avi files are borked in vista

[Homer Simpson]

ive had vista a little over a week now. i like it. i had a movie file from my canon camera (.avi) that i started tinkering with in windows movie maker. i saved the project. i moved the file to a different drive and movie maker has an option to re-link. so i do but it crashes. i try many times. crashes. i put the file back where it originally was. crashes. i try re-importing it. crashes. i try a different avi file. crashes. if i go click on it in explorer, it plays fine. i go check some other avi's and they wont import. they wont play and wont generate a thumbnail in explorer. these i can see maybe being a codec. but the ones from my camera worked in movie maker the other day. and they play just fine. i tried unchecking the two codecs listed in movie maker options (avi and nero mp4 or somethin) and no luck. any thoughts?

 

[Cutthroat]

Nero screwed up my codecs in Vista beyond belief, similar issues as you but more than just .avi, to the point I had to reinstall. It will be a long time before I do Vista+Nero again.

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: Homer Simpson
ive had vista a little over a week now. i like it. i had a movie file from my canon camera (.avi) that i started tinkering with in windows movie maker. i saved the project. i moved the file to a different drive and movie maker has an option to re-link. so i do but it crashes. i try many times. crashes. i put the file back where it originally was. crashes. i try re-importing it. crashes. i try a different avi file. crashes. if i go click on it in explorer, it plays fine. i go check some other avi's and they wont import. they wont play and wont generate a thumbnail in explorer. these i can see maybe being a codec. but the ones from my camera worked in movie maker the other day. and they play just fine. i tried unchecking the two codecs listed in movie maker options (avi and nero mp4 or somethin) and no luck. any thoughts?

Maybe this will help?

938979 Vista Performance and Reliability Pack
This update resolves a number of individual issues which may be affecting some computers running Windows Vista. These issues have been reported by customers using the Error Reporting service, product support, or other means. Installing this update will improve the performance and responsiveness for some scenarios and improves reliability of Windows Vista in a variety of scenarios. Some examples of the improvements contained in this update are:

* Improves performance in resuming back to the desktop from the Photo and Windows Energy screensaver.
* Resolves an issue where some secured web pages using advanced security technologies may not get displayed in Internet Explorer on Windows Vista.
* Resolves an issue where a shared printer may not get installed if the printer is connected to a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 system and User Access Control is disabled on the Vista client.
* Resolves an issue where creating AVI files on Vista may get corrupted.
* Improves the performance in calculating the ?estimated time remaining? when copying/moving large files.
* Improves performance in bringing up Login Screen after resuming from Hibernate.
* Resolves an issue where synchronization of offline files to a server can get corrupted.
* Resolves a compatibility issue with RAW images created by Canon EOS 1D/1DS Digital SLR Camera which can lead to data loss. This only affects RAW images created by these two specific camera models.
* Resolves an issue where a computer can lose its default Gateway address when resuming from sleep mode.
* Improves the performance when copying or moving entire directories containing large amounts of data or files.
* Improves the performance of Vista?s Memory Manager in specific customer scenarios and prevents some issues which may lead to memory corruption.

 

[Homer Simpson]

i just checked some timestamps, and i installed nero after i initially played with the avi in movie maker. i bet nero hosed it all up i hope i dont have to reinstall windows again. ugh

 

[Homer Simpson]

SWEET!! i uninstalled nero 7 essentials and my avi's work in movie maker now. other avi files play now too. thanks!

 

[Cutthroat]

Nero sucks