Media Player 11 problems

[stumpygoth]

I have only just bought my new laptop which came with vista basic etc, for
some reason when i try to play video's that i have downloaded it gives me
sound but no picture.

how do i rectify this issue?.

also on some occassions when trying to play a video off a site it
disconnects the internet, is this down to the media player as well?

 

[Mick Murphy]

Have you installed Flash?

 

[stumpygoth]

the system came with adobe but i have donwloaded a couple of updates, one for
my chipset (965 express) and a couple for my wireless stuff, could this have
somehow altered the media player as it was working prior tot this ok

 

[non flammable]

Hello this is a complete answer for all videos you may run into!

download the free divx codec from
www.divx.com

download the xvid codec from
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Koepi_XviD.htm

download real alternative from
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

download quicktime alternative (unless you want to use iTunes, then download
iTunes that bundles the normal quicktime player)
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

the above will handle 90 % of all videos...

for everything else download GOMPLAYER that will play almost anything you
can throw at it
www.gomplayer.com


hope this helps

 

[zachd [MSFT]]

Where did you download them from?
What file extension are they?
What codec(s) do they use?

 

[zachd [MSFT]]

You're listing RealAlternative twice accidentally - I imagine the second one
was meant to be QuickTime Alternative. =\

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