Invalid Codec

[Anna]

I downloaded an AVI file last night. The audio is crystal clear, but there
is no video. The error that occurs is invalid codec.

I've used WMP and a DIVX player without luck.

Any thoughts on how to solve this.

thx

Anna

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Anna,

What version of WMP are you running? 9 and 10 will tell you which codec is
missing, earlier versions require a lot more work to decipher it (involves
opening the media file in wordpad and scanning it for the proper info).

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Anna]

Hi Roger

I am using WMP 9, I didn't know that it will tell you which codec is
missing. Everything is now working, but in the future, if it didn't work,
where does it say what codec is missing?

Someone on another newsgroup suggested
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/ and after downloading it, the
video worked.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Anna,

On the right, when you try to play an unsupported file, there will be a
section of writing in red. Simply click on it to get the details.

Glad to hear you got it working, what did you discover the problem was?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Anna]

The advise I was given was to install the codec located at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/ and once I did that, everything
worked.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Anna,

Thanks for the feedback, it may help someone else someday.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org