Can't Play AVI movie - Please Help

tanlin999 · 7 Dec 2001, 03:28 AM

I tried searching through the threads for a similar problem but couldn't find any so here goes. I have an AVI movie I'm trying to watch. I have the DivX 3.11 installed. When WMP opens up, it first tries to download the WM MPEG4 codec, but then I get this error message: "A decompressor was downloaded for this file, but it didn't work. You may need to restart your player or browser." It then plays the audio but no video. I tried downloading the new divX4 codec and it still didn't work. I tried playing it with the Global DivX player and didn't work. I tried installing the Playa but got this error message: "The procedure entry point DirectDrawCreateEx could not be located in the dynamic link library DDRAW.dll"
I'm running WinNT with WMP 6.4.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.

newone2222 · 7 Dec 2001, 09:35 AM

Download the codec packages in the software session. There are quite a few codecs people used. You can check which codec is used by check it using the hexviewer inside virtualDub,

hope this help

tanlin999 · 8 Dec 2001, 01:05 AM

Well, I took your advise and installed the Nimo pack and it worked like a charm. THANKS A MILLION!!!

7 Dec 2001, 03:28 AM	#1
tanlin999 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 2	Can't Play AVI movie - Please Help I tried searching through the threads for a similar problem but couldn't find any so here goes. I have an AVI movie I'm trying to watch. I have the DivX 3.11 installed. When WMP opens up, it first tries to download the WM MPEG4 codec, but then I get this error message: "A decompressor was downloaded for this file, but it didn't work. You may need to restart your player or browser." It then plays the audio but no video. I tried downloading the new divX4 codec and it still didn't work. I tried playing it with the Global DivX player and didn't work. I tried installing the Playa but got this error message: "The procedure entry point DirectDrawCreateEx could not be located in the dynamic link library DDRAW.dll" I'm running WinNT with WMP 6.4. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. Last edited by tanlin999; 7 Dec 2001 at 03:34 AM

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes	Rate This Thread
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode	Rate This Thread:

7 Dec 2001, 09:35 AM	#2
newone2222 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 5	Download the codec packages in the software session. There are quite a few codecs people used. You can check which codec is used by check it using the hexviewer inside virtualDub, hope this help

8 Dec 2001, 01:05 AM	#3
tanlin999 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 2	Well, I took your advise and installed the Nimo pack and it worked like a charm. THANKS A MILLION!!!

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)