Re: different avi-types?

They are many codecs of video compression. You can try with transcode 
(for resampling the video), or with the codecs that comes with mplayer, 
such as w32codecs.

Frank Schulz wrote:

>Hello!
>
>I have rescued a couple of *.avi files from a friend's win-xp system 
>crash ;-|.
>
>Most files are the original downstream files from his camera. These files (up 
>to 4GB, but also smaller ones) can not be read by mainactor 3.5 or mainactor 
>5.0-demo from the suse distributions.
>Kaffeine shows a black screen but  plays the sound - it may be a tribute to my 
>weak system (PII/350).
>
>Avi files which were allready treated by Pinacle can be handled by mainactor.
>
>My question: Are there different types of avi and/or i need extra libs/
>plugins/workarounds ?
>
>thx frank
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