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Demon Air 3D
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Posted: 18th Mar 2009 21:15
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Well is there a way of playing AVI on Windows media player ? because i can attualy hear the sound but cant see the picture :S

Thanks in advance.



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Sid Sinister
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Posted: 18th Mar 2009 21:25
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Look up VLC Media Player. I love it.

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Demon Air 3D
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Posted: 18th Mar 2009 21:26
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Ive got that, But its not working on that either (and quicktime)

Thanks anyways



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Alucard94
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Posted: 18th Mar 2009 21:39
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That has to be some super strange encoding. Try with Realplayer. (Yes, I will make you google that)
Also have you tried googling the video's name and "not working" or something like that? It's the most obvious thing to do and usually works.


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Demon Air 3D
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Posted: 18th Mar 2009 21:54 Edited at: 18th Mar 2009 21:59
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Yeah i have googled the video and it has no problem, well nothing came up =/

Doesnt work with real player too, sometimes it decides to work but some times it doesnt.

EDIT: downloaded the codec from author of the videos website (but still is a black image)



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Monk
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Posted: 18th Mar 2009 22:02
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You need a Divx Codec to run Avi's on some computers. It works on all players for me...

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Demon Air 3D
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Posted: 18th Mar 2009 22:06 Edited at: 18th Mar 2009 22:10
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downloaded it and still doesntwork.
i'll see if it works after i restart my computer

EDIT: Fail.



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Oolite
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Posted: 18th Mar 2009 22:10
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That definately sounds like a codec problem. I used to have an application that found out which codecs you needed to run a certain video, it would show you and direct you to the download page. It was brilliant, but i've lost it now and i can't remember the name of it.


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Demon Air 3D
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Posted: 18th Mar 2009 22:16
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I think thats Gspot =/



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Posted: 18th Mar 2009 22:19
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This was open source and a lot better than Gspot.


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Lukas W
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Posted: 18th Mar 2009 22:19 Edited at: 18th Mar 2009 22:22
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You can try Media Player Classic. It plays all kinds of different formats, especially the latest version (1.2.972.0).
(there are also other players on that site that I haven't tried out).

If it fails, why not take a few hours and convert the video into something you know you can watch? (I'm sure there are free applications for this).
But then again, you'd probably need correct codecs in order for the converter to understand the native file.

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Demon Air 3D
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Posted: 18th Mar 2009 22:38
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@ Lukas W, Thanks alot it worked!



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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 28th Apr 2009 00:34
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Quote: "@ Lukas W, Thanks alot it worked!"


Thanks from me too. I've been unable to view several AVI files till I read this thread and found your post.

Why on earth doesn't Windows Media Player play the files automatically? What is the "automatic updates" procedure for if not to update this sort of stuff automatically?

And what is a "codec" anyway?
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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 28th Apr 2009 01:00
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A codec is an extension for a media player that allows it to decode a file format. AVI is just a container; there is a multitude of various (and mostly useless) formats that can lie within.

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DJ Almix
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Posted: 28th Apr 2009 03:12
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You should all see Total Video Player. Solved a lot of my codec problems (even thought this has already been solved.)

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Van B
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Posted: 28th Apr 2009 11:58
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I just use my 360 these days, plays .AVI and even .MP4 files perfectly as long as your console OS is up to date and connected to Live. I download things like LOST onto a USB drive and watch it on my 360. I used to be able to access the files directly on my PC over the network from my 360, but that's borked now for some reason .

For HD media on your PC, I recommend VLC as well.


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