Problem with .avi files playing as video

I'm trying to use photoshop elements 8 to make and burn a dvd movie, I've added the movie file in avi format and made the disc menu.When I try to play it back it looks all jumpy like its playing a slideshow of stills from my movie and not as a video. I'd apprieciate any help on fixing this if possible if not then oh well. I bought this program intending to this but I'm starting to think I can't...

Expanding on what M.R. said, there is no single codec for movies that have .avi extensions. AVI is a container format, not a specific type of file. An AVI movie may use one of the Indeo codecs (there are at least four that I'm aware of, none of which have been ported to Mac OS X) or one of the various flavors of DivX, among other possibilities. You'll have to find out what codec was used for the movies you want to view to determine what you need. Note that not all codecs for the various .avi movies are available for QuickTime.
If you want to try "hit and miss", you can try the codecs at http://www.divx.com/ and http://www.3ivx.com/ and see if one of them will work for you. You can also give this player M.R. mentioned a try:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Forum Tip: Since you're new here, you've probably not discovered the Search feature available on every Discussions page, but next time, it might save you time (and everyone else from having to answer the same question multiple times) if you search a couple of ways for a topic, both in the relevant forums and in the User Tips Library before you post a question.
Regards.

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