On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 15:51:39 -0500, "Ken" <krlorenz@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>I have Vista Home Premium 64-bit and Windows 7 installed and use the
>standard Microsoft boot manager from Windows 7 to dual boot. Each operating
>system is in the first primary partition of a hard drive. No problems.
>However, I think I need reinstall WinXP so that I can view some old AVI
>files that use the Intel IV50 codec. For some reason Vista does not like
>the AVI files and best I can tell the codec add-in only works under WinXP
>Media Player. Can someone please suggest the best way/program that will
>allow me to boot either Vista, Windows 7 or Windows XP OR is there a magic
>bullet to view and convert the old AVI files. I have tried Format Factory
>and come up empty. No matter what I try the audio works but the video is
>not available. Help would be appreciated.
Try using Virtualdub to transcode the video.
http://www.virtualdub.org/