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Old 01-14-2009   #1 (permalink)


 
 

Unable To Play AVI?

hey. i have a few videos in AVI format that play the audio but not the video. is there a codec or something i need for windows media player? please help.thanks

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Old 01-15-2009   #2 (permalink)


Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Unable To Play AVI?

download divx player
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Old 01-20-2009   #3 (permalink)


Vista Business x64
 
 

Re: Unable To Play AVI?

If you know that the avi was encoded with DIVX sure just download DIVX, but if you don't know what it was encoded with, download ffdshow as it will decode most all video files.
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Old 01-20-2009   #4 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2/
 
 

Re: Unable To Play AVI?

Try downloading the Vista codec pack details in the first post.

Vista Codec Pack - 32bit & 64bit Media Player Codecs
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Old 01-20-2009   #5 (permalink)


Windows 7 RTM 64-bit
 
 

Re: Unable To Play AVI?

You can also try this:
VLC media player for Windows
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Old 01-23-2009   #6 (permalink)


vista home premium 32bit
 
 

Re: Unable To Play AVI?

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by flynnstone View Post
download divx player
Actually, you only need to download the DIVX codecs, not the player itself. It will save you space on your hard drive.
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