error code

ive downloaded a movie and its .avi and i cant play it on windows media
player for some reason it says that
"Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The
Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that
was used to compress the file." any help me out please.

Does installing FFDShow help? -
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/FFDshow.htm

Regards

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Tim De Baets
http://www.bm-productions.tk

hawk wrote:
> ive downloaded a movie and its .avi and i cant play it on windows media
> player for some reason it says that
> "Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The
> Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that
> was used to compress the file." any help me out please.