media player and avi files

[Self]

Hello,
I want to watch avi movies with the media player (version 10), but there
is no picture; it is just black. It is the same problem for other
software (nero 7 etc.) - I can hear the sound, and shuffle through the
file, which seems to play normally, but without any picture. The same
goes for real player and media player plugins in both internet explorer
and firefox, when I am trying to watch news items on some tv channel
websites for example. Just black rectangular holes with
sound/commentary/dialogues playing alright!

However, before, it all worked (the same avi files that are now "black"
were running fine) - I just cannot figure out what exactly I have done
to put the software into this state! Everything else works alright, by
the way. I am running Windows XP Professional on a Dell Desktop.

 

[Jerry]

I had to switch to the DivX player to watch .AVI files. Have no idea as to
the cause. www.divx.com

 

[Self]

Yes, I got DivxPlayer 6.1... everythings black there, too...

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Are you sure it's a DIVX movie.... perhaps it's an XVid.

Download G-Spot and identify exactly which codecs it was compressed with and
then you will know what you really need.

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

 

[Roger 2006]

Hello,
I want to watch avi movies with the media player (version 10), but there
is no picture; it is just black. It is the same problem for other software
(nero 7 etc.) - I can hear the sound, and shuffle through the file, which
seems to play normally, but without any picture. The same goes for real
player and media player plugins in both internet explorer and firefox,
when I am trying to watch news items on some tv channel websites for
example. Just black rectangular holes with sound/commentary/dialogues
playing alright!

However, before, it all worked (the same avi files that are now "black"
were running fine) - I just cannot figure out what exactly I have done to
put the software into this state! Everything else works alright, by the
way. I am running Windows XP Professional on a Dell Desktop.

Try to change the setting under Windows Media
Player->tools->options->Performance->Choose connection speed to 33.6Kbps.

I had the exact same problem and the above is what I changed to get it
working again.

If the above change doesn't work for you, it is easy enough to change back.

 

[decoder]

Try to change the setting under Windows Media
Player->tools->options->Performance->Choose connection speed to 33.6Kbps.

Eh...?????????????????????????????

It is likely to be a codec issue, or configuartion settings changed.
Have you downloaded/installed one of those codec packages?
Have you tried System restore, to a point when it all functioned?

 

[Roger 2006]

Eh...?????????????????????????????

It is likely to be a codec issue, or configuartion settings changed.
Have you downloaded/installed one of those codec packages?
Have you tried System restore, to a point when it all functioned?

"System restore?" I always loose to much when I use that. So, I went one
step further, I bought a new laptop, but don't plan on giving it internet
access for a few more days.

I have been watching a blank screen on the Netscape Videos for a long time,
until I turned down the connection speed, just recently, so I guess I'll
leave it like that for now.

Here is an example of one of the videos I couldn't watch before

Video Category: 3 of 185: Cop Loses Car (MATURE)

http://us.video.netscape.com/video....tartid=1464709&start=3&guideContext=1151.1152