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simon
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      02-13-2008
I can't seem to get my avi files to play on wmp (Vista). The audio comes
out, but not the visual. I can't find any codecs. Can anyone help me???
Thanks.
 
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Wayne L
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      02-13-2008
If you know what you're looking for, they're all here -
http://www.wmplugins.com/ItemList.aspx?typeid=8 Wayne
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"simon" wrote:

> I can't seem to get my avi files to play on wmp (Vista). The audio comes
> out, but not the visual. I can't find any codecs. Can anyone help me???
> Thanks.

 
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zachd [MSFT]
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      02-13-2008

And if you do'nt know what you're looking for, right-click on the content in
the player playlist, select Error Details, then click Web Help, and that
should tell you what you're looking for - and offer to help you look for it.
=)

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"Wayne L" <> wrote in message
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> If you know what you're looking for, they're all here -
> http://www.wmplugins.com/ItemList.aspx?typeid=8 Wayne
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> "simon" wrote:
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>> I can't seem to get my avi files to play on wmp (Vista). The audio comes
>> out, but not the visual. I can't find any codecs. Can anyone help me???
>> Thanks.



 
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Falcon
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      02-14-2008
On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:16:01 -0800, simon
<> wrote:

>I can't seem to get my avi files to play on wmp (Vista). The audio comes
>out, but not the visual. I can't find any codecs. Can anyone help me???
>Thanks.


Go here:

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...Codec_Pack.htm

Download and install. Solved my AVI problems on this Vista machine
and did not break anything. A miracle in Vista land (Grin).

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zachd [MSFT]
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      02-14-2008

Any particular reason you're recommending pirated software?

Seems like massive overkill.

This very particular version of K-Lite probably won't do anything bad.
Older versions definitely did bad things - I think it was fixed in late
December.

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"Falcon" <> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:16:01 -0800, simon
> <> wrote:
>
>>I can't seem to get my avi files to play on wmp (Vista). The audio comes
>>out, but not the visual. I can't find any codecs. Can anyone help me???
>>Thanks.

>
> Go here:
>
> http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...Codec_Pack.htm
>
> Download and install. Solved my AVI problems on this Vista machine
> and did not break anything. A miracle in Vista land (Grin).
>
> --
> Ciao,
> Falcon



 
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Falcon
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      02-14-2008
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:19:38 -0800, "zachd [MSFT]"
<> wrote:

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>Any particular reason you're recommending pirated software?


Perhaps you need to switch to de-caff?

>Seems like massive overkill.


My motto, kill 'em all, let God sort it out. Go outside and smell
the flowers once a week. Tell your keeper that you will not play
with fireworks or join another cult.

>This very particular version of K-Lite probably won't do anything bad.
>Older versions definitely did bad things - I think it was fixed in late
>December.


So you tell us above about dire things now something different. You
might want to speak to your theripist about that kink in your cable.

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zachd [MSFT]
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      02-14-2008

*shrug* I think the multimedia experience has generally been ceded to some
pretty bad/horrible experiences, and that's pretty sad to me. I have the
hope that there's a better way and better practices.

K-Lite is currently helping cause most of the top crashes in most multimedia
components in SP1. Microsoft can fix Microsoft code, but working around
people damaging their system through installing random badware turns out to
be a much more challenging task.

You and I both don't like it when applications crash. I don't know how we
can return to multimedia sanity, but I don't feel like it's a bad thing to
want to get there.


The question about K-Lite is an honest one: what specific experience are you
trying to provide that couldn't be provided by a normal vendor?

Cheers,
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Falcon
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      02-14-2008
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:53:31 -0800, "zachd [MSFT]"
<> wrote:

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>*shrug* I think the multimedia experience has generally been ceded to some
>pretty bad/horrible experiences, and that's pretty sad to me. I have the
>hope that there's a better way and better practices.
>
>K-Lite is currently helping cause most of the top crashes in most multimedia
>components in SP1. Microsoft can fix Microsoft code, but working around
>people damaging their system through installing random badware turns out to
>be a much more challenging task.
>
>You and I both don't like it when applications crash. I don't know how we
>can return to multimedia sanity, but I don't feel like it's a bad thing to
>want to get there.
>
>
>The question about K-Lite is an honest one: what specific experience are you
>trying to provide that couldn't be provided by a normal vendor?


Define normal vendor in this age of the internet and a gazillion
sites to wade through. At any rate, I saved my search and here is
where I went to find the answer.

http://www.free-codecs.com/reviews/W...dia_Player.htm

If you do not like it, fine, do not use it, but as I said, worked
great, brought all my videos to life and did not cause Vista to go
into a coma.

By the way, how does one pirate freeware?!

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