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Old 09-07-2009   #1 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium x64
 
 

Cannot play AVI but WMP can

My windows media player can play my MKV and AVI

but my media center can not

everytime I try to play anything it says

VIDEO ERROR
Files needed to display video are not installed or not working correctly. please restart windows media center or restart the computer

I am running vista home premium 64bit.

I only have one codec installed which works fine with Media Player
and its DIvx

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Old 09-24-2009   #2 (permalink)


Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Bata) & Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Sp2 & Windows XP Professional x32 Sp3
 
 

Re: Cannot play AVI but WMP can

In order for Media Center to Play files on a x64 OS you need to install a x64 Codec Pack.
Windows Media Player has a x32 version but Media Center is x64 only. That's why it will play on one but not the other. The codec you have installed is x32, but you also need the x64 Pack in order to get full x64 support.
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Old 09-24-2009   #3 (permalink)


Ubuntu 9.10 64 Bit
 
 

Re: Cannot play AVI but WMP can

Try this:

Download the latest version. Its a big green arrow.

Download K-Lite Codec Pack 5.10 (Full) - FileHippo.com
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Old 09-24-2009   #4 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium x64
 
 

Re: Cannot play AVI but WMP can

i installed the proper codecs


I found out what my problem was.

I installed a sound card that did not have x64 bit drivers available. So i had to installed the 32 bit ones

the card didn't work properly with the computer
when I removed it

Everything was fixed.
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 09-24-2009   #5 (permalink)


Ubuntu 9.10 64 Bit
 
 

Re: Cannot play AVI but WMP can

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by Steve0 View Post
i installed the proper codecs


I found out what my problem was.

I installed a sound card that did not have x64 bit drivers available. So i had to installed the 32 bit ones

the card didn't work properly with the computer
when I removed it

Everything was fixed.
Im glad you got it then
My System SpecsSystem Spec
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