rating unplayable videos

Spellbinder · Post by **Spellbinder** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 7:19 pm

i have downloaded a fair number of AMV's but sometimes i get one that i can't play on my media player, and then the site asks me to rate the AMV i couldent see, i would like to see an option like "no comment" or "couldent view" on the rating optoins

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 7:27 pm

Do you have the right codecs?

-Zero

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 7:59 pm

First of all figure out WHY you can't play it.

If you go through everything though, and still cant do anything, just give it a 3.

Spellbinder · Post by **Spellbinder** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:51 pm

what are codecs and how do i get them?

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:56 pm

*Falls out of his legendary throne* Uh... how do I explain this. Basicly they're different ways to compress a video. The codecs allow you to play back that video (or encode into it). Some of the most popular are DivX and XviD. And there was some master codec that shows up on the org sometimes, but the name and location elude me. Good luck.

-Zero

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 9:10 pm

FFDShow: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ffds ... e?download

Enables playback of most avi files.

themaan · Post by **themaan** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:52 pm

Spellbinder wrote:what are codecs and how do i get them?

tee hee hee. I know how you feel, I know how you feel. Well...I did.

Spellbinder · Post by **Spellbinder** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 11:15 pm

well i'l give FFdshow a shot, hope it works.

Spellbinder · Post by **Spellbinder** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 2:47 pm

wait a minute, i downloaded ffdshow, how do i use it? i get a bunch of files with gears as the icon, please help.

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 8:06 pm

Install it.