avi as background media

thew wrote on 2/7/2005, 8:06 PM

I get an error message saying 'the selected file is not of the required type' when I try to set an avi flie as the background media. I thought the software supported avi files? Any help or guidance is appreciated.

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ScottW wrote on 2/7/2005, 8:41 PM

AVI files are just a wrapper - what does your AVI file actually contain? It could be that DVDA simply doesn't have access to the correct codec to read your AVI file. Download a copy of GSPOT to find out what's in your file if you don't already know.

thew wrote on 2/7/2005, 8:46 PM

The file is a video off my digital camera. I'm trying to have it playing in the background of the main page.

ScottW wrote on 2/7/2005, 9:23 PM

And you told me nothing. It could be DV, it could be MJPEG, it could be anything. My bet is it's MJPEG in which case you probably don't have a codec installed on your machine that an handle it, hence your problem

bStro wrote on 2/8/2005, 7:39 AM

Try downloading and installing the Morgan Multimedia MJPEG codec. That works for most video that comes off of still cameras.

http://www.morgan-multimedia.com/

You should realize, though, that the quality of those still camera videos is pretty low, especially depending on what resolution was used.

Rob

thew wrote on 2/10/2005, 10:30 PM

That did it! Thanks!