hi im trying to play a movie that is avi, windows media player says missing one or more codecs, so then i tried with VLC media player and it played, i tried reseting windows media center, but that didnt help, i got the same screen telling me 1 or more codec were missing, then the screen went black i waited for a few min then i manualy rebooted. any help would be greatly apprcted

Hello Jason,

Windows Media Player can play some AVI files and not others because they can be encoded with different codecs (WMV8, WMV9 etc.). If you install the K-Lite Codec Pack then you'll be able to play 99.9% of video formats in Windows Media Player.

K-Lite Codec Pack

1. Go to: Free-Codecs.com :: Download K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 7.2.0 : The K-Lite Mega Codec Pack includes the K-Lite Codec Pack Full, QuickTime Alternative, Real Alternative support and Monkey's Audio DirectShow decoder.
2. Scroll down to find the link that will "Download [ K-Lite Mega Codec Pack X.X.X ]" where the X.X.X will be the version number
***If the link doesn't work then choose one of the links with "MIRROR" written next to it***
3. Click on it and save the file to your documents
4. When it finishes downloading, find the file and run it

Now we have to install the program:

1. Click Next
2. Check "Advanced Install" and click Next
3. Click Next
4. On the drop down menu, select "Profile 8: Lots of stuff (without player)" and click Next
5. Click Next
6. Click Next
7. Check the "Windows Media Player" box and click Next
8. Check both of the boxes:
-"Video file extensions:"
-"Audio file extensions:"
and click Next
9. Click "Select All" and click Next
10. Click Next
11. Click Install

Tom

hello tom and ty for you help, im downloading the codec pack 7.2.0 when its done do i open it or no? also im not seeing x.x.x pack? ty again

That's just a generic reply of mine that I copy and paste when I need it and the version number would be outdated if I put one in, so I said this instead:

2. Scroll down to find the link that will "Download [ K-Lite Mega Codec Pack X.X.X ]" where the X.X.X will be the version number

Yes, follow the instructions and it should work If the installation is any different to the steps I've said in my instructions please let me know and I'll update the instructions

Tom

every thing went exactly as you said, and the movies play now, im going to mark as solved thank u again

I'm glad that it worked out for you Thanks for letting me know about the instructions. Also, thank you for the rep, most appreciated

Tom