i cant play .avi files. windows media player says one or more codecs are needed. where do i get them from? any help would be appreciated cheers

Download the Gspot Codec application. If you open the AVI file with it, you will receive detailed information about the codecs used to encode the video and audio data. You can then Google for the codecs and download them. MiniApache - a simple, fast and free web server

Hi, I've never played one of those before, but I looked in my Windows Media Player. Let's try this. Go to: Start All Programs Accessories Entertainment Windows Media Player You might have to expand the Windows Media Player window by double clicking on the blue border of the window. Then go to Tools THen select Options Click on the File Types tab Click your mouse on the check box that says Windows Video File (.avi) Once you see the check mark in the box, you should be set. Please keep me posted. Veets

I changed my avi file association to Quick Time. NOTHING, and I do mean nothing I tried to get WMP to play avi's worked. MSKB articles were no help whatsoever.

MS decided to break certain avi codecs. Advise install the avi codecs last. Divx is working on things. http://www.vidomi.com/ ffdshow filter can rewrite things to, less in favor of MS. Blue-Ray Disk size does matter.

Jennifer SUMN and all you lovely people out there....... Vplayer is free and does just the job! http://www.divx-digest.com/software/vplayer.html

You're needing this file> WM9Codecs It's a MS file and you get it from the MP site or the Movie Maker site. It's a little over 800k. It does run with Media Player 10. I may be crazy, but I'm not stupid...