i installed ffdshow-20020617.exe , OggDS0994.exe , riff-cdxa-filter-test6b.zip , VobSub_2.18.exe , XviD-04102002-1.exe these came with a xviD video file (no names to protect the innocent) that i dled off the ngs i can watch this movie in WMP no problem there but i want to watch on my dvd player - so i tried to run xvid dat file thru tmpgEnc - i have made sure that the direct show is highest priority my error says this: The error occured when ACM was initialized I thought maybe i could convert dat to mpeg so i could frame serve but that didnt work i tried to burn the dat as a vcd in nero but that didnt work Help me puleez as alot of files posted to the ngs are now in xviD face piles of trials with smiles. it riles them to believe that you percieve the web they weave and keep on thinking free.....The Moody Blues