Problems Using AVI files

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I've tried just about everything to get the sound to play on my AVI files using OS Tiger. Even download VLC as suggested by someone here, but to no avail. Sound plays fine when I switch over to OS 10.5.2 [L], but I can't get anything when I play AVI files using OS 10.4.11 [T]. Any suggestions? Would truly appreciate it. TIA!
~Kathryne

Baby Boomer (USofA) wrote:
Please _*detail all*_ the things you have tried to resolve your issue. Need this info to avoid the +"been there, done that already"+ scenarios.
Thank you
In Account Preferences, created a new account to see if the sound would work under new account. In the Preferences area of OT, tried checking and unchecking boxes in the sound section. In the OS Systems Preference, tried adjusting sound there and as mentioned on my OP, I've downloaded VLC, Perian and one other program whose name I can't recall at the moment and restarted computer as suggested after downloading, but nothing worked.
~ Kathryne

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I think the avi functions that you get are VFW based, it can not read
any format of compression codec. But it should be able to read
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avi functions to try (I don't have, I don't know how it works), you
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access the frame image by using a callback vi (example included), seek
the media position, change play rate, etc.
Go to get a download at:
http://www.hytekautomatio
n.com/Products/IVision.html
Irene
excube wrote in message news:<50650000000800000028B00000-1068850981000@exchange.ni.com>...
> I would like to test some vision processing software I wrote by
> reading an AVI file rather than a live stream. I found the "AVI
> read/write example" mentioned on this forum and it sounds like exactly
> what i need, but I cannot get it to read my avi files. When I run the
> example read VI, it says "An exception occured with the external code
> called by a call library node". Doing further testing, I found one AVI
> on my computer that would work, all others crash the VI. Another odd
> behavior is that the "avi init read" subvi will return the wrong frame
> rate for some AVIs. I have tried both compressed and uncompressed AVIs
> all in RGB format. I have also tried different frame rates and
> encoding options for my AVI file with no luck. I am just a student, so
> buying software is not an option for me.
>
> Has anyone had problems reading AVIs
with this? Are there AVI encoding
> options that will make this VI work?

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