alright.. scratch the DirectShowSource because that apparently works with non-avi files.. i tried the AVIFileSource("c:/myfile.avi") and it still crashed.. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..

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Worthless 

okay, i remember reading a thread on doom where someone was standing up for their guides.. the only thing was, they were kinda "free". pictures were locked until a donation was made. i can only assume the site that was just posted is said site. these guides are worthless to the newbie looking for help. thanks anyway.. the search continues..

as a matter of fact 

newbie2002 was already suspended for this kind of posts! to your problem: there's a third command: Avisource("myavi.avi") perhaps this one works oh and the directshowsource() command sould actually also work with avi files since it is using the direct show filter (as the name already says) which WMP and most other players are using. oh and to the moderator: you might want to move this thread over to the DVD authoring forum... it seems that there's not only newbie questions involved here! regards steVe