Can't Play AVI File

[gkamer]

Hi All,
I'm back again. Figured as long as I'm here I might as well get both my big questions out there. OK, here's my other problem...

A friend sent me an avi file. The file name is snowfundivx505.avi.

No matter what I try, I can't get it to play. When I try to play it in Windows Media Player I get a message saying the format is not supported.

I thought maybe I needed to install the divx5 codec, so I downloaded it from the DIVX web site and installed, rebooted, but still no happiness....

Is there something else I could try? I emailed him, but he knows less about this stuff than I do, and all he could say is "Well it plays for me...." (Yea I know, good answer huh?)

Well hopefully someone here can help me out on this issue also....

Thanks

[chickeneater]

Load the file into virtualdub

1) File-->File Information
2) Post here everything you see (a screen capture would be nice)

If it is a screen capture, remember to make it .jpg and under 100k

[gkamer]

Thats part of the problem

The trouble is, it won't load into Virtual Dub, Tmpeg, or any of the other editing programs I have tried. When I tried to load it into VD I got the following message:

cannot determine file type snowfundivx505.avi

[shiny#3]

get the little program called Gspot and check your file with that....
post here a screen shot of what gspot tells you.....