playing files

Orwell · Post by **Orwell** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:18 pm

does anyone have a suggestion on how to fix video playback on my computer? ive recently formatted it so i figure that could be a problem, but i cant find anything wrong with the drivers in device manager. ive tried 4 different players, winamp 3, which was my favorite, winamp 5, which refuses to play video at all, divx and it wouldnt play or was a mess, window's media player seems to play a couple files but the extension can be the same on two different files and i get two different results, i couldnt find anything wrong in properties either, and i tried playing different files from both my C and D drive, and on D, i get no picture, on C, its a guessing game on what those pixels are supposed form, most of the time. ive installed divx and xvid codec, as i assumed that might help but no noticable changes. ive run out of ideas on what the problem might be.

Orwell · Post by **Orwell** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:39 pm

they need to let us edit our post, i run on xp home edition, 768 mb, 2ghz proccessor and ive narrowed it down to not playing mpeg files, any suggestions?

aznfs · Post by **aznfs** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 12:20 am

get the k-lite codec pack and try that

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 12:22 am

I'd advise against codec packs, usually, but maybe that would work.

I'd try getting ffdshow first though, if that doesn't get it... something must be screwed

Orwell · Post by **Orwell** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 2:11 am

i tried ffdshow and tmpeg something something, i cant remember the name off the top of my head. and it seems to be just certain mpeg files because others run fine. i tried to open it in everything and no luck, when i tried window's media player, it said codec missing so.... i tried downloading mpeg 2 codecs to no avail. im sure its not the file, it played fine before but i cant figure out why it doesnt work now. oh well. was there ever a window's update because i havent gotten the latest updates yet and this is set back to.... 2002 i think, or early 2003.

Orwell · Post by **Orwell** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 2:24 am

thx for the help aznfs, i found a site www.free-codecs.com that had everything i need, the k-lite pack looks like a bit much for my purposes, but theres another on the site right next to it that had everything i needed. if it isnt on here, i think it'd be a good link for those who have problems playing files.

shirohamada · Post by **shirohamada** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 12:49 pm

if you're in the market for a codec pack....how about try this one.

satsuki decoder pack

aznfs · Post by **aznfs** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 4:36 pm

Otohiko wrote:I'd advise against codec packs, usually, but maybe that would work.

I'd try getting ffdshow first though, if that doesn't get it... something must be screwed

yea i advise ppl that just watch videos to codec packs; they do weird things to videos wihen u encode tho, so i dont install them