i am able to add some avis to burn with windows dvd maker but on others i get
an error message that says the file is either not valid or corrupt. but they
all play just fine on media player

What codec do the files in question use? It's common for AVI files to use
DivX variations, and there's tons of bad versions of DivX codecs out there.
I suspect that the best current decoder to use is FFDShow Tryouts beta 3
(July 2007).

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"brian" <brian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i am able to add some avis to burn with windows dvd maker but on others i
>get
> an error message that says the file is either not valid or corrupt. but
> they
> all play just fine on media player

zach, ur the man. i talked to some dumb****s at circuit city and talked to
some ppl at microsoft and they all told me there was no way to fix my prob.
unfortunately ive already deleted some files but i just dloaded ffdshow and
it works man. its awesome, thanx so much!!

"zachd [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> What codec do the files in question use? It's common for AVI files to use
> DivX variations, and there's tons of bad versions of DivX codecs out there.
> I suspect that the best current decoder to use is FFDShow Tryouts beta 3
> (July 2007).
>
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> --
>
> "brian" <brian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A6A3F820-94B5-4A71-B5A6-8C6FEB10A91C@microsoft.com...
> >i am able to add some avis to burn with windows dvd maker but on others i
> >get
> > an error message that says the file is either not valid or corrupt. but
> > they
> > all play just fine on media player
>
>
>

No worries.

This is an amazingly complex field, though, so I wouldn't view those peeps
too harshly. There's about as much bad information as there is *good*
information. I'm trying to slowly help rectify that, but ... there's a
billion people out there using computers, so it'll take a while. =)

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"brian" <brian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> zach, ur the man. i talked to some dumb****s at circuit city and talked to
> some ppl at microsoft and they all told me there was no way to fix my
> prob.
> unfortunately ive already deleted some files but i just dloaded ffdshow
> and
> it works man. its awesome, thanx so much!!
>
> "zachd [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>>
>> What codec do the files in question use? It's common for AVI files to
>> use
>> DivX variations, and there's tons of bad versions of DivX codecs out
>> there.
>> I suspect that the best current decoder to use is FFDShow Tryouts beta 3
>> (July 2007).
>>
>> --
>> Speaking for myself only.
>> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>> --
>>
>> "brian" <brian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A6A3F820-94B5-4A71-B5A6-8C6FEB10A91C@microsoft.com...
>> >i am able to add some avis to burn with windows dvd maker but on others
>> >i
>> >get
>> > an error message that says the file is either not valid or corrupt. but
>> > they
>> > all play just fine on media player
>>
>>
>>