Hello ^_^ I'm having a problem with the Zar264gui...

[SketchH]

I downloaded the package offered on a-m-v.org instead of downloading it all individually. However, when I'm done with my amv, I try to compress my avi video using the Zar264gui, but every time I try, it says: "AVISource: couldn't locate a decompressor for fourcc MP42" Therefore, I am unable to do anything with my large amv. I'm not sure what went wrong or how to correct it, and I was wondering if any of you could help me out.

Thank in advance for all of your help. I greatly appreciate it. Take Care.

[mirkosp]

MP42? Sounds like you exported with a weird codec (as in, one that avisource doesn't recognize). Try to go with uncompressed instead.

[SketchH]

It says that for any avi file I try to convert.

[SketchH]

I mean, when I try to import it into the program, that is the error I recieve. It doesn't even give me the chance to try and export it.

[Zarxrax]

He means when you export it from your editing program.
You are exporting to a crappy format.

[SketchH]

hmm...that may be the case. But I just select avi from the editing program. What format should I be editing it to? As far as I know, it has not let me compress any avi files from any source. Surely not every avi format in existance is bad.

[Zarxrax]

Use uncompressed avi.

[Qyot27]

MP42? Sounds like you exported with a weird codec (as in, one that avisource doesn't recognize). Try to go with uncompressed instead.

'MP42' is the FourCC used by Microsoft MPEG-4v2, which for some odd reason tends to be very popular as a distribution format with Japanese MAD editors, as I noted a couple years ago (if I remember right, it was v3 that was hacked by Gej to become the original DivX;) ). Even with DivX 5/6's and XviD 1.xx's encoders being fully mature for several years at that point. That's just an anecdote, though.

ffdshow supports MP42, though. More info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Me ... o#Versions