Trouble w/ Windows Media Player

[shanem]

revery time i try to play a AVI video it will not work (i have no idea why) it will play mpeg, mpg etc, but not avi, can someone help me out?

[gibbo]

revery time i try to play a AVI video it will not work (i have no idea why) it will play mpeg, mpg etc, but not avi, can someone help me out?

Sorry not sure what the problem might be.

Personally I don't use windows media player. I use either VLC player or Media Player Classic. Both are easy to install (and free). I don't have the direct links but should be easy to find via google. Hope that helps.

[Dv8]

do you get any error message? ...if not, what exactly happens ...media player crashes, audio but no video, what?

[Bob2000]

I agree, Windows media player probably isn't the best choice. If you still want to continue using WMP then i suggest you try downloading a codec for .avi's, updating WMP or uninstalling and reinstalling

[billyboy666]

To play just about any video in the player of your choice install:

- Combined Community Codec Pack or Vista Codec Pack
- Quicktime Alternative or QT Lite
- Quicktime Alternative iTunes Compatability Addon
- Real Alternative or Real Alternative Lite

Quicktime Alternative and Real Alternative both include Media Player Classic. If you don't want MPC, get the Lite versions.

[shanem]

Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file. For additional assistance, click Web Help.


THATS what it says when i try to play a AVI file

[nickO]

Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file. For additional assistance, click Web Help.


THATS what it says when i try to play a AVI file

Remove every codec you have installed
and then installing wmp11
then k-lite codec package(playback)
and then you shouldn't have a problem but then if you still do media player classic will be installed also.

[SKaVeN]

I had DivX, then I tried the K-Lite Codec Pack & found that some online video sites were static, "jerky" & the audio & video were always out of sync. I removed K-Lite Codec Pack & reinstalled DivX which is better but only marginally so it looks like online video sites are my challenge.

[shanem]

how do i remove codecs?

[nickO]

how do i remove codecs?

Start, Control Panel, Add&Remove Programs, Select from the list.