Windows Media Player Stops Playing *.AVI files

Weird.

Suddenly WMP 11 won't play *.AVI files. Error message sez it won't play
the file type.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Hello Harry...

AVI can use many codecs... like divx xvid etc.. and wmp11 does not have all
of the codecs nor does it download all of them automatically.

A good tool to determine what kind of video and audio codec your video files
are using is this:

Gspot
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/GSpot.htm

So you will scan your avi file with Gspot and you will read what codecs its
using, and then get those.

Thats how the pros do it.

I would suggest you ditch the WMP11 and use gomplayer that has a huge amount
of codecs preinstalled in its own application
www.gomplayer.com

if you still insist on using the horrid WMP11 you can use a codec pack like
this:

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

although I advise you to use gomplayer as I said before.




"Harry Krause" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Weird.
>
> Suddenly WMP 11 won't play *.AVI files. Error message sez it won't play
> the file type.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks

Amazing. You were not a RETARD with your response. Are you intoxicated?


"Bink" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hello Harry...
>
> AVI can use many codecs... like divx xvid etc.. and wmp11 does not have
> all of the codecs nor does it download all of them automatically.
>
> A good tool to determine what kind of video and audio codec your video
> files are using is this:
>
> Gspot
> http://www.free-codecs.com/download/GSpot.htm
>
> So you will scan your avi file with Gspot and you will read what codecs
> its using, and then get those.
>
> Thats how the pros do it.
>
> I would suggest you ditch the WMP11 and use gomplayer that has a huge
> amount of codecs preinstalled in its own application
> www.gomplayer.com
>
> if you still insist on using the horrid WMP11 you can use a codec pack
> like this:
>
> http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...Codec_Pack.htm
>
> although I advise you to use gomplayer as I said before.
>
>
>
>
> "Harry Krause" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Weird.
>>
>> Suddenly WMP 11 won't play *.AVI files. Error message sez it won't play
>> the file type.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks
>
>