AMD-playa

Ive got an AVI thats Divx that id like to watch and the readme says if your having problems download the K-Lite codec pack and it should work, but when I open the avi it says its 7 hours long and doesnt play anything. I downloaded the divx codec straight from divx.com too but still no go. Theres 2 of the avi's, one works perfect the other doesnt. Any ideas?

Graaille

Quote: Originally Posted by AMD-playa Ive got an AVI thats Divx that id like to watch and the readme says if your having problems download the K-Lite codec pack and it should work, but when I open the avi it says its 7 hours long and doesnt play anything. I downloaded the divx codec straight from divx.com too but still no go. Theres 2 of the avi's, one works perfect the other doesnt. Any ideas?

http://www.doom9.org/software.htm
Download the Gordian Knot Codec pack 1.9. Haven't seen a correctly encoded movie that this pack wouldn't play.

Graa

Dr3w

if it says its 9 hours long.. its also possible its fed up, it happens... redownload, the divx shouldo f made it work

stereomod

do you have the Xvid codec installed as well?

Cyno01

I'd also reccomend this codec pack.

Dr3w

if he had the wrong codec, media player wouldnt even play it and it would say hes missing hte codec.. its just f'ed up

Highperf15

Why use that.............this player WILL play ANYTHING and doesn't require codecs.....heh
http://www.videolan.org/

z0mbi3

Quote: Originally Posted by Highperf15 Why use that.............this player WILL play ANYTHING and doesn't require codecs.....heh http://www.videolan.org/

I'm sick and tired of people singing the praises of video lan and saying "It can play anything". It's such a load of BS.

I know for a fact that VideoLan can't play the piano, banjo, harmonica, violin... the list goes on.

Back to the topic tho, yeah videolan will more than likely play it tho there are instances where it won't play a video, all be it rarely. For example some WMV's don't play correctly, realplayer files don't go at all (correct me if I'm wrong), OGM's are quite regularly pixilated when cycling though them too.

However I do actively use videolan and it seems that there's not much better. Meda Player Classic is worth a look too.

Best bet as far as codecs go is to download them seperatley and install them with a clean install of windows. The real challenge is getitng something like an mkv to play in winamp .

Hope some of that helps.

Highperf15

Quote: Originally Posted by z0mbi3 I'm sick and tired of people singing the praises of video lan and saying "It can play anything". It's such a load of BS. I know for a fact that VideoLan can't play the piano, banjo, harmonica, violin... the list goes on. Back to the topic tho, yeah videolan will more than likely play it tho there are instances where it won't play a video, all be it rarely. For example some WMV's don't play correctly, realplayer files don't go at all (correct me if I'm wrong), OGM's are quite regularly pixilated when cycling though them too. However I do actively use videolan and it seems that there's not much better. Meda Player Classic is worth a look too. Best bet as far as codecs go is to download them seperatley and install them with a clean install of windows. The real challenge is getitng something like an mkv to play in winamp . Hope some of that helps.

And I am sick and tired of people saying that I have to do a clean Windows install just to play vids.........heh

z0mbi3

Quote: Originally Posted by Highperf15 And I am sick and tired of people saying that I have to do a clean Windows install just to play vids.........heh

Hey I said that was the best way to install codecs not that you had to.