Hi, my name's Cody, and i'm working with the Windows Media Outreach Tea
to help answer questions folks might have about their copies of Window
Media Player. If you'd rather keep using WMP instead of having t
download an all new video player, I’d recommend downloading a code
tool that will analyze your particular video file and tell you exactl
what codec(s) you’ll need to play the files.
These tools will analyze your file and tell you exactly what you nee
to get it going.
Here are a couple of free tools that will do this for you: Gspo
(
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/) and Sherloc
(
http://www.updatexp.com/sherlock-codec-detective.html) Both of thes
work great, and using these on your particular file will tell you wha
codecs you need to get a file running properly, without making yo
download anything that you don’t need.
You might want to check out this page, as it gives you a great genera
explanation of what exactly codecs do and how to find/use them
http://tinyurl.com/edlpk
I hope this is helpful, let me know if any of these work for you! I
you’re still having trouble, I’ll dig around and see if something els
might work.
Thanks,
Cody
Windows Media Outreach Team
dank chooda;3242556 Wrote:
> Each media player has its own patenant codec. You need to download th
> divx
> player at www.divx.com. Avi files is a divx codec. Once you downloa
> the
> player, all the codecs for avi files will be in your computer. Then i
> you
> want to still use the media player to watch avi files, go into options
> file
> types then check the avi box. I suggest using I-tunes for any audio yo
> will
> play. While you are in "file types" in the media player. Uncheck an
> box
> that is not a windows player file, (it will tell you in the descriptio
> of
> that particular file). Mpg or mpeg is a real player file. Any of thos
> file
> types, uncheck and let real player be the default for those filese. wm
> and
> wav files are for the media player. default those to the media player
> I
> suggest - Uncheck Avi files in any player you have except the div
> player.
> Let divx be the default for avi. Divx has much better sound and vide
> than
> any other player and its free, and it is a microsoft product so it i
> safe.
> Quicktime is an apple product and can be useless in a pc. Unfortunatly
> you
> need it if you have Itunes. i hope this helped.
> --
> dankchooda73
>
>
> "koshcna" wrote:
> -
> version: 11.0.6000.6344
> edition: windows vista home premium
> im trying to play an avi file in media player and have only sound n
> picture
> and
> this happens on all avi files i try to play why is this happening an
> how
> can i
> play these files in media player?
> no error message
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CodyG WIN-TEAM