.avi files

[Guest]

I'm attempting to open up an .avi file in Movie Maker, but the program says
that the codec required isn't installed on my computer. I can watch the video
on DivX, and I've installed carious codec programs, but I can't seem to
import the video to Movie Maker. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Wojo]

Divx AVI videos don't work well if at all in Movie Maker.
You could convert them to another AVI compression codec or a WMV.
See this site:
http://www.videohelp.com/convert

 

[Guest]

I went to the site and used downloaded Windows Media Encoder, but now it's
telling me that one or more codecs required to open the file can't be found.
Now what?

 

[Wojo]

You need to download the Divx codec used to create the clip.
Use GSpot (http://www.headbands.com/gspot/) to see what codec was used.
Then check this site out for the proper codec:
http://www.free-codecs.com/

-Wojo