Can't see AVI files when i play them on my WMP11

I try to play avi files only hear the sound. Why can't i see the picture?
Could anyone help me?

Opinicus
Mon Mar 24 05:21:44 PDT 2008

"rikanking1981" <rikanking1981@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

>I try to play avi files only hear the sound. Why can't i see the picture?

You don't have the proper video codec installed. Most likely candidate is
DiVX:
http://labs.divx.com/Codec?cid=startmenu

You only need the codec. Don't bother with the player and other crap they
try and force on you.

--
Bob
http://www.kanyak.com

dragon1
Thu Mar 27 21:01:00 PDT 2008

I'm also having trouble playing avi clips. I've ensured the avi box is
checked along with all the other formats listed AND I've gone to your
suggested web site and downloaded the codec from DivX with just the codec ,
not the other stuff and still no luck. It just says "Ran out of Memory" and
to turn off other programs and then try again. I know I'm not out of
memory...I have 3gigs of RAM and 4 gigs of Cache and another 125MB of video
RAM on my NVIDIA GeForce 8300GS...so what gives....do I need to unistall Vers
11 and go back to 10. This system is a 2 week old DELL and came with version
11 even though it has a factory installed XP OS.(my choice..long live XP)

"Opinicus" wrote:

> "rikanking1981" <rikanking1981@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>
> >I try to play avi files only hear the sound. Why can't i see the picture?
>
> You don't have the proper video codec installed. Most likely candidate is
> DiVX:
> http://labs.divx.com/Codec?cid=startmenu
>
> You only need the codec. Don't bother with the player and other crap they
> try and force on you.
>
> --
> Bob
> http://www.kanyak.com
>
>
>

Tom
Sat Mar 29 22:28:49 PDT 2008

I have the same problem, but only with .AVI files produced by my Canon
camera. I checked the clip using G-Spot to see what codec is used. It
reported its just Motion JPEG (STVCodec), and it confirmed the code is
installed on my PC. But nothing will display the video EXCEPT QUICKTIME, of
all things! Sheesh! I can't edit the clips in WMM either because of this.
I'm at a loss to figure it out. Other .AVI filoe using the Motion JPEG
codec are dec oded and played just fine... something about files produced
with the Canon camera is different.

"Opinicus" <gezgin@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> "rikanking1981" <rikanking1981@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>
>>I try to play avi files only hear the sound. Why can't i see the picture?
>
> You don't have the proper video codec installed. Most likely candidate is
> DiVX:
> http://labs.divx.com/Codec?cid=startmenu
>
> You only need the codec. Don't bother with the player and other crap they
> try and force on you.
>
> --
> Bob
> http://www.kanyak.com
>

zachd
Sun Mar 30 11:22:07 PDT 2008


"ran out of memory" either indicates that the file is corrupt or the codec
is corrupt.

Which specific divx codec are you using? There's many many many versions,
many with serious bugs.

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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"dragon1" <dragon1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C44681B2-F10E-4CE3-A58D-EAA0FC946550@microsoft.com...
> I'm also having trouble playing avi clips. I've ensured the avi box is
> checked along with all the other formats listed AND I've gone to your
> suggested web site and downloaded the codec from DivX with just the codec
> ,
> not the other stuff and still no luck. It just says "Ran out of Memory"
> and
> to turn off other programs and then try again. I know I'm not out of
> memory...I have 3gigs of RAM and 4 gigs of Cache and another 125MB of
> video
> RAM on my NVIDIA GeForce 8300GS...so what gives....do I need to unistall
> Vers
> 11 and go back to 10. This system is a 2 week old DELL and came with
> version
> 11 even though it has a factory installed XP OS.(my choice..long live XP)
>
> "Opinicus" wrote:
>
>> "rikanking1981" <rikanking1981@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>>
>> >I try to play avi files only hear the sound. Why can't i see the
>> >picture?
>>
>> You don't have the proper video codec installed. Most likely candidate is
>> DiVX:
>> http://labs.divx.com/Codec?cid=startmenu
>>
>> You only need the codec. Don't bother with the player and other crap they
>> try and force on you.
>>
>> --
>> Bob
>> http://www.kanyak.com
>>
>>
>>

zachd
Sun Mar 30 21:53:22 PDT 2008


If you put that sample file that fails up somewhere (yousendit, megaupload,
etc) I can look at it, I'll take a gander. =)

--
Speaking for myself only.
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
--

"Tom Frank" <thomasfrank@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>I have the same problem, but only with .AVI files produced by my Canon
>camera. I checked the clip using G-Spot to see what codec is used. It
>reported its just Motion JPEG (STVCodec), and it confirmed the code is
>installed on my PC. But nothing will display the video EXCEPT QUICKTIME,
>of all things! Sheesh! I can't edit the clips in WMM either because of
>this. I'm at a loss to figure it out. Other .AVI filoe using the Motion
>JPEG codec are dec oded and played just fine... something about files
>produced with the Canon camera is different.
>
> "Opinicus" <gezgin@spamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:13uf76njrjci227@news.supernews.com...
>> "rikanking1981" <rikanking1981@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>>
>>>I try to play avi files only hear the sound. Why can't i see the picture?
>>
>> You don't have the proper video codec installed. Most likely candidate is
>> DiVX:
>> http://labs.divx.com/Codec?cid=startmenu
>>
>> You only need the codec. Don't bother with the player and other crap they
>> try and force on you.
>>
>> --
>> Bob
>> http://www.kanyak.com
>>
>