Can't SEE .avi's in Video Impression

[yayadude]

After downloading the .avi files into ZoomBrowser, I can see the videos (ZoomBrowser starts up Quicktime to play them). However, when I try to look at them in any other program, the .avi is not displayed (sound okay though). I have tried to look at it through Video Impression and other Video Editing softwares... Is there something that I am doing wrong such as a setting when I record them on my s200?

thanks.

[teekay]

Try running them in Apple's Quicktime. With my G1 that's the only program on my computer that shows the video. Windows Media player and Real Player only run the audio.

[brutal]

Avi's can be played in a lot of programs, its just when quicktime is installed it takes the association.

I prefer this program: http://www.divx.com/divx/

It supports a lot of things but it is tops at AVI and MPEG. It also plays Divx Movies. There are free versions and pay for so you should be able to get what you need.

[dlewis007]

This is a MAJOR problem for me. I film a lot of things with my Canon S300, but when I publish to the Internet, most people can't play my movies because they dont have Quicktime set as their default AVI player.

For example, check out this page on my site:

http://www.amazingdj.com/testimonials.html


People always tell me they cant play the movies. Does anyone have a suggestion for converting them to a format readable by Windows Media Player (sucks, I know)

Thanks a lot,

Danny

[Jerry Vanderberg]

I had a similar problem in not being able to import avi files into slide show programs, where they can play as part of a slide show. (I prefer PowerPoint, because it is powerful, and I already have it.) My son seems to have soled this problem. So let me share his solution with you, as it may work for what you want to do.
"Video files get encoded and decoded using a little piece of software called a codec. It turns out that Canon .AVI files are encoded using a hardware-based codec called M-JPEG. Until recently, the only application I knew that was capable of decoding these files was the
Quicktime Player. It turns out that XP comes with some variation of this codec, so at the very least, the Windows Media Player can decode and play it back. I'm using Windows 2000, and found that I had to download a third-party software-based codec. Once I did this, I was able to play back the files using Windows Media Player, and I was successfully able to import them into Powerpoint. It seems to me that if Windows XP speaks M-JPEG, then Powerpoint should be
able to use it, but perhaps you need to give it a little "nudge". I've attached the codec in question. It's from a company called Morgan Multimedia. Simply detach, run the file, and then start up Powerpoint and
attempt your import again.

You can also get the codec here:
http://www.dawnload.net/video_software/codecs_and_filters/morgan_m-jpeg_codec.cfm

Hope this helps."

[dlewis007]

Jerry,

Thanks for the helpful response. I downloaded the CODEC and now my media player plays the movies, along with Quicktime and DivX.

Unfortunately, this doesn't really solve my main problem, which is that OTHERS can't play the movies off of my website because most folks dont have the upgraded CODEC installed and do not have Quicktime as their default player.

As a result, most people only hear audio, and no video. What I really need is a tool that will convert the AVIs from my Canon into MPEG, or some other format that is widely viewable by common players.

I've tried using the TMPG encoder (http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_about.html) recommended by some, but that didn't work either.

How could Canon make such a huge oversight? How do they expect people to publish movies from their cameras to the Internet when hardly anyone can play them?

[Deebee]

Hi.

I'm a real novice with the S200, having only had mine for a week. However, I have found that using the supplied Video Impression software it is possible to load in the AVI clip, then save it back as an MPEG. Apart from making it more easy to reply, it also slashes the size of the file from (in my attempts) 3.8MB to around 820KB.

Just choose the MPEG format in the pop-up window that appears once you click on the Save icon.

[look30]

For those using the WindowsXP there is a small program called MovieMaker. I used this for converting the avi files in wmv files which are smaller and can be converted easyly in anything else.
Hope it helps.