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Problem reading compressed AVI file

Jun 8, 2005 1:15PM PDT

I have Windows 98 SE. I created some AVI files with my digital camera and uploaded to my computer. They were too dark so I edited the files with VirtualDub. Now the files were huge and could not be emailed . So I used VirtualDub with DIVX codec to compress. The problem is that nobody can read the compressed files that I send. Can the files be uncompressed? A friend suggested I download VLC. Is it a good program and easy to use?

Also would it work if I write the original VirtualDub without compression to a CD? should I use R/W or recordable? Will either be easier for another Windows 98 machine to read?
Thanks for your help with all my questions.

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How about the free DIVX player?
Jun 8, 2005 2:00PM PDT
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Jun 8, 2005 4:05PM PDT

Maybe there is something wrong with the video files you created... It's a safe bet they already have xvid codecs. I can't imagine anyone who's dumb enough to not know what video codecs are.

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What did you call my mother?
Jun 8, 2005 10:20PM PDT

Just kidding. My mother does not know a codec from codeine.

-> Give everyone the benefit of the doubt and put the DIVX codec you used with installer on said CD.

Bob

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Why would you think
Jun 10, 2005 9:32PM PDT

that everyone should know about codecs? I would imagine that, to the normal everyday user of Windows systems, a video is just a video, and they would have no need to learn about compression/decompression techniques.

And why do you think that everyone has the xvid codec on their computer? I only found xvid a few months ago and have had my Dell for nearly 3 years.

In answer to "its stillme's" question, the problem is that there are so many video codecs around, and whatever codec you use to compress the raw file, chances are that someone somewhere may not have that codec.

I would have done the same as you, compressed the file in VirtualDub using the DivX codec. And I agree with Skrimmet that the free DivX player is a very good player, and it installs with the codecs needed to play DivX encoded videos.

Mark

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Whatever...
Jun 11, 2005 2:50AM PDT

Tell them to download this code pack. At 50MB, it covers just about everything...

And you don't need Divx player. The pack includes Xvid codecs and enable Windows Media Player as well as any other generic player to play .avi files.

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Did I forgot the url?
Jun 11, 2005 4:41AM PDT
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http:// farkles URLs with "free" in the name
Jun 11, 2005 4:51AM PDT
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Huh? o_O
Jun 11, 2005 5:13AM PDT

What do you mean? What happened there? That wasn't fake... o_O

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a combo of http:// the word free in a URL
Jun 11, 2005 5:15AM PDT

results in ********************codecs etc etc etc


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That's not right... -_-
Jun 11, 2005 5:26AM PDT

Who made this stupid forum anyway... -_-

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The free issue was ..
Jun 11, 2005 6:02AM PDT

Deeply discussed in forum feedback.

Sadly, the spammers of free ipods and other things made such a necessity.

Bob