Reference Guide

1700 Dialog box reference

AVI Encoder Options dialog

Clicking the Encoding Options button in the Video dialog box opens the AVI Encoder Options

dialog box. This dialog box lists the AVI video and audio codecs (compression-decompression

programs) that are currently installed on your computer. The AVI Encoder Options dialog box has

the following fields:

Video Codec

Choose a compression format, but note the following:

• Not all compression codecs listed may necessarily be compatible while re-compressing video

through “Export to AVI”. If an incompatible compression codec is selected an error message may

be displayed during the export.

• If No Compression is selected, the video retains its original compression.

• The following video compression codecs have been found to be compatible. Different codecs

provide varying degrees of compression performance.

• MJPEG Compressor

• DV Video Encoder

• Indeo Video 5.04

• Intel I.263

• Cinepak Codec by Radius

• Microsoft Video 1

• Microsoft RLE

• These codecs have been found not to work:

• H.261

• H.263

• Intel 4:2:0 Video V2.50

• MSScreen 9 encoder

• MSScreen encoder

• WMVideo Encoder DMO

• WM9Video Encoder DMO