AVIC (fourCC Changer) - question about the program

[Echodek]

A few years ago I installed AVIC (fourCC Changer) and was able to change .avi files that were XviD to DivX. A few weeks ago I had a fairly major computer meltdown, but I was able to get it fixed and had to reinstall quite a few things. My problem now is that the AVIC program no longer displays an option to turn an XviD to DivX. What it does give me is the option to convert the file into either MP41, MP42, MP43 or DIV3. Am I missing something here? I have opened a few .avi files that are XviD encoded and when I do, I can convert it to "XviD", but that's pointless. Any suggestions?

[nzjacob]

Do you hav DivX installed on your system ??

[celtic_druid]

Type it manually. Why would you want to change the fourCC anyway? If you really want to, it is probably easier to set it in the XviD config before you encode or use DivX for encoding.

[Echodek]

Do you hav DivX installed on your system ??

good question. not to sound like I'm totally clueless, but would this be the DivX player program or...?

[Echodek]

Type it manually. Why would you want to change the fourCC anyway? If you really want to, it is probably easier to set it in the XviD config before you encode or use DivX for encoding.

I have done that before and the file was ruined - couldn't even watch it. The reason I want to change it from XviD to DivX is because I have a couple of stand alone DVD players that can play DivX files. I do find that if I don't change it from XviD to DivX, the picture is distorted. It's only after converting it that it looks right.

[Paul Glagla]

You may use DVdate to change the FourCC of an AVI file. No need to have the codecs installed. It's only a change in the header of the avi-file without recompression. It is indeed useful for playing the file in some stand-alone player.

[celtic_druid]

Only ever heard of a couple of Sony players that don't support XviD's fourCC and on some of them XVID support was added via a firmware update.

Shouldn't be possible to ruin a file that way. As pointed out all it is doing is changing a couple of bytes in the header. If it didn't play then I guess you typed it in wrong. Wrong fourCC means that no decoder will recognise it and fourCC's are case sensitive.

[Echodek]

Only ever heard of a couple of Sony players that don't support XviD's fourCC and on some of them XVID support was added via a firmware update.

Shouldn't be possible to ruin a file that way. As pointed out all it is doing is changing a couple of bytes in the header. If it didn't play then I guess you typed it in wrong. Wrong fourCC means that no decoder will recognise it and fourCC's are case sensitive.

Paul! Thank you SO much for the link to this program! I used it on 2 files last night and it changed it perfectly. However...I did encounter an error message (something about "pins"), but since I'm posting this at work, I can't give you the exact error. Despite the error message, the program did what I needed it to do. Thanks!!