... this version is not compiled with directshow support. else it would read "pix_film:: directshow support" somewhere. "avi suport" refers to the old win98 avi decoding code. (cannot remember the correct terminus)

Oh! Thanks for clearing this out. I thought that "avi support" was a synonim of "directshow support".

So, maybe DirectShow support is not that stable: the version that does have directshow support (gem-CVS20060914-W32-i686-bin) crashes.....

I've found a "workaround" (and round and round...) for the quicktime one: I open every single avi with quicktime pro, check the "high quality" options and save it as mov (it seems not to recode or touch video data at all, only sets a flag in the file). So the movs now will play at full resolution. Have to check whether this affects stability or resource usage when working with the many movies. I wonder why there's not such a flag as a default setting for quicktime to apply to all movies!! (no, I don't wonder why: it's in order to sell quick time pro)

If anybody knows a way to do this in batch that would help :)

Thanks everybody for the help

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