what means this error message ????

[jon]

avi: avi module discarted (invalid file)

[markfm]

Not an error by itself, just means that VLC goes through a list of file types (encapsulation methods, containers) when looking to play something. It outputs a "discarded" message if the file doesn't have the proper format for a given container, goes on to look at the next container to see if there's a match.

[light]

sorry...sir...
i v the same problem when i want to open a .avi file...
and there is only one error message in the Messages...
avi error: avi module discarded (invalid file)
maybe i sld setup or plugin something...
cld u help me!?
thanx~

[markfm]

In that case, the "avi" file is not a real, valid, avi container as far as VLC can tell. This is actually a pretty frequent problem with files that people download -- crud gets posted on the Internet, people download it, either the original posted file or the download is corrupt/incomplete.

If this only occurs for one or two files, treat it as that -- you have a couple of bad/broken files.

If you have this happenning for every .avi file, you may (though unlikely) have a broken VLC. In that case, I would donwload the latest version available for whatever your operating system is, and install that.

[light]

thanx a lot~
i ll try another .avi file...