Converting DV to DivX

[filefreak]

Hey all,

I hope this isn't the wrong forum for this... ;^)

Here's my problem: I copied some video from my Sony camcorder using Adobe Premiere. It made a 10 GB AVI file that seems to play fine if I open it in Windows Media Player. The problem is, I need to convert it to DivX and Virtualdub won't open it. It gives me an error saying: "Couldn't locate decompressor for format 'dvsd' (unknown) VirtualDub requires a Video for Windows (VFW) compatible codec to decompress video. DirectShow codecs, such as those used by Windows Media Player, are not suitable."

Now, I installed a VFW codec and that didn't seem to solve the problem, so I'm kind of stuck...

As for the file, this is what GSpot gives me:

FourCC: dvsd
Codec: Sony Digital Video (DV)
Vendor: Sony
Status: Codec NOT installed

Anyway, any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance,

filefreak

[Tommyknocker]

If you can open it in TMPGEnc, do so. Select File-->Output to file-->AVI. when the requester opens, select Video setting and select the appropiate DivX codec. Name the file and save it.

[filefreak]

Hey, thanks a lot for your help!! That worked perfectly!

filefreak

[T-E-M]

Filefreak, you need MainConcept DV Demo Codec for VirtualDub to open your DV AVI files.
http://www.mainconcept.com/archive/DVDemoCodec_v2.1.exe

[filefreak]

Hey, that codec worked as well! Thanks a lot for your help!

filefreak