I have an AVI file captured by my Canon camera that plays in Windoze Media Player, but won't play with Canola or regular Media Player on N800. What do I need to play it on my N800?

Thanks,

Bill

Avi is just a container-format. You need to know which codec is used for audio- and video-compression. Perhaps it would be helpfull to know which camera from Canon you have.
Nut the best way to watch Videos on the N800 is to convert them.

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Hi.

That's great information! I've been using avidemux2 to convert my AVI files to mpg format so I can watch them on my N800. I'll give MediaConverterLinux a try.

Dai

Most camera videos *should* play in mplayer (although how successfully will depend on resolution)

Most cams either use mpeg 4 which plays superbly in mplayer, or mjpeg, which probably sucks the living power out of n800, but should run up to 320x240 resolution.

MediaConverterLinux works great. It converted my 500+ MB MP4 files into AVI successfully. I was able to watch those AVI files on the N800 without any problem. The N800 refused to play the original MP4 files, probably because of their resolution. I read somewhere in this forum that the built-in player would not accept any resolution that's not a multiple of 16.

I tried mplayer, but it choked on those MP4 files. The interface isn't very user-friendly, either.