A while ago i messed up my codecs by installing something else. I think it was a different kind of codec. It told me i had to uninstall a bunch of things for this particular one to install. I wasn't paying much attention and i did.
Since then i haven't been able to play movies successfully and cleanly all the time. I can play them with VLC but i want to play them in WMP.
When i play the video with WMP on the bottom left it says 'Acquiring Codec" then "Codec Acquired. But then it doesn't play. If i move along the timeline i can get a still image but it just wont play. Other times it wont work at all.
So what type of codecs do i need to make this all go away? What codecs do i need so i never have these problems again?
And please don't tell me to just use VLC..
Cheers.
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QUOTE (slade @ Sep 20 2008, 02:18 AM) 
A while ago i messed up my codecs by installing something else. I think it was a different kind of codec. It told me i had to uninstall a bunch of things for this particular one to install. I wasn't paying much attention and i did.
Since then i haven't been able to play movies successfully and cleanly all the time. I can play them with VLC but i want to play them in WMP.
When i play the video with WMP on the bottom left it says 'Acquiring Codec" then "Codec Acquired. But then it doesn't play. If i move along the timeline i can get a still image but it just wont play. Other times it wont work at all.
So what type of codecs do i need to make this all go away? What codecs do i need so i never have these problems again?
And please don't tell me to just use VLC..
Cheers.
Since then i haven't been able to play movies successfully and cleanly all the time. I can play them with VLC but i want to play them in WMP.
When i play the video with WMP on the bottom left it says 'Acquiring Codec" then "Codec Acquired. But then it doesn't play. If i move along the timeline i can get a still image but it just wont play. Other times it wont work at all.
So what type of codecs do i need to make this all go away? What codecs do i need so i never have these problems again?
And please don't tell me to just use VLC..
Cheers.
You don't know about www.codecs.com ?
Yes i know about that site. How do you think i got here?
I've downloaded packs from there but doesn't help my situation.
I've downloaded packs from there but doesn't help my situation.
Did you read this guide: What Codecs to Use?
Doesn't help.
I've tried that AVICodec program.
It tells me i need XVID Mpeg-4. I download it and install it but still doesn't help me.
I've tried that AVICodec program.
It tells me i need XVID Mpeg-4. I download it and install it but still doesn't help me.
What did you download?
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