Windows Media Series 9 Avi problem

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Hey. When I try to launch an avi, Media player attempts
to download the avi codec (which it shoild already have),
and fails to download it. Afterwards, it attempts to play
the avi file, and says "Windows Media Player cannot play
the file. The file is either corrupt or the Player does
not support the format you are trying to play." Not that
I like using these programs for avi or anything else, but
I also tried avis in Quicktime and Winamp. Quicktime said
it didnt have the proper plugin, and Winamp launched
right into it, but would only deliver sound. Because of
what Winamp has done, I know the files aren't corrupt. I
have also tried uninstalling and reinstalling media
player... Any suggestions?

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----- Chris Barrett wrote: -----

Hey. When I try to launch an avi, Media player attempts
to download the avi codec (which it shoild already have),
and fails to download it. Afterwards, it attempts to play
the avi file, and says "Windows Media Player cannot play
the file. The file is either corrupt or the Player does
not support the format you are trying to play." Not that
I like using these programs for avi or anything else, but
I also tried avis in Quicktime and Winamp. Quicktime said
it didnt have the proper plugin, and Winamp launched
right into it, but would only deliver sound. Because of
what Winamp has done, I know the files aren't corrupt. I
have also tried uninstalling and reinstalling media
player... Any suggestions?

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That can be decoded by (1) FFDShow http://cutka.szm.sk/ffdshow/ or (2) The
DivX codec from DivXNetworks http://www.divx.com/divx/

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Chris Lanier
Microsoft MVP - Digital Media
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"Chris Barrett" <chris@barrettmanor.com> wrote in message
news:1cf7f01c42270$313bca20$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Alright, I used the program, and it turns out that a
> weird codec I've never heard of is missing, unfortunatly
> not letting me watch ANY avi files it seems... the FCC is
> div3, and the codec name is DivX 3 Low-Motion. I'll
> search for it and see if it helps me overall. Thanks for
> the program!
> >-----Original Message-----
> >AVI files can be compresed or uncompressed. An
> uncompressed AVI will take
> >up approximately 12gb of hard drive space per
> hour.....so you probably won't
> >find many online - and if you did, you probably wouldn't
> try downloading
> >them.
> >
> >So we come to the conclusion that the AVI file you want
> to play is
> >compressed... and in order to be able to play it, you
> need to know which
> >particular codec it is compressed with.
> >
> >Happily someone wrote something that will help
> >http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
> >
> >Let G-Spot analyze the AVI and once you know which codec
> encoded and
> >compressed the file, you can download them, install them
> and the file will
> >play.
> >--
> >Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging &
> Hardware)
> >www.coribright.com
> >
> >"Chris Barrett" <chris@barrettmanor.com> wrote in message
> >news:1956a01c421ad$289097c0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Hey. When I try to launch an avi, Media player attempts
> >> to download the avi codec (which it shoild already
> have),
> >> and fails to download it. Afterwards, it attempts to
> play
> >> the avi file, and says "Windows Media Player cannot
> play
> >> the file. The file is either corrupt or the Player does
> >> not support the format you are trying to play." Not
> that
> >> I like using these programs for avi or anything else,
> but
> >> I also tried avis in Quicktime and Winamp. Quicktime
> said
> >> it didnt have the proper plugin, and Winamp launched
> >> right into it, but would only deliver sound. Because of
> >> what Winamp has done, I know the files aren't corrupt.
> I
> >> have also tried uninstalling and reinstalling media
> >> player... Any suggestions?
> >
> >
> >.
> >