Giovanni hates AVIs.

[Nekusagi]

...Giovanni being the name of my computer, I just thought I'd post a clever thread title.



Anywaaay... I've been ripping some DVDs, with the intent of sticking some anime on my MP3/video player (a Creative Zen V, if anyone's keeping score) and have noticed my computer has an odd aversion to anything involving .avi files. When I use my conversion software to convert MPEG4 files to AVI, or rip to AVI in HandBrake, the computer refuses to play them/import them to Windows Movie Maker and gives me the cryptic message "COM Surrogate has stopped working." Also, when I run the Creative Media Converter in the process of putting videos on my player (in mpeg4 form, with the option of converting then uploading selected) or use the player software to put the aforementioned AVI files on there, the whole computer freezes up and I get a "Windows Explorer has stopped working" message.

Is this due to
1. Vista stupidity.
2. Lack of RAM
or
3. Exactly what the subject line says?


Or am I just screwed out of any video player not sold by Steve Jobs (since apparently iPod has its own video format)?

Help would be most welcome here.

 

[Treemo]

You need to download the .avi codec if you haven't done so already. To find out where to download it, just search "AVI CODEC" on google and you'll come up with something. Or if you'd rather, I'll post the link to where I got mine. Note that sometimes you'll need multiple different codecs for 1 episode of an anime.

Whoa! You named your computer Giovanni?! Eh. I named mine, "Compooper" (cuz it's friggin slow.)

And, HOW DO YOU GET YOUR DVDS ON YOUR COMPUTER? I'VE BEEN DYING TO KNOW THAT! (< needs material for sequel to FMA parody)

 

[Nekusagi]

..sigh. Handbrake.

Google it, I'm sick of posting the link.

 

[Treemo]

link

Hopefully this will help. And if you DO need other codecs for your files, you'll have to get those on your own. I can't put up the links to every existing codec. X_X

 

[Nekusagi]

Well, that's the weird thing. My computer runs AVIs fine. The one bundled with my MP3 player runs when I DON'T WANT IT TOO.

It just fails to acknowledge the ones I've ripped.