There is a program called Gspot that will analyze the file and tell you what decoder you require. I then go to Google and find the codec. Sometimes it is a stand alone program or a codec that fits into say Media Player or DIVX so that it can decode your video. www.headbands.com/gspot Is the web site. Dale Laluk [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- Subject: [PCSOFT] Video AVI format not recognizable. I am using a pocket DVR (PV330) which records audio and video. The video is recorded in avi format, and shows as a file ***.avi. When I try copy the file to my PC and try to play it - it comes up as not recognizable. Any suggestions for a patch or some way to get this to work? The instruction book shows the video to be MPEG4 Codec, frame rate 23-28 fps for encode and decode, bit rate 100Kbps-2.5Mbps, Video size 320x240. Any help would be appreciated. John [log in to unmask] PCSOFT's List Owner's: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>