Hey,

I have a nifty program called Celestia - a sort of 3D astronomy thing - and it has a video capture facility, but I get an error when I try to generate the avi file ("could not capture movie").  I've had other programs LIKE Animation Shop and gif to avi CONVERTERS that fail to generate avi files too.  I can play avi files no problem.  I suspect a codec issue but have installed various codec packs to no avail.

I'm running XP Pro SP3 with a 128meg Radeon 9200 vid card. 

Any ideas?

Have you tried any of these:  All-in-1 Malware Free Codec PacksYeah, tried all those.  I currently have K-Lite installed.  They don't help, sadly.Celestia forums. http://www.shatters.net/forum/index.phpThanks.

I posted there but so far no luck.  One guy did ask me what codec I'm USING when the program tries to generate an avi, but I don't know how to answer that question.  Sorry can I ask are you doing astronomy?Have you tried Stellarium? http://www.majorgeeks.com/Stellarium_d5091.html

It's description says it has "scripting to record and play your own shows ." Quote from: Mulreay on March 27, 2009, 09:25:30 PM

Sorry can I ask are you doing astronomy?