problem playing avi files

silvernole · 21 Nov 2001, 09:57 AM

I dont know much about divx movies so please bare with me.

I downloaded 2 movies off the internet, which were .avi format at a friends house. She has winXP and I guess it uses the windows media player from OS to play the movie and it played fine at her house. Well i burn the movies and bring it back to my house. I am running win2k and have the most up to date windows media player and everytime i open these movies it crashes windows media player. I can play other movies fine but these ones that i downloaded off the internet wont work at all.

Now i tried to reinstall windows media player and that didnt help.
I downloaded the divx4.11 and the 3.11alpha codec as well. still doesnt work. I also downloaded "playa" to try to play the movies and it still doesnt work.

Am I missing something here?

thanks for any help you can give me.

ritin_gadge · 22 Nov 2001, 07:10 AM

Try getting another codec pack I think theres one called Tsunami, avi files are not all DivX, and XP comes with a whole bunch of codecs, so you'll need to get the codec required.

Hope that all made sense

**UncasMS** · 22 Nov 2001, 10:14 AM

yes, Tsunami did release a couple of nice packs!

one is 3F and can be found on my German Page

click here

when installing, pls STICK TO THE README!!!

21 Nov 2001, 09:57 AM	#1
silvernole Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 1	problem playing avi files I dont know much about divx movies so please bare with me. I downloaded 2 movies off the internet, which were .avi format at a friends house. She has winXP and I guess it uses the windows media player from OS to play the movie and it played fine at her house. Well i burn the movies and bring it back to my house. I am running win2k and have the most up to date windows media player and everytime i open these movies it crashes windows media player. I can play other movies fine but these ones that i downloaded off the internet wont work at all. Now i tried to reinstall windows media player and that didnt help. I downloaded the divx4.11 and the 3.11alpha codec as well. still doesnt work. I also downloaded "playa" to try to play the movies and it still doesnt work. Am I missing something here? thanks for any help you can give me.

22 Nov 2001, 07:10 AM	#2
ritin_gadge Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 24	Try getting another codec pack I think theres one called Tsunami, avi files are not all DivX, and XP comes with a whole bunch of codecs, so you'll need to get the codec required. Hope that all made sense __________________ bolt ya radge

22 Nov 2001, 10:14 AM	#3
UncasMS Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 8,734	yes, Tsunami did release a couple of nice packs! one is 3F and can be found on my German Page click here when installing, pls STICK TO THE README!!! __________________

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