Droplets and AVI files

Hi Folks
Just wondering if anyone has had any success using droplets with AVI files. I do a lot of AVI to MOV conversion and Compressor will load the AVI file when the full program is running, but I can't drop the file on a droplet. Is this even possible or is it just a limitation of the program?
Sean

Droplets should work the same as if you encoded from within Compressor. What you need to understand is that there is that AVI and MOV are CONTAINERS which can contain any number of different CODECS. Compressor and Qmaster are limited to codecs.
Open your AVI files in Quicktime Player, press Command I to Get Info and post back with the format details of these particular files.

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