file won't play

Crispy_Ambulance

Please help and don't laugh at me technical gurus.

I have managed to download a video file but can't get it to play. Real Player says it needs software to play but then says it can't download it. The file plays on Windows Media Player, but audio only which is a bit rubbish.

The file extension is "avi" and I am assuming I need to download something to play it - I have googled but am a bit overwhelmed with the results. Can anyone recommend some software I can get so I can play this damn thing?

Please help - I am doing this :wall: :doh: :mad:

:username:

It sounds like you don't have the correct codec for the file type!

Do you get an error meaage?



When this happens to me I just delete the file because I cannot be bothered to find the codec....sorry!

kat21

in windows media player select tools, options, file types you could click select all, or look down the list and tick windows video file (avi)
kat21

adamuk_2

VLC media player for Windows is the software I use. It will play lots of different files without asking you to download any new codecs.

I'm assuming you are using Windows XP so
Go to this link:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

Click one of the links on that page to download the file. Install it and then open you downloaded video file in the program


Adam

alikat_3

If I was you I would Google - how play avi freeware & you should find results, I'm sure this is a fairly familiar extension, which I have come across, although just searched my newish laptop & don't have this file extension to hand, sorry I can't be of more help.

Rev

Or try Media Player Classic, plays everything for me.

Donnie

It's probably a DivX or an XviD video.

The recommended players may well work.

If not, this bit of kit will let you know what you need and where to download it;http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en

Crispy_Ambulance

adamuk wrote:

VLC media player for Windows is the software I use. It will play lots of different files without asking you to download any new codecs.

I'm assuming you are using Windows XP so
Go to this link:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

Click one of the links on that page to download the file. Install it and then open you downloaded video file in the program


Adam

Tried this after trying the above suggestions and it worked. It is embarrassing how happy I am about this - I nearly cried with frustration last night!

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Thank you for taking the time and trouble to help me out.