Hello list, I have an avi file, created by a DVR, the samsung SHR-6040 if it meaningful for some of you. This file cannot be read by mplayer. I end up with the message: Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x50504953. I do not care about the audio in this instance. mplayer -identify gives me this result: ID_VIDEO_ID=0 [aviheader] Video stream found, -vid 0 VIDEO: [SIPP] 352x288 24bpp 29.958 fps 700.6 kbps (85.5 kbyte/s) ID_FILENAME=./backup.avi ID_DEMUXER=avi ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=SIPP ID_VIDEO_BITRATE=700608 ID_VIDEO_WIDTH=352 ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT=288 ID_VIDEO_FPS=29.958 ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=0.0000 ID_LENGTH=6322.00 ID_SEEKABLE=1 ID_CHAPTERS=0 ========================================================================== Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x50504953. Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html! I am at the end of my knowledge. I found no documentation about this SIPP format, all other way I tried basically gave me the same error (cannot play SIPP). Looking at the file itself it looks OK to me... I am really stuck here. I anybody had a trail for me to follow it would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards, Guillaume