i cant see them i want to know how any ideas


: Edit im going to get s2 tommorow woot

Que bueno que tendras la S2,

on topic well i had the same problem a while ago but didnt know how to fix it so im interested too

What codec is the video? AVI is just a container.

When you play an AVI file it needs a certain 'codec' so it can read the file and decode it so it is viewable (Breif, alot more involved) So you need to get the codec, so that file can be played properly. My advice, download VLC Media player. It is a great program to watch movies and gives much better visual quality then WMP. Downloading that should fix your problem.
~Bryan~

ty so much for help

If you want to find out which codec an .avi has been encoded with, you can use this handy little program: http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

ty so much for all your help guys

Is your problem solved?

fwiw, make sure you have the latest DivX codec and the AC3 sound codec and you should be good to go with most AVI's....it's all i ever install on a fresh copy of Windows.

Divx Codec http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/codec/
AC3 filter http://ac3filter.net/index.php ... q=viewarticle&artid=5

Not wanting to start a new thread; divx AVIs lock up Windows Mediaplayer and Winamp. I've downloaded the codec multiple times but to no avail. It works for a few AVIs but most dont. I always use VNC but WMP and Winamp should work.

Any suggestions?

Quote from (SaM) :

Not wanting to start a new thread; divx AVIs lock up Windows Mediaplayer and Winamp. I've downloaded the codec multiple times but to no avail. It works for a few AVIs but most dont. I always use VNC but WMP and Winamp should work.

Any suggestions?

Off the top of my head i would think its probably a codec conflict. Have you installed quite a few codecs? or a codec pack?. I've had this kind of problem in the past,after I'd installed a codec pack, where i could only get AVI's to play in one of my player's.
As i said in my post above..on a fresh windows install all i install now is the DivX codec and the AC3 filter. I can play every AVI/WMV i've got in any player. (I know a few Anime movies use weird codecs but i dont watch that anyway ).

All i can recommend is uninstalling any codec packs you may have intalled and just having the DivX codec. ( though i remember it being a right pain trying to uninstall a load of codecs and i settled on a fresh widows install)

Quote from The Moose :

All i can recommend is uninstalling any codec packs you may have intalled and just having the DivX codec.

why?
i have a codec pack installed and it does play everything.
never had any movie that didnt want to play.

Quote from [RCG]Boosted :

why?

Because he has a problem, probably due to a codec conflict.
You dont.

What is this?..stupid question of the day? ..Its basic troubleshooting

Im not saying there's anything wrong with codec packs, but often if you install other codecs as well you can end up with a conflict. I've seen it loads of times.

Thanks for the reply Moose, you're right, codec packs are often a base of codec conflicts. I'll uninstall the K-Lite Codec pack later.
What puzzles me is, in device manager, I have only 1 divx codec so there should not be a conflict.

Quote from (SaM) :

Thanks for the reply Moose, you're right, codec packs are often a base of codec conflicts. I'll uninstall the K-Lite Codec pack later.
What puzzles me is, in device manager, I have only 1 divx codec so there should not be a conflict.

Now you mention it, im sure it was the K-Lite codec pack i had problems with.
I'm sure i only had 1 DivX codec as well.
The only solution for me was to start afresh. Good luck

Quote from (SaM) :

Thanks for the reply Moose, you're right, codec packs are often a base of codec conflicts. I'll uninstall the K-Lite Codec pack later.
What puzzles me is, in device manager, I have only 1 divx codec so there should not be a conflict.

Throw away all those crappy codec packs and download VLC... No more codecs to install, yay!

Quote from bbman :

Throw away all those crappy codec packs and download VLC... No more codecs to install, yay!

I've gotta say, i downloaded VLC yesterday and I'm very impressed indeed. It's all I'll be using from now on

AVS DVD Player

Plays XviD/DivX/WMV aswell. Great program, like it more than VLC

DivX codec, defilerpak and media player classic. Can't go wrong. VLC is handy too.