please help ( something wrong with my avi files)

[nirbhayn]

iam running win200opro
i have a avi file on my hard disk . i cant see a media player icon on that file , its treated as a unknow file format . to play it i have to right click on it and then choose media player from the 'OPEN WITH ' window
but the problem is i cant tick the box which says: always open this program to open this file . it is grayesh and untickable

can u plze help me out

[Tommyknocker]

What happens after you load it into Media Player, select "Save As...", and select what kind of file it is?

[luigidel]

Just open with virtual dub, and create a new avi file

[KingJohn]

iam running win200opro
i have a avi file on my hard disk . i cant see a media player icon on that file , its treated as a unknow file format . to play it i have to right click on it and then choose media player from the 'OPEN WITH ' window
but the problem is i cant tick the box which says: always open this program to open this file . it is grayesh and untickable

can u plze help me out

What is the extension, does it say movie.AVI ?

[luigidel]

I would re-encode the file with virtual dub, creating a brand new .avi. If you know how to manipulate the audio and video bitrate, there will be no loss in quality, and wont have any problems with making it larger than it already is.

[luigidel]

Also, are you sure it is an .avi? try using the program "terabit avi info"