Issues with secrity footage

I have had a small project come in, where we have several hours on security footage. I have managed to export it to avi format but my computer for some reason will not read it. I have in the past been able to see avi and asf files but now i cant see the avi that i pulled form the security footage at all. Is there something that I’m missing or what? If anyone has any helping tips that would be great.
Thanks,
Villi O.

I have managed to export it to avi format but my computer for some reason will not read it. I have in the past been able to see avi and asf files but now i cant see the avi that i pulled form the security footage at all.< </div>
You willneed to supply a bit more information about the pathway these files are taking. I've read and re-read this post several times and I can't figure out where you got the files or on which computer you could see them. You must have been using WMP for Mac to see afs files or have the Flip4Mac playback module for Quicktime.
try adding a .avi extension < </div>
Interesting thought, let us know how that works out.
bogiesan

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