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Originally Posted by Jen
...Couldnt locate decompressor for format H264 (unknown)
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Ahhh, the dreaded codec problems!
So, here's how it works. Your camera records video in the .MOV format. When you convert this to an AVI format, what you are really doing is changing the format (or "container"), but not the underlying codec (in this case H264).
To put it another way, AVI is a container for video files, which can be recorded using various codecs, eg Mpeg1, Mpeg2, H263, H264 and others.
So when you convert from .MOV to .AVI you need to ensure that you are actually re-encoding (also called transcoding) the file using one of the codecs that Registax understands - which if I remember correctly is Mpeg1 or (preferably) Mpeg2. Registax doesn't support the H264 codec, whic is a pity 'cos H264 is a much newer and better codec. But I digress..
I do believe from memory virtual dub will transcode to Mpeg2. Alternatively I think Windows Live Moofie Maker will also do something similar (in that it's called convert to AVI type I).
You can also use many commercialy available video editing programs, like Ulead DVD maker etc.
Hopefully the above has made things clearer, but any questions feel free to ask.
