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              AVIReaderOpen Method | 
          
Namespace: Accord.Video.VFW
| Exception | Condition | 
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| IOException | Failed opening the specified file. | 
| VideoException | A error occurred while opening the video file. See exception message. | 
The method opens a video file and prepares the stream and decoder for reading video frames with the help of GetNextFrame method.