Ulead Explorer--video not available

[Raz]

I received a digital camera for Christmas and the Ulead software came with it. I've been playing with the video feature of this camera and have succeeded in making several. However, when I download to my pc via Ulead, I get a message that says: Video not available, cannot find 'vid:XVID' decompressor. I don't know what that means and, of course, I don't know how to remedy it to be able to download and view the videos on my pc. Could someone explain this to me?
Thanks,
New kid on the block.
Raz

[heinz-oz]

As the name suggests, PhotoExplorer, predominantly is just that, a utility that lets you view and organize photos and images.

Whilst it has video capture capabilities it does not come with exotic video codecs. From the message you get I gather that your video is Xvid, a very highly compressed video format. You will need to find the codec somewhere to enable PEX to capture this format.

[htchien]

Hi,

To play the video file you downloaded in PhotoExplorer, you need to download the codec pack used in that file. In your case, it's XviD. You can go to http://www.xvid.org to download it.

H.T.

[Raz]

Thanks, Guys!! I followed your advice and now I can view my video's beautifully.
Forever grateful for your expertise,
Raz

[heinz-oz]

You are welcome and thanks for taking the time to let all know, doesn't happen all that frequently.
Enjoy.