This is a know limitation of PVR. Even if it is not the same chipsets that do the 2 jobs, if this functionnality was enabled, you could have a lot of jerks during AVI playing (and probably on current record too). So it has been disabled and you can "only" read MPEG files or DVD.

Because ASF uses variable frame rate but AVI uses a fixed one, you have to set it by hand using -ofps.

Videos belonging to games from Blizzard contain DivX video, but with a different FourCC, namely "BLZ0". To play such videos you need to use ffdshow for decoding DivX video. The regular DivX decoder won't work (unless you manually change the FourCC). If that doesn't solve the problem, then you should use Media Player Classic or VideoLAN to play the file.

When playing video formats that require a third party component on an Intel Mac, the finder may report that it can't find the component. To correct this, follow these instructions:

After the avi is encoded by DivX codec, The logo does not exist in the avi file. If play back the avi file with official DivX player or use FFDSHOW filter, the logo does not show. The program can support most encoding filters based on Microsoft DirectShow, such as XviD or WMV9 and more if you install appropriate video codecs.

You can use MacVCD X to play AVI, Divx or xVID from your hard drive, from an external disk/hard drive, or from a CD. For step-by-step instructions, refer to the MacVCD X Read me in the documentation folder that comes with MacVCD X or download the MacVCD X Read me (pdf) now

Yes. MacVCD X is based on Quicktime technology and so it will play any supported Quicktime media. In addition you can install Quicktime components to easily increase the media types that MacVCD X will play. AVI*, DivX*, XviD*, Quicktime Movie (.mov), DV, DVC, DV Pal, Photo VCD, Karaoke VCD, Apple Video, Component video, Sorenson Video 2 & 3, Microsoft OLE & Video 1 And the list goes on. By choosing a Quicktime based movie player your options are limitless.

If the file is AVI file, you need to install a codec. To download and install the codec, goto http://www.divxmovies.com or http://www divx.com.

Get VLC player. For further codec support, get Combined Community Codec Pack or K-lite Mega Codec Pack. All of these are free. You can get them on google.

Yes, ShowShifter can play any video format that Windows Media Player can play. By default ShowShifter looks in the 'Video' folder on each of your drives in order to list them. This location can be changed using the 'Read Video Files' page, details of which are in Readme.html which comes with ShowShifter. A link to 'Read me' is under the ShowShifter option on the Windows Start menu. If you are using the recompression feature there is a 4gigabyte restriction on the size of the .avi file.

Please download the file rpsetup.exe from one of the vpon, or you can download this file from www.vpondemo.com./rpsetup.exe

After importing the AVI or DivX video file into Movie Maker, add it to the storyboard/timeline without editing the video, and then save the movie as a WMV file by using the Save Movie Wizard in Movie Maker. You can then import the resulting WMV file into Movie Maker and edit the file.

That is because DivX is not a real-time capture process. It is a 2-pass record, which precludes working under VTs real-time expectation.

The latest version of MediaMVP software supports the playing of DivX (up to DivX version 5.0). Download and install the MediaMVP software from http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/support/support_mediamvp.html a DivX video player on your PC. You can download a player from the DivX website at www.divx.com. Most DivX videos with either mono or stereo audio can be played through the MediaMVP Only one MediaMVP can be playing a DivX video at a time.

Click the "Open File" button on the top-left of the control NBar and select the .avi file you want, click OK, the player will play automatically.

Since we only support Mpeg-4 compatible codec implementations, we will not be able to play video files older than DivX? 5.0. The Xbox 360 will display whatever video artwork that is displayed in Windows Media Player 11 or the Zune PC software for each video file. For all video types we will search for a corresponding .jpg file and use that as the artwork. For example video1.avi would display the artwork in video1.jpg if it existed.

NuVJ does only play the audio when using QuickTime .mov files and you need to enable it in the NuVJ Preferences dialog.

Yes it's possible using the last firmware from ExSport. You just have to activate a new entry in the preference menu, then all subtitles will be scanned to be played, switching from one to next one, using "subtitle" key on remote control.

If the battery runs out during the recording of a file, the currently recorded file will be lost because the file header will be unable to close. It is crucial to change the battery once the battery indicator shows only one hash mark of power remaining. Removing the battery while the recorder is in use may also corrupt a file.