Maurice09

Thanks

I can play it all with divx player, witch solves that, but there are some
web base streaming that uses windows media player that will not play??

"Adam Albright" wrote:

> On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:21:00 -0700, Maurice09
> <Maurice09@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I am running vista business, Trying to play some videos (AVI) it gives me an
> >error message ( C00D11B1) I have installed DivX Codec and have been watching
> >the same files when running XP and works fine, please can someone help me
> >with this
> >cheers
> >mauriceleroux2000@yahoo.com
>
> Did you also install a DivX player?
>
> If so does it play the file properly?
>
> DivX files come in many different flavors and you need the latest
> codec to play some. Media Player (in my opinion being junk) has
> trouble with a lot of file types. You're much better off using a
> different player.
>
> The trouble with AVI files is it is just a wrapper. The actual file
> type inside the wrapper could be anything. To see, try downloading G-
> Spot which is a free utility that will scan your system and tell you
> what you already have should be able to play the file. If not, at
> least you're told what version you need so you know what codec to look
> for.
>
> To play a file in G-Spot once you install it. Just right click on the
> video file from Explorer and where it says "Open with..." select
> G-Spot from the list of applications offered. G-Spot doesn't actually
> play the file, it gives you important details about the file and what
> it found on your system that should be able to play it. It will also
> usually tell you if your file is corrupt. Media Player won't even try
> to play corrupted files, it freaks right away. Some other players
> don't.
>
> If a file is corrupt and it is some version of AVI then what's usually
> happened and it is common if you downloaded the file from the Internet
> is the file is missing it's header or the file's header got corrupted.
> Only takes a byte or two to mess things up.
>
> Lots of applications that can fix this problem either by rebuilding
> the file's index or patching over corrupt sections.
>
>