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      03-01-2008
can't watch videos
 
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      03-01-2008
WMP FAQ A trouble-shooting guide for Windows Media Player problems.:
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html

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On the Bridge!
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      03-01-2008
download www.gomplayer.com

that has everything built into it and it can play almost ANY video or audio
you can throw at it!


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      03-01-2008
Thanks for sharing.
I have a cat.

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      03-01-2008
you should download the divx codec since most vids are encoded with divx

www.divx.com



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      03-02-2008
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Thanks for sharing.
I have a cat.


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Me too, and I can watch videos!
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"On the Bridge!" <On@the,Bridge> wrote in message
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> you should download the divx codec since most vids are encoded with divx


Rubbish, I have hundreds of videos on my PC, not one is encoded with divx.
They are nearly all MPEG2.


 
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      03-03-2008
not the ones that are found on "torrent" and other P2P networks


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> "On the Bridge!" <On@the,Bridge> wrote in message
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>> you should download the divx codec since most vids are encoded with divx

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> Rubbish, I have hundreds of videos on my PC, not one is encoded with divx.
> They are nearly all MPEG2.
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zachd [MSFT]
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      03-04-2008

Why don't we all compromise and agree that knowing the file extension would
tell us a lot about any given video? We could probably make educated
guesses as to codecs used once we know the file extension. =)

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> not the ones that are found on "torrent" and other P2P networks
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> "Brian W" <> wrote in message
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>> "On the Bridge!" <On@the,Bridge> wrote in message
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>>> you should download the divx codec since most vids are encoded with divx

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>> Rubbish, I have hundreds of videos on my PC, not one is encoded with
>> divx. They are nearly all MPEG2.
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