Trouble shooting conversion...

[Accudyne]

OK...I have a .AVI file that I had wanted to get to MPEG (eventually to DVD). I used GSpot to determine if I have the correct codec...windows media player would not play this .avi file. Gspot told me to get the Divx5.0 codec (I downloaded Divx5.0.7 or something) and re-ran it through GSpot. Now it tells me that I have the right codec for playing the video file...but windows media player still does not play the file. I also tried playing through a DivX Player...and it only displayed black screen. Gspot also informed me that there was no Audio Channel (I'm lost there?). Any help would be great, thanks.

[ta2]

Maybe your AVI isn't an avi file at all.

[Gazorgan]

Just because you have the codec, doesn't mean that any particular player will use it. Sounds wiered huh? It's quite true. I have some XviD I encoded I can't watch....go figure.....joys of codec hell, but I don't feel like re-installing W2K so I ceat.

Get the 4CC changer. Open the AVI and see what it says. There are a good dozen settings for 'divx', some work and some don't, but each setting is linked to a specific codec.

Try changing the 4CC to divx/divx and see if it plays okay now. This is a great cheat for any MPEG4 avi, especially some of the DivX 5 pro's that decided to use their own 4CC headers.

[Accudyne]

what is the "4CC changer" and how do I go about changing it to DivX?