.avi format not supported in TMPGEenc - Read On...

[mjn03]

I have an .avi that was given to me, not ripped by me. I can play the file fine w/ Win media plyr but I an trying to convert to an mpeg to vcd it. When I try to open the .avi in TMPGEenc, I get an error similiar to "could not open file, or unsuppoorted file". Tried another app, VirtualDUB I think its called, and it too gave an error but with more detail. The error was to the effect of could not find decompressor for "MP43 - Microsoft High-Speed Codec v4". I have successfully used avi2mpg v4 to convert the avi to mpg and vcd however there are no output resolution/screen size options in avi2mpg so I need the advanced features of TMPGencs output. Does anyone know a way I can get these .avis to open in TMPGenc ?? Tried for several hours with several apps, not much luck here....The MP43 decompressor codec seems to be the problem. Please advise. Thanks !

-MjN03

[digital-mann]

Have you had any luck with this? I am having the same problem.

[Stinky]

MP43 is a specific codec (similar to ASF/WMV but not streamable)

I got the codec here (when I had to reinstall on one of my computers the other day)

http://video-codec.8m.com/codecs.htm

any number of codec sites will have it for download - it originally came from MS in the Windows Media Encoder 7 package ... you still might be able to get it from MS ... but I'm not sure

rule of thumb - if you can't open an AVI - drag it into VirtualDub and the error message will tell you what codec to find and install - a simple search in google will usually do it