Windows Movie Maker - Codec issue

[~Divine~Wind~]

Made a recording in fraps, recorded as a 3.9Gb .avi file
Plays fine in media player classic and windows media player.

try to load it in movie maker and get the following:

The file C:\Fraps\1.avi cannot be imported because the codec required to play the file is not installed on your computer. If you have already tried to download and install the codec, close and restart Windows Movie Maker, and then try to import the file again.

File is nothing special, just a normal avi output from fraps at 29.9fps

Any ideas?

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Same error from VDub.

Seems to suggest it wants windows codecs not player codecs.
Whats the name of that program again that you drag and drop video files into and it tells you codec/compression and other details?

Tried that shark codec still no joy :/

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

tried that didn't work.

Somehow reinstalling Fraps again has resolved the issue :/