[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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