strange avi

[Chipsteruk]

i downloaded a couple of avi's (well i thought they were avi files) i usually use ffmpegx to encode to mpeg-2 so i can watch it away from my mac

but these avi files wont encode. this is the info i get:

VIDEO: MPEG2 480 x 480 (aspect 2)
29,97 fps 3062.5 kbs (382.8 kbytes/s)
audiocodec: framecopy (format=50
chan=2 rate=44100 bit=16 bps=28000
sample=1)

that seems like a strange avi file to me plus at the top of ffmpegx user interface you get a different reading. it says that its

VIDEO: mpeg-2, size: 480x480, 23.976 fps w/3:2, 2450 kbps.
AUDIO: mp2, 44100Hz, 224 kbps.

totally different to the info button reading which do i take has being the more accurate?

is this just a wrong named file? if anybody has got any ideas on how to get these files to dvd.

speak now

[major]

VIDEO: mpeg-2, size: 480x480, 23.976 fps w/3:2, 2450 kbps. AUDIO: mp2, 44100Hz, 224 kbps.

This is the correct information. I will probably remove the "Info" button as the information line above the Open.. field is probably enough.

[Chipsteruk]

so how will i encode this file? it says it cant read the headers so i used the fix avi and that worked but i still couldnt encode quicktime wont open the files either

[major]

Try with the "Decode with mplayer" option enabled.