zachd said:
There are ... 4 different unique codec types and ... about fifty different
codec implementations meant by the term "DivX codec", so this really isn't
going to be possible to get anywhere on too easily without a link to the
troublesome AVI file.
Stop right there. See, the circle is continuing. I think you're ignoring
the point that 99% of us are trying to make, that we can get our AVI files to
play in Windows Media Player, but not in Windows Movie Maker. Is it that
hard to understand the point that is being made?
I made a choice back in the early 1990's to go with Windows-based computers,
starting with Windows 3.0. I made a conscious choice not to go with Apple.
And through all these years, I've thought that I made the right choice. I am
a power user of Microsoft Office and pretty much with the whole suite of MS
products because they fit together and everything cooperates.
But now, I'm beginning to get more and more irritated with the codec excuses
that you keep throwing out. Just a little insight. I work on a daily basis
with digital audio files in my work. I have to be able to hear them no
matter what piece of software the client has decided to record them in. So
I'm no stranger to codec issues. I just recently bought a new computer with
Vista installed. I installed the software that I need to use for listening
to those files (the software I use really isn't important here) and all of
sudden, my files would not play. These are audio files that play just fine
under XP, whether it be through Media Player, Winamp, or the software program
I use. Turns out there's nothing wrong with my program that I used for
listening to and transcribing these files, although I'm sure you'd like to
say it is. No, it's due to the fact that Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom,
all of a sudden decided that it wasn't necessary to supply Windows with the
TrueSpeech codec, which has been in every single version of Windows prior to
Vista. Why? Who knows? I had to get the codec and install it myself, as
usual.
It's about the inconsistencies from Microsoft program to Microsoft program.
You're dodging the issue which is why does my AVI play fine in Media Player
with the codec installed, which obviously IS the correct one or it would not
play, and not in Movie Maker. One file should not require multiple video
codecs. Where is the logic in that? This is apparently a programming issue
with Movie Maker. Why can't you just admit it? The AVI file is NOT the
problem, it's Movie Maker.
Oh, and I can open the files fine using Quicktime on any computer in the
house (and there's seven on my home network), as well as opening them easily
on my daughter's Mac book.
This means that I won't be upgrading to Vista anytime soon on my other
computers, but will stick with XP on them just so I can get the full
functionality with Movie Maker that I need.