Savevid is back with it's old format so I am all set on at least the normal or usual type videos. I also installed the firefox add on. It seems to work ok. However, I still have two problems. One website, even though I am a paying subscriber, does not allow you to download the videos. I guess they want to restrict you to just having your eyeballs glued to the computer screen instead of a comfortable tv screen in the living room. I am not sure but I think they are not providing a download link. I assume there is a way to get around this but if not then I am going to cancel my subscription and save the money. Also I am adding images to the usb port device to display on the roku. Some of the images. particularly map images. are simply too small to read them on the tv screen. I guess I don't have any software on my system to enlarge then save the enlarged image. Any simple free software out there to do just this one task. Thanks

AVI is an audio/video file format that stands for Audio Video Interleaved, which is the Microsoft Video for Windows standard. Because it is a standard and popular (though very big) format, it can be opened in and played by any multimedia software able to play video and any video editing software. RIFF stands for Resource Interchange File Format. It's not a format but the structure that defines the format (AVI). If there is error or corruption in the structure, the AVI file is not recognized. Provided you have Microsoft Media Player, Quicktime, or Real Player installed on your computer, you should be able to just double click on that AVI file and your default player will run it. If nothing happens, there are likely some errors in the structure. I only suggest doing that to make sure the program you are trying to open it with is not in error of not recognizing that file. I have had that happen before. If there is corruption, it could have happened during download and you simply need to download it again. If you are able to play it in one of the Windows multimedia players, you may need to try a different program. BTW, Windows has a free video editing program calld Windows Movie Maker (it's probably already on your computer) and there are other free ones you can download from the internet. I'm afraid I am not familiar with VirtualDub. Once you are working with a program to play all your files, they can be dragged and dropped onto the timeline one after the other, then viewed and saved as one file whatever the saving/rendering process is for that program. I mostly use Studio these days, which offers a "Make Movie" button. You just have to become familiar with the machinations of your application. As I mentioned before, AVI is a very large format. Once you edit to make them all one movie, you have to be sure there is enough hard drive space and memory. A two-hour AVI file can be anywhere between 40 and 60 gigabytes. I don't know what operating system you're running but can tell you Windows 98 cannot handle it no matter how much hard drive space or how much memory you have, especially since it cannot handle more than 500m of memory. The fact is, Windows 98 is simply unable to supply the needed resources. When I upgraded to Windows XP, it was exactly for that reason. Even with XP you need at least a gig of memory to prevent dropping frames. Additionally, it will take many hours for it to render (another word for save that involves intensive formatting). This is especially so if you want to get fancy and include the special effects and transitions that are available in the program. I let mine render overnight and sometimes it still is not done when I rise the next morning. I suggest you save it as an MPEG instead of AVI. It will not be as huge a file and will not take as long to render, but a two-hour file will still take a long time. MPEG/MPEG2 are also a popular and standard file formats. Clear as mud? Did I help...

What a coincidence! I tried to post a message a few minutes ago and got a message about cookies. I took a break, went to KT, posted with no problem, and came back here to try again. I found that I no longer have Flash Player. Somewhere in all the troubles I had recently it must have been deleted. I have tried to get it by clicking on a video that has a small box that says click here to download Flash Player. I download it but then I get a red box that tells me to read the agreement, which I've not found. I did get a list of Flash programs and I clicked on the version 10. It just sits there downloading endlessly. I went to FF addons and found this. Download YouTube Videos + Flash Video Downloader / Download-Helper 3.3.1 So, that is what I need? In Control Panel I have Adobe Reader 9.3.4. which is used for my church newsletter. Will I lose that if I get Flash Player? Firefox default browser. HP Media Center XP SP3 TIA Sue

Here is the direct link from AVG on exactly how to upgrade your AVG. As Owbist says do not remove your current version. direct from the FAQ page on AVG "To install AVG 8.0 Free Edition over the current AVG 7.5 Free Edition please proceed as follows: * Download the latest AVG 8.0 Free Edition installation file from our website. * When you are prompted, please do not open this file directly from the Internet, but click the "Save" button and choose a location, where the installation file should be stored (we recommend saving the file to the Desktop). * Reboot your computer. * Close all running applications, locate the downloaded AVG 8.0 Free Edition installation file (it has a four color square icon and its name starts with AVG_...) and launch the installation. * Follow the installation wizard to install the new AVG 8.0 Free Edition(previous version of AVG will be automatically removed during the installation process). * If a restart is required after the initial configuration, please reboot your computer to finish the installation" Here is a link that might be useful: AVG directions on how to upgrade to AVG8