Vista Tutorial - AVI, Mpeg erros

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

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.

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.
>
>

On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:56:01 -0700, Maurice09
<Maurice09@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>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??

If you tell me the web site you're having trouble with I'll see if I
can get it to play on one of dozen or more players I have installed.

It should generally work fine.

If you click Web Help on WMP's error dialog, what URL does it take you to?
That URL itself has a little extra data. =)

--
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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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"Maurice09" <Maurice09@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>>
>>