problems fixing avi frame freeze with avidefreezer

[bkhw]

I am having problems fixing a frame freeze problem with a movie I have. It is xvid mpeg 4 encoded. I browsed vcdhelp for answers and found a tool called aviDefreezer that is suppose to fix it. But when I load the original file, entered the bad frames and hit 'defreeze', it says it cannot open the source avi file. Yet, I can play the source file (it just get stuck at a certain point in the movie) on a number of players.

I also noticed that when searching for the bad frames using virtualdub, I had to turn off the audio in order to play it or virtualdub will give an error. Looking in the file info, audio compression gives this info: unknown (tag 2000).

It looks like the audio format is not accepted by avidefreezer.
Is there a way around this?
what is the typical audio compression that comes with xvid mpeg 4?
what audio format does avidefreezer accepts?

I tried just about anything I can find on the web and I'm lost. Can someone give me some hints on how to fix this without deleting the bad frames?

Thx.

[crack_man]

Have you tried to choose both video and audio to "direct sream copy" and then save it like a new AVI?It worked for me.

[bkhw]

Yes, I have tried it and it allows me to play the movie although the bad frames are not watchable. But at least, it doesn't freeze.