How come whenever i try to play a movie downloaded from limewire on my computer it says there was an error and it has to close out?
2007-02-22 10:26:25 · 10 answers · asked by james a 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
because windows media player doesn't have every codec to play every movie file. try downloading VLC player, its free and it plays almost everything!
2007-02-22 10:29:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In its default state, Windows MEdia Player only plays a limited set of media... such as WMA files. Great title for such a useless and annoying piece of software, eh? Cons you into thinking it actually has some use! Use VLC instead - its a proper player:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Make sure you only download movies that are free from copyright! :)
2007-02-22 10:29:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the file might not compatible with windows media player. Try realplayer or quicktime.
Also, The video might be corrupted.
2007-02-22 10:31:32 · answer #3 · answered by anonymous 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Downloading movies will land you in jail for "copyright infrengemnt"
with that said, use divx player.
2007-02-22 10:30:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to try downloading some kind of movie thing. I don't know where to find it, but mine was doing the exact same thing.
2007-02-22 10:30:11 · answer #5 · answered by Mz.Newbooty08 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the windows media player does not support the format from lime wire and also be verry careful maybe virus infected
2007-02-22 10:38:24 · answer #6 · answered by juanq a 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to google and look for K-LITE codec pack, download and install the full pack and you should be able to play most formats of movie
2007-02-22 11:08:07 · answer #7 · answered by D McC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need codecs, probably for DivX and Xvid.
http://www.free-codecs.com/
2007-02-22 10:31:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should try some other player
2007-02-22 10:45:06 · answer #9 · answered by Dolphin_23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
another codec is cole @download.com
2007-02-22 10:33:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋