cannot play file

[Jack Black]

I recently had Windows XP re installed. Now my Windows Mediia Player
won't play about half of my *.avi files saying it doesn't support the
file type??
Should I download Real Player or can I somehow get WMP to remmenber
how it use to play these films?


Thanks

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

AVI files are almost always compressed... and the two most common codecs are
the DiVX and xVid codecs. www.divx.com and www.xvidmovies.com You'll need
to have them installed before you can play the files.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows



"Jack Black" > wrote in message
...
>I recently had Windows XP re installed. Now my Windows Mediia Player
> won't play about half of my *.avi files saying it doesn't support the
> file type??
> Should I download Real Player or can I somehow get WMP to remmenber
> how it use to play these films?
>
>
> Thanks

[Jack Black]

Thanks for your reply. These two programs helped a lot but their are
still quite a few films showing the same problem. Are their any other
codecs I can install?

Thanks again



On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 08:07:47 +0800, Jack Black
> wrote:

>I recently had Windows XP re installed. Now my Windows Mediia Player
>won't play about half of my *.avi files saying it doesn't support the
>file type??
>Should I download Real Player or can I somehow get WMP to remmenber
>how it use to play these films?
>
>
>Thanks

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Use G-Spot Codec Identifier to find out exactly which codec was used to
compress the file(s):

http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows



"Jack Black" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks for your reply. These two programs helped a lot but their are
> still quite a few films showing the same problem. Are their any other
> codecs I can install?
>
> Thanks again
>
>
>
> On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 08:07:47 +0800, Jack Black
> > wrote:
>
>>I recently had Windows XP re installed. Now my Windows Mediia Player
>>won't play about half of my *.avi files saying it doesn't support the
>>file type??
>>Should I download Real Player or can I somehow get WMP to remmenber
>>how it use to play these films?
>>
>>
>>Thanks
>