Detect Packed Bitstream in AVI files

Hi,
Does anybody know of an API in Quicktime/QTKit that can be used to detect packed bitstream (b-frames) in .AVI files?
Thanks in advance for any help or pointers that can be provided.

VTKim wrote:
Hi,
One thing we could implement is a compression filter that is on the IMAQ AVI Create VI used in conjunction with the IMAQ AVI Get Filter Names VI.  Also, what is the RAM available on your computer and what size images are you acquiring and saving to AVI?  Thanks!
Kim
Thanks for replying.  I'm running labview 2009 on a dual core pentium 2.3 GHz with 4 Gigs of ram.  It typically has 2 Gigs free while running the program.
I'm not tryingt write an AVI, I'm trying to read an AVI.  The frames are 352 x 240 in size.  I've tried several read AVI examples and they all act the same way.  They slow down quickly and the hard drive and CPU are really cranking away.

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