Cannot open or start AVI movie file

2.69. this same file worked a few days ago.
i click on Render>Render Animation.

any ideas?
thanks

Please could you explain more in detail. What do you want to animate?

Thanks Mahol.
I know how to animate, it was working a few days ago.
it is a blender error

i believe it is a corrupted file in windows 7

will use an old backup file of this one.