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playing avi files
Name: marshall Date: April 25, 2004 at 18:27:03 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: 1.8/256
Comment:
I have some AVI files that won't play . Most play on windows media player. It says format not supported. Thats all it says.I downloaded divx movie player hoping that would work but does not. Is there another player that maybe will play anything.This is not much information but its all i have.
This will give u info as to what the avi was encoded with so u can find the required codec.
Hope this helps
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Response Number 3
Name: Sci-Guy Date: April 25, 2004 at 19:09:05 Pacific
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I haven't seen a video file yet that can't be played with VideoLan. It's freeware, so just do a google for it.
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Response Number 4
Name: mtlieb Date: April 25, 2004 at 20:10:16 Pacific
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Marshall,
I had that exact same problem last night... some AVI's wouldn't play at all, and others would only play with sound but no video. I resolved it by downloading the Intel Indeo Codecs for Windows Media Player, and since installing it, every single AVI file i have now plays fine. Give it a shot. This is where i got mine:
http://www.knightmagic.org/gwd/iv5setup.exe
Just choose the 'typical' installation when you run it.
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