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Name: Eleven1231
Date: December 17, 2007 at 21:51:12 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
CPU/Ram: 1 g ram
Product: emachines
Comment:

I have a lot of videos and such that I watch on my computer. The other day something happened. First of all when I'm looking through a folder at a bunch of movies, usually there is a picture in each box showing what the movie is. They are all black. And when I try to watch them the screen is black, but the audio works fine. This is how it is with all my media now. Anyone know what my problem is?




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Response Number 1
Name: Sci-Guy
Date: December 18, 2007 at 03:03:55 Pacific
Reply:

Sounds like a possible codec problem. Google for Gspot, a utility that identifies video/audio codecs.

Please let us know if you found someone's advice to be helpful.


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Response Number 2
Name: XpUser4Real
Date: December 18, 2007 at 08:04:33 Pacific
Reply:

did you try a system restore to before the problem?

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Response Number 3
Name: Eleven1231
Date: December 18, 2007 at 09:14:22 Pacific
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so i loaded g spot and it appears i have no video codecs installed. How can this just all of the sudden happen to tons of videos? Is there anything I can do?


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Response Number 4
Name: XpUser4Real
Date: December 18, 2007 at 09:57:58 Pacific
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did you try response 2?

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Response Number 5
Name: clive_pearce
Date: December 19, 2007 at 05:34:01 Pacific
Reply:

After trying response 2.

Google, or

http://www.free-codecs.com/download...

Before posting try google. Backup. Use anti virus software.


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