Gail wrote:
> Does anyone know of a tool that can identify the audio and video codecs 
> used in an avi file?
> I've got a bunch of videos that play fine on my laptop, but have no 
> sound when played on my desktop. I'm guessing I'm missing an audio 
> codec, but I'm not sure how to find out which one.

tok@storeblaa ~ $ wget 
http://support.microsoft.com/support/mediaplayer/wmptest/samples/new/mediaexample.avi
--22:09:23-- 
http://support.microsoft.com/support/mediaplayer/wmptest/samples/new/mediaexample.avi
            => `mediaexample.avi'
Resolving support.microsoft.com... 207.46.248.248
Connecting to support.microsoft.com|207.46.248.248|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 3,031,674 (2.9M) [video/x-msvideo]

100%[=========================================================================================>]

3,031,674    290.59K/s    ETA 00:00

22:09:34 (272.11 KB/s) - `mediaexample.avi' saved [3031674/3031674]

tok@storeblaa ~ $ file mediaexample.avi
mediaexample.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 320 x 240, 30.00 fps, 
video: Cinepak, audio: uncompressed PCM (stereo, 48000 Hz)


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Tor Olav
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