[HPFGU-OTChatter] A computer video software question.

[Iggy McSnurd]

> Dennis:
> 
> If Windows Media Player won't play it, you probably have a
non-standard
> .avi
> file, probably Divx if I was guessing, because it's the most popular.
You
> can easily find out what codec your .avi file was encoded in by right
> clicking the file, choosing "properties," and then clicking the
"Summary"
> tab. There will be three sections listed on that page, Image, Audio,
and
> Video.  Look under Video for the line "Video Compression."  It will
tell
> you
> what codec you need, such as "Divx Codec" or "Cinepak codec."  Anyway,
> whatever it says there, type it in Google followed by "download" and
> chances
> are you'll get a list of sites to download the codec from for free.
If it
> happens to be Divx, then you can go straight to divx.com and click the
> divx
> tab for a free player and codec plug-in.

Iggy here:

It apparently is a DivX format.  I downloaded the free DivX viewer from
their site, but the installer locked up while processing.  (This
happened 4 times in a row.)  I also tried just downloading the DivX
codec package from their site as well, but that installer also kept
locking up on processing as well.

Real One claims the DivX as an unsupported format when I try to use that
program, and the Windows Media Player keeps trying to download the codec
from the server, but has errors in downloading the codec.

Any ideas?  (Is there a way to grab each one and "unpack" it by hand?)

Iggy McSnurd