Yes, there are two ways to playback avi file, using the legacy VFW based AVI functions or media file functions in IVision, VFW based AVI functions can only play uncompressed or certain compression format avi files while media file functions can play almost any modern format avi files.

Does this happen for all files of that type, or just certain ones? There's a sample page here if you need to see what files you can successfully still play.

Sorry, DVD-cloner can't do that job. But you can use the freeware DVD-to-MPEG, DVD-to-AVI, DVD-to-SVCD to do it.

The mpeg file is the VCD compliant mpeg file. Then you need a VCD burner. We recommend NERO. Burn it with the option "To VCD". Follow the wizard. Yes, you could convert DivX (avi) file to VCD compliant files (mpeg-1) with Kazi Video Converter, and then burn it to VCD with a VCD/DVD burner. I cannot convert mpg/DVD to any other format. Every time I try the program crashes with an error message.

Find Ladybug Files with details such as Extension: AVI; Content Type (MIME): video/avi; Open with: LBXPDEMO. In the Application used to perform action Edit box, fill the parameters such as "H:\Program Files\Ladybug Player XP Full\bin\LBXPDEMO.exe" "%1" /c "H:\Program Files\Ladybug Player XP Full\bin\LBXPCONF.ini". Where the first parameter is the LBXPDEMO.

CloneDVD is specialized in DVD copy, the current version does not support Mpeg, Avi file and CD copy, maybe available in the future version.

This is normal video player for PC platform (Windows OS), but it has several additional functions (conversion to 3gp format).

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 Nokia Video Manager. You can also try MediaCoder, another free utility. You can also try the free Handbrake to convert DVDs to MP4. Mobiola Studio is a paid alternative.

XAnim, developed by, Mark Podlipec, supports a variety of animations/movies (FLI, FLC, IFF, AVI, Quicktime, MPEG, etc.). XAnim can even play an audio file (WAV format) with an animation that doesn't already contain audio. It has a handy remote-control window with buttons for volume-control and frame-stepping control. Alternate sites: http://www.tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/xanim/ The latest version of xanim, 2.70.6.3, is available at:

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.

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.

ANSWER: AirBox currently supports Matrox DigiSuite DV AVI files (OpenDML, separate AVI video and WAV audio) and "Microsoft AVI type 2" files.

The 'select all' button on the FastEZ toolbar is grayed out when I attempt to select all the files in an album.

Microsoft Windows Media Audio must be installed on your system in order for these formats to be supported. To get WMA, you must download Windows Media Player 7 or higher from Microsoft's web site.