I need codecs

[The_Sweetest_Thing]

Hey guys,

I downloaded a video that I needed (avi format) only the danb thing won't play! No sound, no video, etc. I have other avis on my computer and they weork fine, so is it possible that I'm just missing some specific codec needed for this file?

 

[U2Lynne]

What OS are you on? On my Mac, I use VLC from videolan.com for all my video needs. It plays everything.

 

[melon]

Probably DivX.

http://www.divx.com/

Melon

 

[The_Sweetest_Thing]

I'm on Xp, btw.

DivX...I tried to d/l it before, but when I attempted to start up the program, there WAS no program. It's ahrd to explain. It's like, for some reason, I downloaded all the Divx components, readmes, etc, but the actual divx.exe file wasn't there.

Then again, that was through Kazaa, so....

 

[U2Lynne]

why would you download it off of kazaa when you could just go straight to divx.com to get it?

 

[The_Sweetest_Thing]

well, i didn't specifically do that... i downloaded some codec pack that contained it in there.