Avi & error -50

What does error "-50" mean? In layman's terms, that is. I see that it has something to do with a user parameter list, but I don't know what that means. My problem is in trying to open an "avi" file. The file's icon is clearly visible: it's the regular QuickTime icon bearing the notation "avi." But when I double-click on it, I get only a dialog box saying that the file could not open because of a "-50" error. I drop the icon on the DivX Convertor v. 6 application, and I get the same error code.
The file is a movie originally recorded by a Microsoft machine. I saw the original work just fine on a different Microsoft machine, and I'm trying to get it to work here.
Any ideas?
iBook Mac OS X (10.3.9)
Performa 6400 Mac OS 9.1.x

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ReadAVIFrames.vi ‏41 KB

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alguien me puede ayudar con el error-1074395975 ocurred at imaq avi read frame.
tengo labview 2011
ni vision 2011
ni vision assistant 2011
directx11
adjunto una imagen del diagrama a bloques y el mensaje de error
gracias
¡Resuelto!
Ir a solución.
Adjuntos:
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