Window Media Encoder Can't find codecs

[Ensign]

When I have to send a large video file over the net, I usually try to convert it to the WMV format using Window Media Encoder 7.

In the pass I had no trouble, however, when I try to do it now with a MPEG-1 VCD file I get the following pop-up:

One of more codecs required to open this media could not be found (0XC00D1883)

Or if I try again I get:

WMENC caused an invalid page fault in module <unknown> at 0000:0449d678.

What the ???

The file is a "normal" VCD file, and is playable with-out any problems in my other players or can be converted using other encoders.

So why can't I use WMENC 7?

[minidv2dvd]

did you convert the .dat file to .mpg before using it as the source? it may not like the vcd wrapper.

[Ensign]

did you convert the .dat file to .mpg

There was no dat file.

The video in question was made directly from photos using ulead video 5, but, I have this problem no matter what encoded made the MPEG file.

And also Video Encoder 7 has trouble with even uncompressed "regualr" AVI files!

With ANY AVI files I keep getting a pop up saying:

...is not acceptable media file. It may have been an invalid format or may be corrupted (Ox80040154)

I have no idea what us going on?

Some of my players Video Dub VideoLan have no problem with Mpeg and/or AVI. Others like Window Media Player (6&7), Divx may or may not ask for codecs, and some like EO video won't play any AVI.

Yet the Gspot Codecs keeps informing me that I have the correct codecs on my computer

Could it be that some of these programs can't see the codecs that are on my system?

Should they be reinstalled???