Codecs?

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Codecs?

Post by Ex-Soldier777 » Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:55 pm

Well this isnt really about windows movie maker but when i try to play a file i downloaded in windows media player it says

"Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file."

I downloaded DivX and XviD and it still dosnt work.. what codecs do i need? Thanks alot for ant help! :)

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Re: Codecs?

Post by BlaCk_PeArL_27 » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:08 pm

Ex-Soldier777 wrote:Well this isnt really about windows movie maker but when i try to play a file i downloaded in windows media player it says

"Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file."

I downloaded DivX and XviD and it still dosnt work.. what codecs do i need? Thanks alot for ant help! :)
You need the codec and can get it from here and you can play it again on your window media player

...... so enjoy ;)

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Post by BlaCk_PeArL_27 » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:12 pm

0oopps.... :oops: sorry wrong post message

maybe check the video file what kind of format is that or you can use this it will play most video that can not play on window media player for you


..... guess this is the right one :>|

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Post by CrackTheSky » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:14 pm

You'll need to use VirtualDubMod to convert the clips to HuffYUV, as WMM doesn't take kindly to DivX or XviD files.

Read about how to do this here.

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Post by Minion » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:14 pm

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Post by Ex-Soldier777 » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:25 pm

Hey thanks guys ill give it a shot!

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Post by CrackTheSky » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:44 pm

Gah shit, misread your post :oops: Yeah, ignore my last post, that has nothing to do with your problem.

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Post by JaddziaDax » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:54 pm


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Post by Ex-Soldier777 » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:54 pm

thats ok.. im downloading the thing minion gave me anyway

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