Pleased to assist.
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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
"kwanjai" <kwanjai@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:66E26D2B-54EF-4F96-AB22-89543B059155@microsoft.com...
> thank you everyone, I have managed to play them now by downloading the
> codecs
> for Divx 6.2
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
>> Download Divx 6.2
>>
>> I have found this version to be the best. When installing, only install
>> the
>> codec's themselves. Deselect the other items.
>>
>> I have found the later versions somewhat invasive, even when installing
>> just
>> the codec's. Too much wanting to go out on the internet for reasons they
>> do
>> not state.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>>
>> Quote from George Ankner:
>> If you knew as much as you think you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>
>> "kwanjai" <kwanjai@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A7EF8812-90C6-48E4-90EF-1B12DFE4E09F@microsoft.com...
>> > Thanks Julian, I have already downloaded videolan & realplayer to see
>> > if
>> > that
>> > works but it still does not..the most important video file I need to
>> > play
>> > is
>> > in AVI ( Im guessing thats what you mean when you ask what file type? )
>> > I
>> > also have alot of important video files in VLC & even though I have
>> > installed
>> > videolan it still only plays the audio & no visual.. any ideas??
>> >
>> > "Julian" wrote:
>> >
>> >> "kwanjai" <kwanjai@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:6DA03E1B-419C-4A68-8F0E-E987F48CB79E@microsoft.com...
>> >> > hello all, I am new to this so please be gentle, I have bought a
>> >> > new
>> >> > laptop
>> >> > with vista installed & i am so disapointed with it. The main problem
>> >> > I
>> >> > am
>> >> > having at the moment is when i send video files to cd writer & burn
>> >> > them
>> >> > on
>> >> > my XP sp2 desktop the discs do not play on my vista laptop : the
>> >> > audio
>> >> > is
>> >> > there but no vision just the grapics..I have also noticed that when
>> >> > I
>> >> > copy
>> >> > a
>> >> > video file in this way using vista it will not play in my dvd player
>> >> > but
>> >> > if i
>> >> > copy same file in XP it will play in my dvd player.Why is this & can
>> >> > i
>> >> > get
>> >> > round it..Also with vista, when listening to audio files the time it
>> >> > takes
>> >> > wmp to start is unreal & when you skip a track or 2 it can take up
>> >> > to 1
>> >> > minute before playing.
>> >> > I wish i had kept my old XP laptop as this new laptop is more or
>> >> > less
>> >> > useless to me.Can anybody help???
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> It sounds like you are missing some video codes on your Vista laptop.
>> >>
>> >> There are several video formats, which are you using?
>> >> (Check the file type)
>> >>
>> >> Next... download and install http://www.videolan.org/ and check k
>> >> again
>> >> to
>> >> see if you can watch the vids. If that works it is likely that you
>> >> were
>> >> missing some codecs.
>> >>
>>
>>