Video editing...
Has anyone been able to edit these avi's in adobe after effects? It just gives "no such AVI compressor". I also tried it in Pinnacle studio and the movies wouldn't play. I have divx codecs and the files play fine in every like video viewing app. I am really good @ using after effects so I was hoping someone knew how to get it to work. Thanks

convert it to another format then use adobe

I've never gotton it to go in AfterEffects...have to do what ZAC said...

Ok, with virtualdub is it the compression settings you change and then save as avi? B/c after effects didn't like that either. I'm currently dwnlding windows movie maker . I think I'll use that to cut stuff together for basic stuff (if it loads the avi's). Then I'll save it to a different format and use after effects to make myself blue and stuff. Thanks

i have found that kdenlive works great on linux and windows movie maker on windows.

If I wanted to edit the video directly in After Effects, and converted it to another format to do so, what is the best format/method to use so no quality is lost. It works if I use movie maker and save it on the highest setting, but I read someone complaining about the quality (and it does look lower). How do I convert it using virtual dub? Thanks