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[ale] wine error, "cannot open AVI", HUH ?
- Subject: [ale] wine error, "cannot open AVI", HUH ?
- From: ale at FultonGreen.com (Fulton Green)
- Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:55:20 -0500
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>; from [email protected] on Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 02:31:26PM -0500
- References: <[email protected]>
On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 02:31:26PM -0500, Courtney Thomas wrote:
> Being even more inept in MSwinders, what does
>
> 'cannot open AVI'
>
> mean, please ?
AVI is Microsoft's legacy video format.
> Also, even more importantly, how do I avoid this error and run the program ?
>
> I'm trying to run a Setup.exe for a science program, designLab.
Setup.exe is probably a self-extractor, and I'd say that the extractor
is having path issues. Are there any files on the designLab CD and/or
in the distribution that end in either .avi or .AVI?
Also, have you checked the WINE application compatibility database?
http://appdb.winehq.org/