"Gail" <gail (at) sql in the wild (dot) co [dot] za> wrote in 
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> 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.
>
> Thanks
Aside from the reccomendations for discovering which
codec ...

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

VLC has codecs that will cost you extra for
Windows Media Player.

I tried watching some dvd movies in WMP and
got tangled in codec searches.

Bah.

I tried VLC player and it ran first time quite nicely.
Haven't had a codec problem since.

It is also available as a portable app at,
naturally enough, http://portableapps.com

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> Does anyone know of a tool that can identify the audio and video codecs used 
> in an avi file?
>

ffmpeg -i mediaexample.avi 
[...]
Input #0, avi, from 'mediaexample.avi':
  Duration: 00:00:06.33, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3829 kb/s
    Stream #0.0: Video: cinepak, yuv420p, 320x240, 30.00 tb(r)
    Stream #0.1: Audio: pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 1536 kb/s
                            
(yes, there is a windows port of ffmpeg :)

Slawek
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