Cannot open .avi!!!...pulling my hair out!!!

[mercuryrsng]

Hello....I consider myself fairly experienced in turning .avi's into svcd's, but this one is killing me.
I cannot open it in anything

These are the errors i get
1) Virtual Dub - Cannot determine File type of "Filename.avi"
2) Windows Media Player - Cannot playback the file. The format is not supported.
3) TMPGEnc - File "Filename.avi" cannot be opened, or unsupported.

I am killing myself on this one because i am sure that there is some way to open it.
I have many codecs....Ac3 audio, XVid, Divx3.11 and Divx 5.0.2

Anyone that can help me I would appreciate it VERY MUCH!!

thanx

~~justin

[Treebeard]

It could be as simple as the avi file you have is a fake. download gspot from the tools section - it will tell you what you need to know about the avi - if it really is an avi

[mercuryrsng]

THANX!!!!!

it worked


i needed the .ogg codec from Nimo

man is this a relief

[mercuryrsng]

here we go again
i tried to open the now running avi in TMPGEnc to convert it from avi to mprg and i get this message

Error : The error occured when ACM was initialized

now i know that this file is a valid avi because it works in the windows media player but this is another road bump in my journey

any ideas would help me out greatly

thanx in advnace