Help with compressor 4 -avi files importing

[antonb111]

Hi im just getting started to using compressor 4 but when input my .avi files to make a dvd it doesnt show the movie in the preview screen and it doesnt do anything, like it shows the movie in the unintitles project thing . can anyone help me out with compressor 4 and avi movies to convert to make a dvd that will play in a dvd player?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Maybe the .avi file cannot be read by Compressor, thus maybe try Perian and see, if installing that helps Compressor reading the .avi file.
If that does not work, and in order to find out, what may be wrong with your .avi video, you can use the following three applications to analyse a sample video file.

• VideoSpec (free)
• MediaInfo (free)
• Media Inspector (2.99 USD € in the Mac App Store (MAS))

When done, you can use the "Report" (VideoSpec) and "Export" (Media Inspector) button to export a report,
attachable to your next post via the

button.
In MediaInfo you have to go to the Menu Bar, select View > Text and copy the text via CMD+A > CMD+C and paste it via CMD+V into your next post.​

 

[antonb111]

alright dude i did it with videospec and attatched the report . i want to burn the hungergames to a dvd.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

alright dude i did it with videospec and attatched the report . i want to burn the hungergames to a dvd.

Perian did not work then?
Maybe this can help:

How to burn a video DVD in Burn:

example below uses an .avi file, but it can also be applied to an .mp4 or .mov file​

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[antonb111]

alright thanks dude i will try this.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

alright thanks dude i will try this.

Perian did not work then?
Because it should, as it enables QT (Compressor is connected to QT) to read Divx/Xvid encoded video using the .avi container.