DV Video encoder

[mar]

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Can anyone tell me what a DV Video Encoder is? When I want to open an avi video file in pinnacle he tells me that the document is not been recognized because he needs a file that went through a DV Video Encoder or something. Can somebody tell me what it means and what I need to do?
Thanks. Mar

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?)

AVI files can be compresed or uncompressed. An uncompressed AVI will take
up approximately 12gb of hard drive space per hour.....so you probably won't
find many online - and if you did, you probably wouldn't try downloading
them.

So we come to the conclusion that the AVI file you want to play is
compressed... and in order to be able to play it, you need to know which
particular codec it is compressed with.

Happily someone wrote something that will help
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

Let G-Spot analyze the AVI and once you know which codec encoded and
compressed the file, you can download them, install them and the file will
play.
--
Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

"mar" <mar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C1E7EA80-56AB-4D04-9A79-FC99D2DFAEFE@microsoft.com...
> Can anyone tell me what a DV Video Encoder is? When I want to open an avi
> video file in pinnacle he tells me that the document is not been
> recognized because he needs a file that went through a DV Video Encoder or
> something. Can somebody tell me what it means and what I need to do?
> Thanks. Mar

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?)

Another alternative is to try and play the file and you
might get a prompt to search on the internet for the
codec - I think, but not sure that there is an update
codec option somewhere?

>-----Original Message-----
>AVI files can be compresed or uncompressed. An
uncompressed AVI will take
>up approximately 12gb of hard drive space per hour.....so
you probably won't
>find many online - and if you did, you probably wouldn't
try downloading
>them.
>
>So we come to the conclusion that the AVI file you want
to play is
>compressed... and in order to be able to play it, you
need to know which
>particular codec it is compressed with.
>
>Happily someone wrote something that will help
>http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
>
>Let G-Spot analyze the AVI and once you know which codec
encoded and
>compressed the file, you can download them, install them
and the file will
>play.
>--
>Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging &
Hardware)
>www.coribright.com
>
>"mar" <mar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:C1E7EA80-56AB-4D04-9A79-FC99D2DFAEFE@microsoft.com...
>> Can anyone tell me what a DV Video Encoder is? When I
want to open an avi
>> video file in pinnacle he tells me that the document is
not been
>> recognized because he needs a file that went through a
DV Video Encoder or
>> something. Can somebody tell me what it means and what
I need to do?
>> Thanks. Mar
>
>
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