What codecs does Elements 7 understand?

Does anyone know what codecs Elements 7 understands?
I have both .avi and .mp4 files that I'd like to edit.
I believe the avi files have been encoded via Xvid.
Can I make Elements 7 work with these types of files?
Thanks
-Mike

Michael,
As Steve says, it is "best" to feed PE the files that it likes the best, DV-AVI.
Now, PE *will* work with many files in other formats, provided that you have the proper CODEC's installed on your system. It's less about PE's working with CODEC's, and more about it working with file types. For instance, PE can Export to most CODEC's, that you have properly installed.
Now, let's go back to "feed[ing] PE the files that it likes the best... " Since every AV file that you Import will be converted into DV-AVI for editing by PE, I find that it is better to do this conversion outside of PE. NLE's, like PE, really do not need to do extra work, and the conversion of AV files IS extra work. NLE's are designed to edit AV files, not convert them.
I use a shareware converter, DigitalMedia Converter (Deskshare), and it works almost perfectly for me. It WILL use every properly installed CODEC on any of my systems. At last count, my workstation had about 450 and the laptop 340 installed (Audio & Video). It allows batch conversion, is quick and quite good. There are freeware, and other shareware converters available. I do not use any others for 99% of my work, as DigitalMedia Converter just handles it - including DivX and Xvid, with hardly a hiccup. For me, it's about the best US$40 that I've spent, right next to the "Pro" version of QT.
In my workflow, I always start a Project by organizing and converting all of my Assets, so they work best with my NLE. If I had a bunch of non-DV-AVI files, I'd gather them into a folder, "Video," and make a folder, "Converted Video." While I was getting any stills ready in PS, I'd turn DigitalMedia Converter loose with the conversion of all Video Assets to DV-AVI with PCM/WAV 48KHz 16-bit stereo Audio. By the time my stills are re-sized and corrected for TV (assuming I'm in a DVD Project, like I normally am), my Video files are all converted and ready for Import. I do the same thing for all MP3 Audio Assets, as PCM/WAV (to spec above) is what works best.
Now, I'm ready to Import and get to editing, which is what PE (or any NLE really) is all about. They use a good amount of a system's resources already, so I do not want them bogged down having to convert file types also. Besides, 3rd party converters usually do a much, much better job with the conversion - that is what THEY do best.
It will save you a lot of grief if you incorporate ideas, like these, into your workflow, and do them outside of your NLE. Also, I find that it's also better to organize one's Assets into the Project's folder hierarchy, than to grab Assets from all over the system. It pays off, when you wish to "archive" the Project. It also means that I am not working with my original Assets, but copies that I have placed in the proper folders, within my Project's structure.
Now, you do not have to do this. You can try and force your NLE to work with whatever you try to feed it. Your results *migh* be OK, but I'll bet that you encounter problems someplace, even if it's just sluggish performance.
There are several recommendations for freeware and inexpensive shareware converters in the FAQ's section. Be sure to read all of those, not just the ones for your version of PE. If a program is recommended in the FAQ, it's because they work. I just happen to have some others, that I own, know and that work for me.
Good luck,
Hunt

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<promo img="" title="" url="" ><![CDATA[]]></promo>
</promotop>';
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Switch is a layer 2 device. So this means it deals with frames (builds and examines them). So when it receives a frame, it looks inside to see where the destination mac address is. But since the mac address is on some further away network, and not directly connected to the switch, how in the world can it decide which way to send it? The switch doesn't have a routing table so theres no way of determining. So it either sends it down a trunk link or out all the vlans associated with the source port. Now if its sending the frame out all the vlan ports then this certainly does not break up broadcast or collision domains. Switches have no idea of the topology of a network and therefor must be sending frames out every possible hole they can to get rid of it.
But this would end up being huge problems. If I have a router on a stick topology, with trunk link. And a frame gets sent out all possible ports and a trunk link, the packet is going to get to the source, then after being routed through the router and come back it will be sent to the source again. Also isn't it making a storm if the router routes the packet back to the switch and the switch then sends the same packet down the trunk link, since everything gets sent to the trunk by default?
Or not even with a trunk link. Just linked up to any router. If the mac address isn't directly connected to the switch it must send the packet out every port it can because it doesn't have any idea what else to do with. And if it sends it to the router, and the router says, no it has to go back towards you, wouldn't the packet just go in circles for years with the router saying, "its in your direction", and the switching saying "i don't know where this is supposed to go, so i'll send it anywhere i can"
thanks for any help at all. really frustrated.

Hi There
In your topology example "Host A -> Switch1 -> Switch2 -> Switch3 -> Host B", for Host A to have any chance of communicating with Host B, they would have to be in the same VLAN/Subnet, as you have no layer 3 device to route between different VLAN's/Subnets.
Therefore when Host A wants to send a frame to Host B it would check its own MAC address table to see if it has an entry for Host B. If it does, it will send the packet with the frame towards Host B. The source MAC addresses will be that of Host A and the destination MAC addresses will be that of Host B.
If Host A does not have the MAC address of Host B it will send an ARP request out on to the wire to Sw1.
Either way, as this is a single VLAN/Subnet, the way Sw1 and the other switches treat the frame will be exactly the same.
Sw1 will receive the frame and check the source MAC address against its CAM table. If no entry exists, it will add the MAC of Host A plus the port to which Host A is connected to its CAM table. If an entry does exist, it will then examine the destination MAC address to see if it has an entry for it. If it has an entry it will forward (switch) the frame out through the interface through which Host B can be reached (This would be the uplink port to Sw2 in this case). If no entry exists, it will flood the frame out of all ports which are in the same VLAN as Host A, except the port the frame arrived on.
SW2 will receive this frame and it will check its own CAM table. If it no entry exists for Host A's MAC address, an entry will be added. If an entry does exist, switch be will then check the destination MAC address.
If it has an entry for Host B, it will forward (switch) the frame out of the port through which Host B can be reached. If no entry exists, it will flood the frame out of all ports which are assigned to the same VLAN as Host A. Sw3 will receive this frame.
It will check its CAM table to see if it has an Entry for Host A. If not it will add one. If it has it will check the CAM table for an entry for the MAC address of Host B. If it has one, it will forward (switch) the frame out the port through which Host B can be reached. If no entry is found then Sw2 will Flood the Frame out of all ports which are assigned to the same VLAN as Host A.
Once Host B responds to the initial frame,
Host A will have the MAC of Host B
Sw1 will know that to get to Host B it sends frames out through the port through which it connects to SW2. To get to Host A it sends the frames out through the port to which Host A is connected.
Sw2 will know that to get to Host A it sends frames out through the port to which it connects to SW1. To get to Host B, it sends frames out through the port through which it connects to SW3.
SW3 will know that to get to Host A, it sends frames out through the port through which it connects to SW2. To get to Host B it sends frames out through the port to which Host B is connected.
At all times in this scenario, when Host A sends traffic to Host B, the Frame will have the source MAC of Host A and the destination MAC of Host B. Like wise when Host B sends data to Host A, the frames will have the source MAC of Host B and the destination MAC of Host A.
What you want to understand is how a switch builds its MAC address (CAM) table.
It checks the source MAC first, If an entry exists, then it checks the destination MAC. If no entry exists, then the switch creates and entry and then checks the destination MAC address. If an entry exists the frame will be switched to the relevant port. If no entry exists, then the frame is flooded out of all ports (in the same VLAN as the frame of the originating host) except the port the frame arrived on.
Best Regards,
Michael

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