windows media player prob

[tam30over]

i was using windows media player series 9 for playing avi files well i think they were avi.... now it wont play the same files that i used to play... it say having problems downloading codec when i try to play the short video clip that i have
always played using windows media player. is there anyway i can fix this or is it maybe the video clips that are corrupt
thanks for any help

[Ogs]

open the files up inside GSpot (gspot.headbands.com) and check to see if the appropiate codecs are installed on your machine.

if not post what codec(s) are needed and we should be able to help you out


BTW have you played this specific file using WMP9 before or have you used them on a different app/version of WMP?

and is the error message
"unable to locate/download an appropiate decompressor"

depending on the content and file size feel free to mail it to me steven_ogilvie@hotmail.com and ill check it out to see if the file is corrupt

[tam30over]

ive played them before on wmp9 ive never changed it or anything the only change i made was putting nero 6.3 retail on my computer and taking the download version of nero 6.3 out the retail version has something different on it called nero media player can it have something to do with that ... btw... that doesnt play the file either i went to propertys of the video clip im trying to play and it just says video clip

[tam30over]

i have msn messenger

[tam30over]

steven thanks a lot for the time u spent helping me fix my problem with the codec... i downloaded g-spot from the link u gave me and played my video clip through it and found out i was missing the xvid codec that i got from koepi`s site and installed it and it worked fine. so cheers again and have a beer on me :beer: wish it was real though

[Ogs]

np m8 but i wish that was real as well. glad u got ur problem sorted .