I got a laptop with Windows media player 11 and a normal pc with the same player, problem is that on one i can play a movie file and on the other one i cant. Now there must be a folded or something that stores all the codecs or what ever so I must be able too copy them from one computer too the other or am I completly wrong.
2007-02-04 11:27:50 · 3 answers · asked by sarakawa2001 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
try installing a codec pack such as the latest K Lite codec pack. You could also try using a better player such as bsPlayer or VLC Media Player
2007-02-04 11:47:29 · answer #1 · answered by Pitchy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is correct, you can compare the codecs between the two computers to determine why one will not play the video.
Start->Control Panel->Sounds and Audio Devices Properties->Hardware Tab-> click on 'Video Codecs', then click properties. ->Properties Tab
In the window you should see a list of all the video codecs on the computer.
2007-02-04 12:04:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi! I used to have the same problem. My friends can play a file just fine, while on my PC, it asks for a codec.
Sad to say but the solution I found was not to download whatever codec that the file i'm currently playing needs, but to install a different player on my PC. It's called MPlayer, and i've been using it eversince and it has never let me down.
To download, you can check out this link: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html
Hope this helps. G'luck in playing your files.
2007-02-04 11:38:10 · answer #3 · answered by Candy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋