i downloaded a few movies using a u torrent ( a bit torrent client), aparently they are zip files. so i extract them using winrar (trial version) but i still cant watch the videos. help!
2006-07-11 10:20:01 · 9 answers · asked by landluber 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
You need to find out what kind of Coder has been used, and download the appropriate CODEC pack. USually you kan find this ingo in readme file which copes with the video, or try to play the file with Windows media player (or whatever you use) and than after it fails to play, you can open the clip info and get the Codec name, search&download it from the web and install on your computer. The easies will be to downlaod on of the all-in-one packages, and the right coded more probably will be there.
search in yahoo or google
"all in one codec package"
2006-07-11 10:24:35 · answer #1 · answered by Vladimir Y 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Well if its a WINRAR file like 20 of them, try to extract only the FIRST FILE....
By extracting the first file....U will b able to get ur WHOLE movie...
ONCE this is DONE you can delete all the ZIPPED file....
Hope this HELP..
2006-07-11 10:25:10 · answer #2 · answered by $@by 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You really dont have to extract it, just open the file with windows explorer and double-click on the video. You'll probably need the DivX codec if they're AVI files, get it at http://www.divx.com/
Good Luck!
2006-07-11 10:22:52 · answer #3 · answered by Erased Paper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Double click on it! You may have to have special software like Real Player or Windows Media Player.
2006-07-11 10:24:15 · answer #4 · answered by Y. Mangum 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
download Real Player or Windows media player - Free
2006-07-11 10:25:27 · answer #5 · answered by Friend 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you might not have the required codecs for that type of file, try downloading a codecs package from a site like download.com or softonic.com
2006-07-11 10:22:50 · answer #6 · answered by rykkardo8 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There probably avi files. You would need to download a codec to be able to watch them.
http://www.free-codecs.com/
2006-07-11 10:22:17 · answer #7 · answered by VzjrZ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
or maybe it is rvmb format. u would need to download real player to watch rvmb format. pls check ur file extension and update ur q.
2006-07-11 10:23:56 · answer #8 · answered by Mckay 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the information you have given out, please find out what extention the files have , e.g., .rar or .zip
Use the appropriate software to extract them. e.g. WinRar for rar files, winzip for .zip
Regards.
2006-07-11 10:29:18 · answer #9 · answered by Sidney_M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋