i have a film on my pc,the sound and picture are far the best i have ever seen.so i want to put it on disk every time i put it through my converter,it keeps saying,it needs a codec for it,i even tryed my other converter and that won't have it neither.i really want to have this film on disk.....i love and hate avi

Hi laura

What converter/burning prog. do u use? And what format r u trying to convert to? SVCD? DVD?

i have cucusoft and mainconcept.

Ok, and what's the exact error message?

BTW TMPGEnc is a quality tool for converting AVI to VCD/SVCD format. You should try it as well

when i use the cucusoft it says "can't find a codec for your avi file,please make sure you have installed a appropriate codec" my other converter won't have it neither

But you can play this AVI, can't you? So the decoders are installed then.
You can verify whether the codecs are installed properly for this AVI with GSpot.

well i down load it,and i didn't have a clue how to opertate it

Just load the AVI through menu: File/Open.
Then you'll see the Video and Audio codecs used in the AVI and the suitable codecs installed on your system.

right tryed wot you said,and it says "file name,diretory name or volume label syntax is incorrect " !!!!!

Well, it's strange....
Does the filename include some special characters, or the directory structure, where you're trying to open it?
You could try to rename the file and move to C:/

i renamed it and it worked,right now that its in gspot now wot do i do?

its converting now in me other converter thanks for your help

So there is no codec error message now? The filename was the problem?

oh god don't rub it in will ya you do know i am a woman !!! but then again i did get the film from emule

Well sorry can't really follow
You got the same problem now?
Did you checked the AVI with GSpot? Then what's Video Codec Name, 4cc and the Audio Codec name? What codecs are installed for this AVI?

Some programs don't recognize files without proper extensions.. others read the file header. Just make sure file extensions are not hidden by default in windows.
Also, be careful when downloading from bit torrent/emule/edonkey networks. Many files can be corrupted or may contain nasties.

Side note: Anyway, let us know how the encoding works out. I know it can takes hours so hopefully it was not done in vain.

Yes, maybe it's corrupted... or the codecs (DivX) should be reinstalled...

it was the file name !!!

Hip Hip Hooray!

i have now put my film on disk all because of the title on the film !!!! thanks every one

Wow
Sorry wasn't clear you managed to convert it but then, now, again


and You're welcome