I can't get my .WMV videos to play on it. WMP tells me that I need a CoDec.
I install that CoDec but it does'nt correct that bug.
Somebody told me to reinstall some DLLs. I dit it but I have'nt been more
successfull with that either.
Anybody can help me here?
First check file associations. Control Panel-Default Programs- then
Associate File Types. look for the .wmv file type in left column and
see what it is associated with. Should be Windows Media Player. If
not, highlight that line, then click the change button at top right,
then make it Windows Media Player.
Now even if that fixed it get a cool tool everybody should have called
GSpot. Its small, fast and totally free. Instead of using it the
normal way, here's a trick:
Once Gspot is installed, click on Windows Start, then type in 'codec'.
If GSpot is installed that should bring it up in a non standard way.
Click on System, then click on List Codecs and other files. Expand the
window to full sceen.
You should see a large list of files, sometimes hundreds. These are
all the codecs and special filters that may get applies to either
audio or video files for special effects currently installed on your
system. You can click on the column headers to sort by a particular
column.
The display is color coded. If you see rows highlighted in red, these
codecs or filters "may" be causing you problems. Could be anything. A
conflict with another codec (common) a missing driver file, the codec
itself misconfigured, who knows, something is probably wrong if either
the video or audio or neither plays correctly. The hard part is
finding out exactly what. Even if no rows are in red, if you have
multiple codecs that can decode or encode the same file types these
can conflict with each other. Through trial and error, best to usually
have one codec per file type.
How many codecs you see depends on what software you installed. Since
I do audi,o video work I have lots of codecs and special filters. If
you installed either Roxio or Nero suites they add a bunch too. So do
so-called codec packs, which are generally bad, especially if you
install the works, since as you may see now in this list cause
conflicts. Also be aware many codes use the same DLL file, that isn't
a duplication. Do NOT remove any dll files unless you know why you are
doing so or you can mess things up even worse.
