[FFmpeg-trac] #559(avcodec:new): Can't decode .avi video

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#559: Can't decode .avi video
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             Reporter:  bf4648   |                     Type:  defect
               Status:  new      |                 Priority:  normal
            Component:  avcodec  |                  Version:  git-master
             Keywords:           |               Blocked By:
             Blocking:           |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0        |
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 ffmpeg -i test.avi -vcodec copy out.mkv
 ffmpeg -i test.avi -vcodec copy out.mp4

 both commands result in the following error message:

 @ubuntu:~/Desktop/Vids$ ffmpeg -i test.avi -vcodec copy out.mkv
 ffmpeg version N-33666-g7d2e467, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the FFmpeg
 developers
   built on Oct 15 2011 15:52:19 with gcc 4.5.2
   configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame
 --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libtheora
 --enable-libvorbis --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-nonfree
 --enable-postproc --enable-version3 --enable-x11grab
   libavutil    51. 21. 0 / 51. 21. 0
   libavcodec   53. 20. 1 / 53. 20. 1
   libavformat  53. 16. 0 / 53. 16. 0
   libavdevice  53.  4. 0 / 53.  4. 0
   libavfilter   2. 43. 6 /  2. 43. 6
   libswscale    2.  1. 0 /  2.  1. 0
   libpostproc  51.  2. 0 / 51.  2. 0
 [avi @ 0x1cb07c0] Something went wrong during header parsing, I will
 ignore it and try to continue anyway.
 [avi @ 0x1cb07c0] parser not found for codec none, packets or times may be
 invalid.
 [avi @ 0x1cb07c0] max_analyze_duration 5000000 reached at 5000000
 Input #0, avi, from 'test.avi':
   Duration: 00:05:00.00, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1559 kb/s
     Stream #0:0: Video: none (8[0][0][0] / 0x0038), 94x1819440243, 30 fps,
 30 tbr, 30 tbn, 30 tbc
 Output #0, matroska, to 'out.mkv':
 Output file #0 does not contain any stream

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Ticket URL: <https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/559>
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