i have downloaded movies from torrent site but am unable 2 open them up windows says it does reckonise?

Question

i am advised 2 look on certain sites automatically by windows which ido but unable 2 still dechiper format can anybody tell me how cheers.

Answer 1

No, do not do any of whatever they are telling you at the top. I mean they are right but you don't need to go through all of that.

Just get this VLC media player. It is the single best media player and it will play almost anything you can possibly download. It has all of the codecs built-in so you don't have to figure them out which one it is, search for it, download it, and then install it.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

Trust me, you will love this and not use anything else.

Answer 2

If it is a .torrent file, that is not the movie. You say you downloaded it from the SITE, that gives me the impression that you didn't download it in a torrent client. If it is a .torrent file then you first have to open that in a torrent client (such as BitTorrent or uTorrent, available from BitTorrent.com and uTorrent.com respectively) before you have actually downloaded it.

If you have indeed got the movie and the above was just patronising to you, I apologise. Instead, could you please mention the format of the movie for detailed help. If it is a DivX movie then you will need to download DivX. If it is an image (like an iso) then you have to mount it or burn it to a DVD with Nero or a similar program. If you mean that Media Player is telling you that you need a codec, there is no way you will get it from the window that Media Player pops-up for you - it doesn't help at all and is purely advertising. Microsoft was stupid there. You may wish to search for "codecs" or "media player codecs" or similar on the net if this is the case.

Answer 3

It depends on what the torrent is that youve downloaded. Depending on the torrent it might download as an .mpg, .avi, .vob or a .bin and .cue file. The mpg and avi's are obviously just media files and can be played through windows media player or real player depending which one you use. The .vob files are generally in a DVD format and need to be burned onto a DVD disc using something like NERO first of all. The .CUE and .BIN file need to be mounted as an image onto a recordable CD before they can be viewed.

With some video files that are in avi or mpeg you will need certain CODECS for media player to recognise them. So it may be that its a valid media file but you dont have the correct codecs for it to be played. If you go onto www.google.co.uk and type in something like 'windows media player codec pack' it will bring up some sites where you can download the codec packs for media player. This should sort the problem out

PS - DONT Download that guys VLC Media player or whatever it is. And secondly have you actually downloaded the .torrent file using a client like BIT COMET? When you go to a torrent site you will initially choose to run or save the .torrent file, this is the source file. You then have to open that torrent file is BitComet or uTorrent (client) to actually download the contents of it.

Answer 4

You can download VLC. Here is a good link: http://bit.ly/1v820Z5

VLC (Video lan connect player) is a great free opensource software. VLC has a built in dvd decoder and can play pretty much any media file. Some formats it can play: MOV WMV AVI DVD MPEG MP4 VOB 3GP MPG.

When Windows Media player doesn't work, use VLC.
I highly recommend VLC over any other media player.

Answer 5

Ehm..
I found a free download of VLC here http://bitly.com/1lqheyW
Very useful program!
I hope it helps

Answer 6

I've never downloaded a movie in my life but you might need a codec - download divx

Answer 7

try windows media player 11 you can download windows media player 11 at microsoft .com