Conversion Error All Programs?

[Psylence]

Hi I get an error in windows xp that says the program must be closed. It happens in all programs i try to convert avi to dvd with including dvd santa and winavi. I currently have the klite mega pack. Videos play fine through media player classic or divx player. Any Ideas? Thanks.

[mats.hogberg]

You've managed to select the 3 worst apps I can imagine - dvdsanta, winavi and k-lite codec pack.
Codec packs in general can screw your system beyond repair.
WinAVI is the worst crap ever sold.
DVD Santa is a close competitior for that position.
Try to uninstall the codec pack.
Get convertx2dvd.

/Mats

[redwudz]

Somehow I'm not surprised. DVD Santa, WinAVI and K-lite are three programs I wouldn't let near my computer. K-lite probably destroyed one of your codecs, which it unfortunately does at times. You can try Codec Sniper and it may be able to find and remove any corrupted codecs.

I would also get rid of K-lite before it causes more problems. Just install the codecs you need and not throw every one known to man in there and hope they all get along with each other.

For most AVI type video files, there is one codec pack I might recommend, and that's FFDshow. It has a much better track record than K-lite. If you want to find out more about K-lite, just do a all forum search for 'k-lite problems'.

If you have some odd formats or you want to see if it's a codec problem, try installing the freeware VLC Media Player. It uses it's own codecs, so it's one way to test to see if your system codecs are messed up. It also plays most any format out there. You can always supplement it with Real Alternative and Quicktime Alternative players for Real and Quicktime formats. It uses MPC player, which is also a good player.

I guess I could add that just because you can play or view (decode) a file doesn't mean you have a codec to encode to that format.

And welcome to our forums.