Vid problem

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"Beowulfie" <enigma@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> When I transfer a video file from my main computer to my new machine it
> winds up as an audio file. But if I put it back on the original machine
> it
> is still video. Annoying!
> This doesn't happen everytime. I'm guess that the new computer is missing
> some plug-in but how do I figure out what I need.
> Any help will be appreciated.
> Oh, I run XP and so far the vids that have done this are ones that run on
> media player.
> Thanks again.
>
> BsT
>

Try the "GSpot" utility. It will tell you what the vid file is,
and what codec are needed to play it.

Luck;
Ken

Archived from groups: rec.video.desktop (More info?)

Beowulfie wrote:
> When I transfer a video file from my main computer to my new machine it
> winds up as an audio file. But if I put it back on the original machine it
> is still video. Annoying!
> This doesn't happen everytime. I'm guess that the new computer is missing
> some plug-in but how do I figure out what I need.
> Any help will be appreciated.
> Oh, I run XP and so far the vids that have done this are ones that run on
> media player.
> Thanks again.
>
> BsT

The Microsoft Media player has an option to automatically download
required codecs if you are online while trying to play the video. It
also only works if there is a suitable codec on the microsoft download
site.