Alan,
The displayed codec will be greyed out until you specify an AVI file as output (please read the updated docs). If you’re saving an image file, both the AVI codec and WMV preset will be greyed out (think of it as “unhilighted”).
I did read the docs, I tried to detail step by step what I did and what I was looking at.
The only thing I can think to try is to use the Registry key that was indicated in that other thread, and instead of setting it to “0”, set it to “1”. Then try “2”, etc.
I have not tried this other than verify that it was set to 0. I am not too comfortable hacking/changing the registry values on my primary system.
I still think the key to all of this is that you have a bad codec that is causing problems. Instead of using Codec Sniper, try just using Windows to list the codecs installed. In XP, you do this by the really intuitive method of:
I had previously searched this location but nothing I could identify as belonging to that program appeared. What I do have:
ASUS ASV2 CODEC
CineForm HD VFW Codec
Fraps Video Decompressor
iccvid.dll
Ind
ir32_32.dll
ir41_32.ax
iyuv_32.dll
Microsoft Windows Media Video 9 VCM
msh261.drv
msh263.drv
msrle32.dll
msvidc32.dll
msyuv.dll
tsbyuv.dll
All are listed as ‘enabled and functioning properly’.
Bob