You're being 'marketed to'... not necessarily 'mislead'. The two can be
pretty close to each other.
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PapaJohn
www.papajohn.org

"KRK" wrote in message
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hello,

It seems to me that the most important factor in videos is the codec. Why
then do software companies advertise the formats ( .avi etc ) that they
support ? Movie maker 'supports' .avi, but doesnt play .avi files with
certain codecs.

Is there something I don't understand, or are we being misled ?

Why are there so many codecs ?

K