How To Play Avi Video?
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: barbarik
Please help.
I need to know how to play AVI video files. I play MPG files just fine but none of my AVI work. Please help me on this.
Posted by: Sneepboy
Originally posted by barbarik@8 February 2003 - 01:11
Please help.
I need to know how to play AVI video files. I play MPG files just fine but none of my AVI work. Please help me on this.
You more than likely need codecs. Go to the download page here (http://doa2.host.sk/) and download and install the audio & video codecs.
Posted by: barbarik
Ok ill put it in....
ill let ya know on the outcome.
Posted by: barbarik
ok.... I installed it but all i see is some kinda techno blue-ish fader thing, and thats it.
Posted by: Sneepboy
Well sorry 'bout that. My next suggestion that really seems to help people out with this kind of problem is to go to divx.com and download & install the free divx bundle. It has the latest divx codecs & includes the Divx player. Its a pretty good little player but it wont play stuff like mpeg's. Great for most avi's you download from kazaa though. I have it set up as my default player. Give that a try.
If theres still a problem Im not sure what to try next.
Good luck. May the force be with you.
Posted by: ADSLpredator
maybe you don't download real avi files? maybe are fake.... just guessing
Posted by: Soul814
dl real player one or use the kazaa media player it should work.... if it doesnt den itz not a real avi.. n someoen just renamed it to it or itz corrupt...
Posted by: Sneepboy
Originally posted by Soul814@8 February 2003 - 19:38
dl real player one or use the kazaa media player it should work.... if it doesnt den itz not a real avi.. n someoen just renamed it to it or itz corrupt...
Ewwwwwwwwwwww yuckie. Real Player One? That ones a challenge to keep from winding up on your computer. So far, Im winning.
Decent player but I don't like the way Real tries to force themselves on you.
I am pretty sure Kazaa's player uses windows media player so if it wont work on WMP it wont work in the Kazaa Theater.
Posted by: StinkyFinger
You probably jus need codecs. I had to get the XviD 3.x and 4.x. Then another .avi file I needed the Xvid 5.x codec. Then the XviD, then AC3 audio codec!!! I think I got all my bases covered now! It gets confusing. Next they'll be using mp4 for the audio just to keep us on our toes!! Check out this (http://www.afterdawn.com) or this (http://www.divxcity.com)or this (http://www.divxity.com) or this (http://www.divx-digest.com) or this! (http://www.divx.com)
Posted by: filewasp
Another tip is to right click on the file in your shared file then choose properties. . Should tell you the Audio and Video Format and Codecs used. You usually can do a normal search for the codec for afree download.
Posted by: Shinigami_[R.I.P.]
Go to the download section at the main page ( http://doa2.host.sk ) and get Gspot Codec finder.
Posted by: zapjb
Don't get one of those heavy players. Uninstall all your codecs. Then install KL codecs 2.0 w/BSPlayer. That works for me.
Posted by: Chilly
Quicktime plays Avi files.
I just use the old faithfull WMP, sometimes if they is a codec missing it will download it for you. :D
But yeah as above, your probably missing codecs if you cant play your films. ;)
Posted by: marko
AVI is a much overused extension - covers both compressed AVI (many versions)and uncompressed AVI as well as several different methods of compression (e.g. indeo 5 .1 - divx ver3 , DivX4:-), DivX5:-), Xvid, etc etc) Microsoft codecs include mpeg4 as well which are saved as AVI jus to make the situation as clear as mud.
My personal solution is to have windows media player uptodate (automatic updates) . I have DivX5.02 installed and the latest Xvid codecs as well.
Although I have all the latest players installed I only use WMP 9 for WMV9 format encoded files. I dont use the DivX player at all.
(note: I dont have divx3 codecs(originally a rip-off of Microsoft technology) installed because 4 and 5 are far superior, not because divx3 is illegal)
I only use the ancient windows media player 6.4 to play AVI - divx - xvid - mpeg4,2,1
Windows XP users may be surprised to learn that this excellent no-frills player actually ships with XP - test it out by clicking 'start' then 'run' and type in 'mplayer2'
This handles all my divergent avi files brilliantly, so long as the codecs are installed for that particular avi.
An added bonus with 6.4 is that you can access the properties of the AVI file to find out framerate (is it PAL or NTSC or other),codec required(both audio and video) and more - another BRILLIANT prog for AVI is virtualdub by avery lee - this can be used for capture video - edit -convert -seperate sound from audio - and much more -- no I wont go on about it (losing the thread) its great is all i can say