My windows mediaplayer can't play a video of .avi. which one codecs or incoders I would need to install so that I can enjoy .avi videos too ...
Thanks friends
2006-11-19 01:27:17 · 7 answers · asked by Fazal Gafur 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Download this codec pack:
http://www.filehippo.com/download_codec_pack/
Alternatively, download VLC media player, which plays almost anything you throw at it.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
2006-11-19 02:23:57 · answer #1 · answered by A* 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windows Media Player plays avi files. If there is only the one .avi file that it won't play, the chances are that the file itself is incomplete or defective. If you downloaded this file from the net, you should go back and re-download it, and make sure that after downloading, the file size that the downloader says it is downloading matches the size of the file that you have when completing the download.
In the case of an avi file that is incomplete or defective, it won't help to get some other player or an additional codec [but it won't hurt].
You can go get DivFix, a program that "fixes" avi's by stripping out and rebuilding the file index, so that the data that you do have can be played - this often works, but if the data is incomplete, you won't have the whole video, just the part that got downloaded.
2006-11-19 09:43:10 · answer #2 · answered by sonyack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to download Real player or something else that has a .avi codec. I believe you can even configure windows media player with an avi codec. Just search Google for .avi codec or download Divx player(I think that automatically plays it).
2006-11-19 09:29:39 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think the only thing you need is to download a codec. i also had a problem with that and i downloaded a xvid codec. you can find it at www.xvidmovies.com/codec
dont worry, the site i gave is the one that microsoft recomend for downloading codecs.
2006-11-19 09:47:29 · answer #4 · answered by juz_askin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have 2 choices 1 download the all the media codes for media player 11 from microsoft site u will find it on media tab or u can dowload a program called vlc media player and u can find it on http://www.downloads.com and its free
2006-11-19 13:34:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may need the DivX converter - you can download it for free I think (I did for Mac, and they haven't asked me for money yet).
2006-11-19 09:29:01 · answer #6 · answered by Phil Ossofer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_tools/mediacoder.cfm
try this 1...
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2006-11-19 09:57:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋