AVI? WTF??

[shadowkat]

Anyone know how to read an AVI DVD on an US DVD player? I know nothing about tech stuff of this sort, I'm proud of being able to figure out financial databases. AVI vs. whatever DVD's that are sold in the US which my Sony can play are beyond me. Also as an aside, you'd think the DVD players in the US would be able to play the same DVDs sold elsewhere in the world and vice versa? This makes no sense to me.

[Frustrated - because I can't watch the Misfit DVDs - because they AVI and AVI isn't compatible with my DVD player or the DVD player in my computer - yes, I tried both.]

Comments

[dherblay.livejournal.com]

Wait, where did you buy DVDs with .avi files? They don't sell those at Target.

My guess is that you need to download and install the proper "codec" to your computer. It's been a long time since I've done this (and I've only done it once per computer) but I think you should google "codec" and "divx" and/or "xvid."

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Ah, you didn't read the prior comments. Long story short, a tech-savy friend in Austria sent me Misfits DVDs on avi - she taped them from her screen and made them herself (which was incredibly sweet).

But, my DVD player (or rather my new one - I'm guessing the old Zenith probably could have played them) can't. So we're trying the computer now.