Help With Avi Files.

[Andrewski22]

I have a series of avi files which I wish to convert to vcd. I have tried using ffmpegx but every time the treminal tells me that no video header can be found. I put thses files through divx doctor which gives me the message that there is no video file. Why should this be like this? The files play in quicktime and vlc.

I tried using the vcd option in toast which seems to work partially, however after leaving toast for some time I come back to find a file that only has the first 12 minutes of my movie (the movie is around 50 minutes long). It seems starnge that it would do some of the file and not the rest.

If no one can offer me a solution for the files as they exist would it be worthwhile converting them to another form of avi/divx and then trying to convert them to mpeg? Alternatively would it just be easier to make thses avi into svcd instead?

Would be grateful for any help offered.

[wolleric]

NO PC ANSWERS!

-TGPO

[Andrewski22]

Thank you so much for your "helpful" reply. I would also like to thank you for putting your response in lovely bold type as well. perhaps one day you will be able to turn that pesky caps lock key off.

Does anyone have any helpful advice for me? Just in case it is not clear I am using an imac with osx. So what about those avi files? Thanks in advance for thise who *can* help.

[tgpo]

Actually I put the bold and caps in that message. He posted a pc answer instructing you to use virtualdub to convert it.

My suggestion is to use Quicktime Pro. See if it will allow you to convert using it.

[Andrewski22]

Apologies to all concerned *eats major slice of humble pie*.

Will try this although QT does seem to be painfully slow sometimes.

[Regensturm]

If the files played fine in QT before, then chances are that they had already been doctored or otherwise saved into QuickTime. It doesn't matter what the suffix says -- anything saved in QT gets a .mov header.

Then again, if they *were* mov's, then vlc wouldn't play them.

hmmmm