Can't Preview Avi File!

[punka75]

Hello everyone. this is my 1st post, so please be gentle with me :D

I am downloading Van Helsing at the moment using Kazaa Lite.
When I try to preview it with the "AVI Preview" I get a small logo appear in the corner which says DIVX (I think) then it disapears, then theres nothing!!
It says there is about 60 mins of movie downloaded, So why cant I preview it?

If someone could help me out ASAP to save me downloadin the whole thing then to find out it dont work :(

Cheers. :D

[Guillaume]

Try in another media player called Videolan (click here for direct download (http://a1.edskes.com/v/videolan072.exe))

If the file won't play in it, it's a fake.

To avoid fakes, use the verifieds in movieworld (http://filesharingtalk.com/index.php?showforum=25) or even better, use another program, since the fasttrack network is full of fakes.

BTW, welcome! :D

[punka75]

thanks for your help ;) :D

[mrlessk]

hmmm....a thought came to me while reading this thread....

Could GSpot be used in Preview mode? :unsure:

Could easily be added to Tools (Preview with).

I've never tried it for previewing but seems like it would come in handy
for determining, before download of a movie file is complete, if the movie
file could be rendered or not.

Just wondering,
mrlessk :)

[Guillaume]

Interresting thought, but apparently, Gspot can't open .dat files when K++ is dling them... Image Resized
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edit: can't open them when k++ is inactive too... :(

[mrlessk]

Originally posted by Gurahl@28 June 2004 - 14:49
Gspot can't open .dat files when K++ is dling them...
edit: can't open them when k++ is inactive too...  :(
Yep, I ran across the same thing when I tried it just now myself.

Guess it would be up to the developers to see if this could be added
to future versions...(Check out GSpot 2.21 here) (http://www.headbands.com/gspot/)

I imagine they've already thought about this though.
Just seems like a logical function a codec information program like GSpot would
be expected to perform if it were possible.

mrlessk :)

[longboneslinger]

Both thumbs up for video lan. Beats the hell out of avi preview. For movies, try mIRC. I downloaded a copy of 1 night in paris starring the lovely Paris Hilton :drool: in just over 3 hours. Nice movie by the way....... :drool: :drool: :01: