Media Player Question

[DTSMAN]

Laptop had ver9 and would not play .avi file. Web help said it should. Upgraded to ver11 and still will not. What do I need to do. My desktop does just fine.

Bo

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[Turkbear]

Hi,
Check the codecs needed to play that file - the laptop may not have the same ones as the desktop.

This tool can tell you which ones are needed:

http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

To Paraphrase:"The Help you get is proportional to the Help you give.."

 

[DTSMAN]

I went to that website and loaded it and another from one of its links. Still no go. I thought I remember getting what I needed from a MS website.

Bo

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If the women don't find you handsome,
they should at least find you handy.
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[cdogg]

It is probably an XVID or DIVX AVI file.


After installing these codecs, it should play:

http://www.divx.com/en/products/software/windows/divx

http://www.xvid.org/Downloads.15.0.html

~cdogg
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[goombawaho]

Don't troubleshoot codec issues or Windows Media Player issue. Download this:

VideoLAN - VLC media player

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[linney]

What error message are you receiving when you try to play the file?

Vista Codec Package v5.4.3 Final (and XP)

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Vista_Codec_Package_d5326.html

Basically, the K-Lite Mega Codec Pack will play every video file on this planet.

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack
K-Lite Codec Pack Full (Less features)"

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack

http://www.google.com/search?q=K-Lite+Mega+Codec+Pack&rls=com.microsoft:

FOURCC for Video Compression

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/fourcc.mspx

Sherlock-codec-detective

http://www.updatexp.com/sherlock-codec-detective.html

If you right-click on the .avi file and select Properties, is there any "Unblock" check box at the bottom of that page?