3.0 .avi problems

I've been working on a project for sometime, and until yesterday, everything worked fine. Now, all of the .avi files in the project can't be found (though they've never been moved), and when I reimport them, they are only found as audio files. I've used GSpot and, apparently, all of the codecs for all of the videos are installed and working correctly. Is there a specific codec I need just for PE3?
Thanks!

As Neale points out, AVI is but a "wrapper." Almost anything can be inside that wrapper. This ARTICLE will give you much more background.
As far as CODEC's are concerned, this ARTICLE will fill you in.
When you ripped the DVD, you started with a compressed MPEG-2 format file, and then you used additional heavy compression with the Xvid CODEC. That is a delivery-only CODEC, designed to produce streaming media for playback, and not for editing. You have lost quality twice in this workflow, and have created a file, that is not likely to be edited in PrE. Some NLE's do a much better job, than PrE. I would recommend that you either use one of them, convert to DV-AVI, or rip the DVD's to DV-AVI, which will edit smoothly in PrE. One NLE that seems to do better with Xvid and DivX is CyberLink's PowerDirector.
Remember, simple playback is much different, than editing that same footage. As Xvid is designed for streaming playback, so long as one has the CODEC installed in the system, playing is OK. It is when one goes to edit that material, that problems arise.
Good luck,
Hunt

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