The Lost Home Videos

I have an old Sony Digital8 Handycam that records videos as AVI files, and I used to use an older version of MGI Videowave (before they were bought out by Roxio) to edit and title the movies. For the last year or so I haven't been able to play my MPEG2 movie files. Windows Media Player, Quicktime, DivX Player and Zoom Player weren't able to play the file, even with the latest versions.

Somewhere along the way, Windows Media Player stopped supporting the MPEG 2 format that VideoWave produced. I almost gave up hope until I tried Crystal Player Professional. Although the shareware version displays a banner at the top of the movie, at least I was able to see my old home movies.

I'm not sure what I'll need to do to bring my MPEGs up to date. Perhaps there is a converter, or a newer version of Videowave may open and re-save them in a more universal format. If any of my faithful readers have any suggestions, let me know!