Avi format

[Zahori]

Hello there,

I hope someone there can give me a hand.
I am having problems to get my Windows Media Player to play files with avi format. I cannot play some of the small videos I have. Eventhough some of them I was able to enjoy them previously. However, they won't display the images now. the sound is fine however the pictures wil not turn up.
I ahve even uninstall and installed back the windows media player. When I do right click on them-properties - tab- say thatunable to show preview since cannot find vids:div3 decompresser.

I am quite confused because I am still able to watch some other videos in avi format.

Please help.

[Enchanter]

Sounds like you're missing a necessary codec(s) for the videos. Have you let WMP connect to the internet and download whatever codecs it says are needed?

[UncasMS]

try TSUNAMIS filterpack 393

a link can be found on my page.

[setarip]

You need to install the DivX v.3.11alpha codec...

[Harley]

Did you install the new Divx 5.0 codec? If you have, there has been some trouble with being able to play the old Divx 3.1 files. I thinks it's a bug they need to fix.

[Zahori]

Thanks guys for your responses.
However, how do I know which codec I have. And how can I install what I would need??
And what really puzzles me it that I was able to see some of the videos before and now I only can listen the sound.

Thank you again this site is wonderful!!

[khp]

You can check which codecs are installed on your system by selecting 'control panel->multimedia->Devices->Video Compression Codecs', from there you can also remove codecs.