i have seen some movies with avi formats but don't understand what it means and i cant view them. do i need to download special softward inorder to see avi files. if so, where can i get this from?
2006-12-25 12:18:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
AVi files are a video file, there are different ones using different codecs and sometimes windows media player can't handle them.
VLC is a good free media player that seems to handle almost anything. You can also get codec packs which install a selection of codecs for various formats. I use XP codec pack that can be downloaded from free-codecs.com
2006-12-25 12:46:45 · answer #1 · answered by Gordon B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its an audio/video file. You just need this codec pack (installs the most commonly used codecs) http://jdoe.host.sk/coda_v33.exe
Its the Coda codec pack. After installing this, use Windows Media Player. You should also get the VLC player http://www.videolan.org/mirror.php?file=vlc/0.8.6/win32/vlc-0.8.6-win32.exe . This will play nearly all audio and/or video file in almost any condition.
2006-12-25 12:34:28 · answer #2 · answered by Dennis T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be able to view it with Media Player. Just right click on the file and choose open with. Then click on Media Player. That should do it. If it does, you can easily assign all avi files to open with Media Player. Just right click on the file, click on open with, click on Media Player and then click on the button that says, "always open with this program".
2006-12-25 12:22:53 · answer #3 · answered by dawnsdad 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AVI is Audio Video Interleave. You can view them in Windows media player if you have the codec or you can download Gom player to view it - http://www.gom.com
2006-12-25 12:21:11 · answer #4 · answered by Aman J Singh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are running Windows XP all you need to view any video file is the latest free codex pack...these can be found on most sites and are legit... I think Microsoft downloads also has it on there..good luck
2006-12-29 08:45:39 · answer #5 · answered by Chill_Out 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello dear
Its a format for movies like MPEG and etc you can see them in windows media player .
Good luck
2006-12-25 17:16:14 · answer #6 · answered by farzad789 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well step 1
Go to download.com
and then ring in Cole2k
download that
And you can see the AVI files
Good luck,
John
2006-12-25 12:26:41 · answer #7 · answered by John S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can use Windows Media Player for this. It comes with Windows.
2006-12-25 12:21:45 · answer #8 · answered by elvisem 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry 4 that
2006-12-27 22:55:39 · answer #9 · answered by montathra 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a compressed video file...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Video_Interleavehttp://www.free-codecs.com/download/XP_Codec_Pack.htm
to play it you need to download the right codecs...http://www.free-codecs.com/download/XP_Codec_Pack.htm
2006-12-25 12:21:24 · answer #10 · answered by VzjrZ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋