M-JPEG codec needed

[Denman76]

I have a Canon A70 and I am looking for a freeware M-JPEG codec for the WIN XP WMP 8. Currently if I want to view a movie shot with the Canon A70, I have to open the Canon Zoom Browser and click on the avi file, which in turn automatically opens WMP 8 and plays the movie. I would like to load the codec directly into WMP 8 and bypass the Zoom Browser program in order the play the Canon avi movie. Thanks for your help.

[evilenglishman]

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[al606]

I've found that any reasonably new version of Quicktime will play them.

The m-jpeg codec is a little hard to find, there are a number of shareware ones but I have a problem with paying for something system-level like this. Morgan's is $25. PicVideo has one for $28.

Ricoh has one which appears to be free (not sure, haven't tried it) at http://www.ricoh.co.jp/r_dc/dc/support/download/drivers/6000dec.html which may or may not be Ricoh specific, maybe worth giving it a try?

If you're looking for any codec, a good place to start is www.fourcc.org

Finally, I thought XP had it installed natively, from the updatexp site : "Windows XP includes a MJPEG decoder. If you are getting error messages about MJPEG then I suggest you try one of Google Groups for help. "

[Stringrazor]

There's one in the files section over at the Yahoo S30 list. You may need to register to access it.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PowershotS30/files/