[PD] [GEM] Bug? and strange behaviour

[Daniel Heckenberg]

Ahah... I think I can answer my own question about the DV codec.  It is a
case of Type-1 versus Type-2 DV AVIs.

> 1) Trying to use DV codec compressed AVIs causes PD to crash.  Through the
> wonders of open source, I've tracked this problem down to a NULL
> return from
> AVIStreamGetFrameOpen(m_streamVid,NULL) in pix_filmNT :: realOpen() from
> pix_filmNT.cpp
>
> This suggests that the AVI/Video For Windows system can't find an
> appropriate decompressor on my system.  However, the same clips play just
> fine with Media player or other apps on the system.  I have no problems in
> GEM using cinepak or a couple of other codecs that I've tried.