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Posted by Spartan on Sat May 7th at 8:38pm 2005

Ok so I need some computer help. My Windows Media Player won't play AVIs. I need another program that will or I need the proper codec that will allow Windows Media Player to play the AVIs. Also I can't figure out what version my Windows Media Player is. I've checked the folder but don't see anything about it being either version 9 or 10. [addsig]



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Posted by Natus on Sat May 7th at 8:50pm 2005

Use winamp, its free and im pretty sure it will play avi files.


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Posted by Spartan on Sat May 7th at 9:01pm 2005

I tried Winamp and it does the same thing as WMP. It plays the audio portion of the AVI but no video shows up. [addsig]



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Posted by Crono on Sat May 7th at 9:11pm 2005

First off, WMP 9 and 10 are terrible.

Secondly, you're not having trouble playing "AVI" you're having trouble playing DiVX. (They just decided to use the avi extension, don't be fooled)

(I'd personally suggest Media Player Classic to play videos, it's not bloated and doesn't save information for a census)

go here: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Codec_Pack_All_in_1.htm

I'd suggest getting this pack, simply because support for all these formats would pretty much play anything you'd ever want.
But, if you want to browse the sight: http://www.free-codecs.com/

Don't get the official Divx stuff it goes hand in hand with a player and Gator Adware (which I found actually downloads other Adware for you. Fun.)

Also, the reason why it wont play in WinAmp either is because you're missing the codec entirly. No player on your computer will play it if it doesn't know how to decode it. [addsig]



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Posted by OtZman on Sat May 7th at 9:57pm 2005

I'd use MPC too. The only problem I've had with it has been when using two screens.
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Posted by Forceflow on Sat May 7th at 10:16pm 2005

The official DivX codec can be installed without spyware, but you have to be - very - careful during installation.
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Posted by Spartan on Sun May 8th at 1:32am 2005

Thanks for the link to the codecs Crono. I got them and I can watch the video now. I need it to work so I could watch the Wolf's Rain episodes I downloaded. Damn good show too. [addsig]



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Posted by mazemaster on Sun May 8th at 2:01am 2005

? quote:

(I'd personally suggest Media Player Classic to play videos, it's not bloated and doesn't save information for a census)


Quoted for truth! [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Tue May 10th at 9:22am 2005

I know this was probably brought up already as I didn't read this through. Players seldom fail because of the player itself, it is almost always the codecs involved. Use the newest, best codecs you can find.

also, most of you know my viewing habits when it comes to *taboo* acquisitions. My all time favorite viewer is still the ViPlay. It has everything anyone could want or need for quality AVI playback.

I think of it as the XAT program of movie viewing, its that good.

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