[HPFGU-OTChatter] A computer video software question.

[Kathryn Cawte]

And now we've resolved Iggy's problem (which I totally sympathise with since
it was one I had a few months ago - fortunately the files I had were from a
site that helpfully explained the different codecs and gave links), let's go
back to the other part of his question - *Does* anyone know of a free (or
cheap) converter program for changing .avi to .mpg?  I'd be interested in
finding one and totally failed at Tucows and Download.com - which implies
I'm either not looking in the right place (fairly likely) or there isn't
one.

My favourite video player is Power DVD and for some reason even on files it
has played before some days it just decides that .avi files annoy it and
freezes. Resetting my computer three times in a row is irritating and time
consuming and makes me wish I hadn't assigned a sound file for the start up
sound since any file gets irritating when heard repeatedly - even if it does
show how much I *really* wanted to watch the file and how much I prefer
Power DVD to Windows Media Player (no, before anyone asks there is no real
concrete reason for that - I just do).

So are there any good programs that do that out there?

K