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Media Player & AVI files
Name: Mike S. Date: August 19, 2002 at 12:11:19 Pacific
Comment:
I have Windows Media Player 8 and I can't get any AVI files to play. Does anyone know how I can get these files to play? I've tried updating the player but that doesn't work. When I try to play them I get an error message that says "Cannot play back the file. This format is not supported." Could someone please help me.
Name: Lesley Date: August 19, 2002 at 13:08:26 Pacific
Reply:
Mike
Open Media Player - Tools\Options - File Types - make sure there's a check in Audio and Video Files
Lesley
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Response Number 2
Name: Pip Date: August 19, 2002 at 13:18:55 Pacific
Reply:
You just need the right codec to play the file. Usually getting DivX from www.Divx.com will solve the problem.
If you want a quick way to try a bunch of possible codecs, grab NIMO at http://www.btinternet.com/~nimosiro/ and download the codec pack there. That should cover almost all possible codec types.
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