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My downloaded videos wont play on WMP help me please. - Joshy - 09-28-2006
Well, i was watching movies i downloaded earlier just fine on Windows Media Player a few hours ago now when i try to watch any videos at all it doesn't come up with a video it just has sound, and at the bottom it says ''Connecting to Codec Server .. Sending request for codec .. Error downloading codec'' its really pissing me off cause i dont think i did anything and it never did this before, does anyone have any idea how i can fix this problem?
EDIT: I posted in the wrong section on accident, my bad, this should go in the tech section of the forum.
My downloaded videos wont play on WMP help me please. - trayne - 09-28-2006
just get the codec from http://www.free-codecs.com
My downloaded videos wont play on WMP help me please. - wm_hunter - 09-29-2006
K-Lite Codec Pack will play 99% of all videos
My downloaded videos wont play on WMP help me please. - UberMF - 09-29-2006
wm_hunter Wrote:K-Lite Codec Pack will play 99% of all videos
http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/mirror.htm
My downloaded videos wont play on WMP help me please. - Nubli - 09-29-2006
http://www.winamp.com
My downloaded videos wont play on WMP help me please. - trayne - 09-29-2006
main video types for xp are divx, xvid and direct x. The newer ones are mkv, mp4, mpeg-4 layer and 4gp. an xp pack and poor mans codecs should do fine.
My downloaded videos wont play on WMP help me please. - Syntax_Errors - 09-29-2006
wm_hunter Wrote:K-Lite Codec Pack will play 99% of all videos
Along with DL'ing some unknown viruses as well as known.
Additional Comment:
Nubli Wrote:www.winamp.com
Exactly.
My downloaded videos wont play on WMP help me please. - trayne - 09-29-2006
Syntax_Errors Wrote:Along with DL'ing some unknown viruses as well as known.
thats not entirely true. there are clean ones out there. plus no one is dumb enough to install without checking with an antivirus.
My downloaded videos wont play on WMP help me please. - wm_hunter - 09-29-2006
K-Lite is clean, trust me.
Yes, there are codec packs that have malware. The one mentioned is not one of those.
My downloaded videos wont play on WMP help me please. - Joshy - 09-29-2006
Thanks alot guys, i got it working i just downloaded K-Lite, and it works very well, but i dont know why it stopped playing videos in the first place it never had any problems playing videos before until last night.
My downloaded videos wont play on WMP help me please. - wm_hunter - 09-30-2006
It was a video encoded in some format not normally supported by WMP. It was obviousally one of the formats supported by K-Lite and it recognized it.
Some files like .avi are almost always DivX, but other file formats can range from no codec needed to 2-3 different ones depending on how it was encoded.
My downloaded videos wont play on WMP help me please. - trayne - 09-30-2006
some of the newer videos have been encoded wierd, my cousin downloaded an mpg of some wierd video but the encoding format was more mkv than mpg. could be that.
My downloaded videos wont play on WMP help me please. - Spitfire - 09-30-2006
joshzarko Wrote:Thanks alot guys, i got it working i just downloaded K-Lite, and it works very well, but i dont know why it stopped playing videos in the first place it never had any problems playing videos before until last night.Switch to Winamp aswell.
My downloaded videos wont play on WMP help me please. - UberMF - 10-03-2006
Use Media player classic (part of klite) prefer it over everything else.
My downloaded videos wont play on WMP help me please. - trayne - 10-04-2006
if classic isnt your style, theres bs player. its like media player but with more codec choices that it uses.