I can't seem to
>> > import the video to Movie Maker. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>>

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