[mythtv-users] NEVERMIND - What Windows codec do I need to play
avi's from mythencode?
Kirk Grell
kirkgrell at yahoo.com
Tue Jan 3 16:08:36 UTC 2006
I apparently tried an old version of ffdshow. The
latest version works as expected.
Kirk
--- Kirk Grell <kirkgrell at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I've converted some nuv files to avi's using
> mythencode, but I can't seem to play them on my
> Windows machine. I've tried various codecs
> (DivX521XP2K, ffdshow, ffvfw, XviD-1.0.3), but
> Windows
> Media Player still won't play them. The avi's from
> mythencode appear to be "VIDEO: [FMP4]" format. Any
> idea where I can get a codec for Windows that'll
> play
> that kind of avi? Or, is there something I'm
> supposed
> to do on the Linux side (like patch mencoder or
> something) to get a more standard format (like XVID)
> when I run mythencode.pl?
>
> I have downloaded 'mplayer' for Windows and it will
> let me view the the avi's, but that doesn't help me
> cuz I need the codecs actually installed on the
> system
> so that other programs besides Windows Media Player
> can use them.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Kirk
>
>
>
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