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Microsoft AVI DV codec locks up Pro 2.0
For reasons i can’t figure out, if i export from Pro 2.0 using the “Microsoft AVI DV” setting, the resulting .AVI file locks up my machine. The .AVI file seems to render normally (a little slow) but when i open the folder into which the .avi resides, Windows-XP(sp2) locks up, Dr. Watson does it’s thing and i ultimately have to reboot my machine to regain control. If i use the “Microsoft AVI” setting (rather than the MS AVI DV setting) everything works fine.
Could this be a corrupted MS AVI DV codec? I’ve searched MS downloads site but i don’t see where I can just download that specific codec.
Anyone have any thoughts?
TIA,
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I had a problem way back with various .avi files locking up my sytem and the same thing happened. Dr.Watson(useless!) would freeze my whole computer and I’d have to manually shutdown. I browsed Google for about 3 hours and found a thread about a solution. I hope it works for you too but it may have nothing in common with your problem.
Problem: Quicktime Player Settings
Under the ‘Recently Played’ files/movies list, clear the list. I’m not sure which menu it’s under, but as soon as I cleared this list everything was fine, and no more problems with .avi files. I have no idea why this caused my problem, but it fixed it. I can’t recall if there is a way to show no recently opened files or not, but just constantly clear it if you have to. Also I think since I have installed a newer version of Quicktime it is not a problem.Hope this helps, or leads you the right way.
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