Yup, people can more understand when I say to convert an MOV or MPG to AVI
than when I say convert an AVI to another AVI.

Lot's of opportunity for new confusion... like when I suggest rendering the
new AVI using the Microsoft Windows Media Video 9 codec... but using
VirtualDub to do it, not Movie Maker.
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PapaJohn

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"Wojo" <[REMOVE]wojos_web@[REMOVE]verizon.net> wrote in message
news:FPdvf.26707$Uf7.6390@trnddc01...
> Thank you for that Papajohn.
> It always seems to confuse people to try to understand that AVI isn't
> simply one codec creating one compression Ratio. AVI is a file extension
> actually used by many different codecs and with many different compression
> ratios meaning just because a file has an AVI extension doesn't
> necessarily mean it will work with all programs. Similar but smaller scale
> analogy is MPEG, MPEG2, MPEG4, they all can have an MPG extension but they
> aren't all the same.
> -Wojo
>
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" <PapaJohn@CharterMI.net> wrote in message
> news:eozGGViEGHA.1312@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> If an AVI file doesn't work as a source file in Movie Maker, you often
>> need to convert it to another AVI file that does work.... that's often a
>> confusing point... what codec works?
>>
>> I recently did another wave of tests to check which of the compression
>> codecs made AVI source files that go into the collection, to the
>> timeline, and render OK to a Movie Maker movie...
>>
>> There are 14 compression choices that work on my laptop.... some render
>> much faster than others... some result in much higher file sizes, but
>> they all work.
>>
>> I added a couple charts to the Importing Source Files > Video > AVI page
>> of my website to show you the list, and how they differ in rendering
>> speed and file size...
>> --
>> PapaJohn
>>
>> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
>> MM2 Tips and Tricks:
>> http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
>> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>>
>>
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