Avi Won't Play On My Laptop

[DJ X]

mpg plays fine but .avi files wont!
the file loads but the sound/video is either out of beat or laggy.
does anyone have any suggestions?

[{I}{K}{E}]

do you have codecs installed?
what player do you use?
What does Gspot say?

[DJ X]

I've got all the latest codecs
I use WMP9

[cwctv]

I use WMP9

That's why use either videolan or bsplayer which is what I use.

[harrycary]

WMPlayer 9 should work fine for you. I've been using it on my Home Theater PC [on a variety of movie/codecs]and have had no problems.

You've got to have all codecs(both audio and video) installed to insure proper playback.

The K-Lite codec pack should work fine for you.

The G-spot tool is used for identifying the audio/video codecs used in a movie file.
You can get the G-spot codec appliance here.

Although, trying a different mediaplayer may also work. Some just plain work better on different machines.

Do a Google for the aforementioned media players as well as my favorite alternative...Zoomplayer.

Good luck with it..