error downloading codec

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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 19:09:42 -0800, Tony wrote:

> I installed http://ac3filter.sourceforge.net/* and yet I still get
> error.

What error?

> I even tried a second codec

Which?

> and that didn't help wither.

Why not? What happened?

There's no way to help if you don't descirbe the problem.

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Lenroc

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On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 03:12:14 -0800, Tony wrote:

> I still get the same error, "Sending request for codec" then it switches
> to another messages very quikly which I cannot read, and eventually it
> ends up at "error downloading codec"

That means that your media player is not recognizing a codec. You should
have one installed, but your media player is trying to download a codec,
as though there isn't one installed. The "error downloading codec" means
that it couldn't find one to download, either.

Long story short, either you've installed the wrong codec, or you haven't
installed it correctly (or at all).

> Sorry for the lack of detail.

Try http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html to fix that problem.

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Lenroc

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Thanks that is constructive. I will try it and let you know.

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I discovered that Media player 10 is not supported in Win 2000. I can
only run ver 9.
Any other ideas?

Tony

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Can you suggest one that might be best?
Thx!

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You know what I continue this thread here not only for myself but also
for anyone else who might have this same problem. I can't believe I am
the only one dealing with this.
Do you know of another media and can you just tell me?

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"Randy S." <rswittNO@SPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
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> Tony Costa wrote:
>> You know what I continue this thread here not only for myself but also
>> for anyone else who might have this same problem. I can't believe I am
>> the only one dealing with this.
>> Do you know of another media and can you just tell me?
>>
>
> Tony, he suggested you start a new thread *in this same group*, so it
> wouldn't be buried at the bottom of this one and it would get *more*
> visibility, not less. He's not trying to blow you off.
>
> Randy S.

Thanks, Randy! Tony, Randy is correct. I didn't mean to give you the
brush-off or anything like that, I just want your request for a
recommendation to get some visibility, because I doubt very many people are
still following this thread. You can post the results of the new thread *in
this thread* as well, so anyone looking for help with the same problem can
see them. As for your question "Do you know of another media and can you
just tell me?" I believe the first three words of my last post were "I don't
know" which is literally true, I do not know anything about any other media
players. If I did I would be happy to just tell you but I don't, so I gave
you some excellent search tips. If you use them, I am sure that you will
find an answer.

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"Tony Costa" <tcosta1026@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks to you both, I misinterpreted the message.
> I did a search and tried downloading Real Media. I installed it and
> only tried it briefly.
> I will try it again and report back what happened.
>
> Tony
>

Cool, I'll be interested to find out how it went!