Trying to import .avi file - ("not accessible)

ifixem · Post by **ifixem** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:21 am

I am trying to import an .avi file into video studio 10 so I can edit it and add it to an existing project. I can locate the file but as it starts to "load", a window pops up and says the file I am trying to load is "not accessible". First time I have had this problem trying to import a file.

Post by **jparnold** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:59 am

Is the file being accessed on another PC which is networked?

What are the attributes of the file (access via 'properties')

ifixem · Post by **ifixem** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:44 am

No networking is involved at all. The .avi file was originally sent to me on a cd. I tried accessing it off the cd with no luck and thought I would copy the file to my hard drive for better results. Still no luck. The file does play in Windows so I now the file contents are good, but I can't import it. The file attributes are "archive".

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:22 am

AVI is simply a "wrapper" or "container" format and it can contain anything from DV to DivX. There is a header in the AVI file that's supposed to tell the software what codec to use. Your file may be encoded in a format not supported by Video Studio.

Normally you can read the detailed file properties from Video Studio, but since that won't work, you can try G Spot (FREE!!!) to find out what codec was used.

And, you might be able to convert the file to MPEG-2 with SUPER (also FREE!!!). (If you are planning on making a DVD, convert it to MPEG-2, 720x480 resolution, 29.97 frames per second.)

The more-compressed formats seem to cause the most trouble. The fact that it came on a CD, rather than a DVD would indicate it might be a highly-compressed format. (But, we don't know the playing-time or the file size...)

The file may be corrupted. I've had "bad" MPEG files that would not open with Video Studio, but they would play fine in Media Player. If the file is corrupted, it's probably the encoding that's messed-up... If that's the case, another copy of the file won't help.

ifixem · Post by **ifixem** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:48 am

Thanks for your reply. I will have to look into the codec. I do know the file is already 720x480. It is at 23 frames/sec. According to my drive "properties" when the cd is installed it says the "file system" is "cdfs" if that means anything. The playing time is 29min and 29 sec. The size of the file is 835MB. The video was recorded in dv and burned to the cd that I received. Hope this may clarify and thanks for yalls help.

ifixem · Post by **ifixem** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:57 am

To dvddoug: The codec is xvid. The video stream is mpeg-4. The status of codec is "not installed".

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:15 am

VS 10 + comes with mpeg4 support. You may need to reinstall it or are you running the trial version?

ifixem · Post by **ifixem** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:05 pm

No trila version, running the full program. Thanks for your reply.

MrA · Post by **MrA** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:18 pm

If it's originally on CD, then, chances are it is write protected. Copy it from CD to your hard drive, the use START menu, RUN, and ATTRIB -R on the file.