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Here's the scenario: I've downloaded a number of AVI files from
Limewire that I cannot view. They're all copies of the HBO series
Carnivale, and all are of the 2nd season's first episode. For some
reason, people started uploading in a bizarre format I've never seen
before...the filenames all contained jibberish like
HDTV-LOL.xvid.loki.pyro.blahblahblah.
When I tried to view them in windows media player 9 (I'm using
win2k so I can't use WMP 10), all I saw was an extremely garbled view
of my desktop in the media player window! The player also listed the
length of each file as 0 minutes and 0 seconds. The file sizes are
anywhere from 222MB to 350MB.
I did a little research, updated my Divx drivers, installed the
xvid codec, succesfully played the xvid test movie, and tried again.
Same result...a garbled partial screen capture of my desktop popped up
in my WMP screen. The Divx player would not play the file either...it
popped up a message saying that this is a different format and I would
probably need to download a different codec to view it (which I have
already done).
I tried installing ffdshow. The view in my WMP window changed
from my desktop to blank. The player still listed a file length of 0
minutes and 0 seconds and would not play. FFDshow got uninstalled.
After uninstallation the player went back to showing me my butchered
desktop view.
My last effort was to install the GSpot codec finder. I loaded
all of the AVI files into it and GSpot told me the same thing each
time: The files are valid and playable, and I have all of the codecs
needed to play the AVIs properly. And yet, I can't get them to play.
Has anybody out there heard of something like this happening to
somebody else?? Does anybody have troubleshooting tips I should try
out? Help!
Here's the scenario: I've downloaded a number of AVI files from
Limewire that I cannot view. They're all copies of the HBO series
Carnivale, and all are of the 2nd season's first episode. For some
reason, people started uploading in a bizarre format I've never seen
before...the filenames all contained jibberish like
HDTV-LOL.xvid.loki.pyro.blahblahblah.
When I tried to view them in windows media player 9 (I'm using
win2k so I can't use WMP 10), all I saw was an extremely garbled view
of my desktop in the media player window! The player also listed the
length of each file as 0 minutes and 0 seconds. The file sizes are
anywhere from 222MB to 350MB.
I did a little research, updated my Divx drivers, installed the
xvid codec, succesfully played the xvid test movie, and tried again.
Same result...a garbled partial screen capture of my desktop popped up
in my WMP screen. The Divx player would not play the file either...it
popped up a message saying that this is a different format and I would
probably need to download a different codec to view it (which I have
already done).
I tried installing ffdshow. The view in my WMP window changed
from my desktop to blank. The player still listed a file length of 0
minutes and 0 seconds and would not play. FFDshow got uninstalled.
After uninstallation the player went back to showing me my butchered
desktop view.
My last effort was to install the GSpot codec finder. I loaded
all of the AVI files into it and GSpot told me the same thing each
time: The files are valid and playable, and I have all of the codecs
needed to play the AVIs properly. And yet, I can't get them to play.
Has anybody out there heard of something like this happening to
somebody else?? Does anybody have troubleshooting tips I should try
out? Help!
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