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Old 06-04-2008, 10:19 PM
Michele
 
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Re: Why does Microsoft Media Encoder 9 always crash?
It says I have no codec installed. Did I miss a step??

"John Inzer" wrote:

> Michele wrote:
> > John:
> > I followed your instructions and downloaded VdubMod. I resized and
> > then compressed my video and I now have my video saved as a .avi
> > file. (It was originally an mpeg-2). I can now view it on Windows
> > Media Player but still cannot import it into WMM. I get the same
> > error: "the file C:\Documents and Settings\...\Megan round 1.avi
> > cannot be imported because the codec required to play the file is not
> > installed on your computer. If you have already tried to download and
> > install the codec, close and restart Windows Movie Maker, and then
> > try to import the file again." What am I missing or doing wrong?
> >
> > Thanks!

> ================================
> Might be worth a try to download GSpot...
> it can identify the codec used to create the .avi.
>
> GSpot
> http://tinyurl.com/cjkta
> or...
> http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multime...ed/GSpot.shtml
>
> GSpot Super Quick Start
> http://www.headbands.com/gspot/v26x/quick_start.html
>
> Assessing Video Files and Codecs with GSpot
> http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Pa.../68/Gspot.aspx
>
> Not generally recommended but personally
> I think I would install the K-Lite Mega Codec Pack:
>
> Download K-Lite Mega Codec Pack
> http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...Codec_Pack.htm
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
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